This guide explains how to create a backup of your files and restore those files on Windows 7 computer.
Jul 03, 2019 If you used Backup and Restore to back up files or create system image backups in previous versions of Windows, your old backup is still available in Windows 10. In the search box on the taskbar, type control panel. Then select Control Panel System and Security Backup and Restore (Windows 7). Then, in the search field near the Start button, type backup and select Backup and Restore (Windows 7). Once the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) window comes up, click or tap Select another backup. Windows 7 For Seniors For Dummies Open the Start menu and type backup in the Search text box and choose Backup and Restore from. Click the Restore My Files button. In the Restore Files dialog box, locate the files or folders you intend to restore. Choose the location to which you.
If you’re looking on how to use System Restore, go to our Windows System Restore – Windows 7 guide.
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How to create a backup in Windows 7
To backup certain files on a Windows Vista computer, you’ll be using the Backup and Restore utility.
In Windows Vista, it was called Backup and Restore Center.
To create a backup of your system in Windows 7, follow these steps:
Click Start
Go to Control Panel
Go to System and Security
Click Backup and Restore
For a faster route: click Start, type backup in the search field, and then click on the Backup and Restore option from the search results list.
At the Back up or restore your files screen, click Set up backup
Select where you want to save the backup and click Next
You can save the backup on:
a hard disk drive
writable DVDs
on a network
If you plan to save the backup on a DVD, insert the DVD when prompted and label each DVD in sequence.
If you plan to save the backup on a network, browse to the the desired location on the network. After you type the network credentials, click OK.
Choose Let Windows choose (recommended)
Windows 7: Let Windows Choose
You can opt for Let me choose and select individual files and folders to backup.
Click Next
Verify the backup details
Click Save settings and run backup
The process will now start. This might take some time because your system is backing up all data on your system.
After the process is complete, the Back up or restore your files wizard will display the size of the backup file.
How to restore a backup in Windows 7
Download server 2008 r2 sp1. The instructions to restore a backup file using the Backup and Restore utility are:
Click Start
Go to Control Panel
Go to System and Security
Click Backup and Restore
Or type backup in the search box at Start and click the Backup and Restore items from the search results list.
At the Back up or restore your files screen, click Restore my files.
If no backups are being detected, the Restore my files button won’t appear. In this case, click Select another backup to restore files from instead.
Browse to locate the backup file
You can narrow your location search by clicking Choose a different date. This enables you to choose a backup file based on the date you saved the backup.
Click Next
Select a location where you want to restore the backup file
Click Restore
The restore process will now begin. This process may take a while depending on how large the backup file is.
When the process is complete, click Finish
Delete individual backup files
In Windows 7, you can delete individual backup files created using Backup and Restore utility.
To do, follow these steps:
Click Start
Go to Control Panel, then System and Security
Click Backup and Restore
At the Back up or restore your files screen, click Manage space
Manage Space button in Windows 7
The Manage Windows Backup disk space wizard should now appear
Click View backups
Select the backup files you want to remove
Click Delete
Click Delete again to confirm that you want to delete the backup files.
The deletion process will now start. This may take a while depending on how large (and how many) the backup files are.
Once the backup files are deleted, click Close
Click Close again to exit the Manage Windows Backup disk space wizard
Restore files from Windows Vista backup
If you created a backup file in Windows Vista, you can have it restored on a Windows 7 system.
To do so, follow these steps:
Insert the Backup DVD you used in Windows Vista
Click Start
Go to Control Panel, then System and Security
Click Backup and Restore
At the Restore section, click Select another backup to restore files from
Verify the backup file details. Click Refresh if you don’t see the details yet.
Click Next
Choose Select all files from this backup
Click Next
Choose where you want to save the files on your Windows 7 system
Click Restore
Once the process is complete, verify that the files have been restored successfully
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