When the hard drive corrupts or damages, we should think about the possibility of recovery disk backup image that contains the operating system, installed software, games, applications as well as personal files.

In general, we need to do disk restore in the following situations:

• Your system files have been damaged by a virus or malware and cannot boot normally.

• Your current hard drive has failed or is showing signs of failing and you want to replace it.

• Your current hard drive is too small and you want to change to a bigger one.

• Your data on the hard disk has been lost and you want to recover it.

• You want to replace hard drive with SSD and benefit from new technology.

All these situations are based on one thought: you don't want to reinstall everything. As long as you have a backup image of the hard drive, you can achieve this.

How to Restore Disk with CBackup in Windows Step by Step

Ensure the storage device containing the disk backup image is connected to the computer and detected. In the left tab, click Restore and select the required task. If the image file is not detected, please click Select Image File to manually navigate to the storage device containing the backup.

Step 2: Select Task or Image

Select a partition backup task or image and click the Next button.

Step 3: Select Source

Select to restore the entire disk or a partition and then click Next.

Tips: If it is a system disk backup, to make a bootable restore, please select "Restore the entire disk".

Step 4: Select Destination

Select a destination disk to restore the backup image to.

Tips: The destination partition will be overwritten. Please back up files in advance.

Step 5: Start Restore

In the "Operation Summary" page, preview the operation that will be executed. Click Start Restore after confirmation.

Tips: You can also do "Universal Restore" if you want to restore one PC system disk backup to another machine with dissimilar hardware.

How to Restore System under WinPE

If the PC fails to boot or has been crashed, you need to create a WinPE bootable media with CBackup and boot your PC into WinPE to run the disk restore.

Please follow the steps below:

( It is mainly used for the current system disk backup image, so you can boot your system after image restore.)

Step 1: Create Bootable Media on Working PC

Please create a WinPE bootable media using CBackup on another healthy computer.

Step 2: Boot the Failed PC

Then, insert the bootable media into the failed computer and boot from it. ( You may need to change the boot sequence and Boot Mode in the PC's BIOS (Also referred to as UEFI).

Step 3: Restore Disk in WinPE

When the PC boots up successfully, CBackup (already installed on the bootable device) will run automatically, allowing you to start the disk recovery just as the process under Windows.

Step 4: Boot after Successful Restore

Remove the bootable media and restart your PC after the disk restore is finished successfully. ( You may still need to change the boot sequence and Boot Mode in the PC's BIOS (Also referred to as UEFI).