On many cases, we have to restore a full Windows backup when our Windows installation doesn't work anymore. When the process reaches 100%, and we get messages of success, our full Windows backup is done. Nothing would be more frustrating than a corrupt backup image when we most need it. In either case, its best to select the "Check Backup Integrity on Completion". With a USB 2.0 drive, though, we will get much slower speeds, even if Windows is on an SSD drive. With the Windows on an SSD and a USB 3.0 thumb drive for the image, we can get speeds at about 180-190MB/s. The total time for the full Windows backup depends both on how much space Windows and all the installed programs are occupying, and how fast are both the Windows disk and the disk or USB thumb drive that will receive the image file.
How long will it take for a full Windows backup? The default should be okay, but if we run into any trouble, we can select "Don't use VSS", and AOMEI Backupper will use its method. The Intelligent Sector tab allows us to backup only the used sectors of the file system, for faster backup creation with a smaller image file.įinally, the VSS is Microsoft's technique that allows us to create a full Windows backup while Windows is running. We can see the full options of the notifications system through the program's Settings -> Notifications -> Notification settings. The notification tab is more useful in corporate environments with unattended backups, so we can receive email messages in case of error or when specific tasks are finished. The splitting tab allows us to split the image file automatically into several smaller files, in case it isn't practical to keep it as one large file.
The Encryption tab will password-protect our full Windows backup, and nobody can restore it without our permission. Normal or no compression is faster, but will give us a larger image file. High compression needs more CPU power, and would be slower.
The Compression tab lets us decide how much we want the image file compressed. The backup optionsĪt the Comments tab, we can optionally write some information about this particular backup. It can be as simple or as detailed we want it to be. When the disk fails, we will lose all of its partitions. If our hard drive is split into two or more partitions, it doesn't make much sense to save the full Windows backup on a second partition on the same disk. The target path must be on a separate hard drive, either internal or external. We then give the backup a name, select the destination path, and check the Backup options.
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