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Backup and Restore Center
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Backup and Restore Center in Windows 7
Developer(s) Microsoft
Stable release 6.0.6001.18000 / February 4, 2008
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Type Backup software
License Proprietary software
Website Backup and Restore - Windows 7 Features
Backup and Restore Center is a component introduced in Windows Vista and included in later versions that allows users to back up their drives. It is a replacement of NTBackup, which was included in previous Windows versions.
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* 1 Features
* 2 Image-based full system backup
* 3 Limitations
* 4 References
* 5 External links
[edit] Features
There are two different types of backup supported: file backup and full system backup. File backup does not store incremental block-level changes but can keep track of new or updated files and uses VSS and stores files into a ZIP file (maximum size of 200 MB each but can span multiple discs). [1] Full system backup, which takes an image of the system, can be incremental if using local or removable media.
The main differentiating factor from NTBackup for full system backups is that it uses a block-level backup engine, whereas NTBackup was file-based. Block-based backup is more efficient at performing subsequent differential backups as only the blocks that have changed need to be backed up. Newer backup media such as CD, DVD and Blu-ray discs are supported and all backup operations are based on the Volume Shadow Copy service. [2]
The Volume Snapshot Service also creates and maintains periodic copies of system and user data on the same local volume although this backup feature of the OS is not exposed as part of the Backup and Restore Center. This stores previous versions of those files with incremental block-level changes automatically but on...