BackUp and Restore Your System Using DriveImage XML

Posted on April 9th, 2009 under Freeware, Windows Tools

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Backups can be lifesavers but not many make use of this.Create Backup of your system easily using DriveImage XML which can create hot backups and images of partitions and logical drives on the fly even while the partitions are in use using Microsoft’s Volume Shadow Services (VSS).Images are stored in XML files and can use two different compression levels.You can create backup images as a multi-file image or just a single image file.

Features :

Backup logical drives and partitions to image files

Browse these images, view and extract files

Restore these images to the same or a different drive without having to reboot.

Copy directly from drive to drive

Schedule automatic backups with your Task Scheduler

Multi-file image support.

driveimagexml
Image Source : Softpedia

Here’s an example for the compressions times for a backup of 33 GB using DriveImage:

COMPRESSION	DURATION	SIZE
No compression	13 min	33 GB
Fast compression	15 min	22 GB
Good compression	50 min	12 GB

DriveImage XML runs under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista only. The program will backup, image and restore drives formatted with FAT 12, 16, 32 and NTFS.

The Private Edition of DriveImage XML is free for home users but you have no support for the private edition.

You can also run DriveImage XML from WinPE Boot CD to backup and restore images.Check out this tutorial.

DriveImage XML – Download | Read FAQ

Written by Avinash

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