How to do System Restore via Bootable CD?
As for the answers about "why need system restore" and "preparations before system restore", you can refer to the last tutorial "How to do system restore". This article mainly discusses how to restore system with QILING Disk Master to avoid system reinstallation when Windows can not boot normally.
If Windows can not boot, that means, we cannot run the restore software on Windows. Then, we need a bootable CD or USB drive, which can help to restore system by running QILING Disk Master from a disc. Before carrying out the operations, we need to make a bootable disk first. For detailed tutorials, you can refer to "How to make a bootable CD".
Disk Recovery features for Qiling Disk Master
Recover your computer's system files and programs to an earlier state when everything was working properly.
- System restore - Quickly recover your entire Windows system backup in minutes to the original or new location using a WinPE bootable media.
- Data restore - Quickly recover your entire disk or parstition backup in minutes to the original or new location.
- System migration - Fast, easy and safely migrate system to a SSD without reinstalling windows.
- Pre-OS recovery environment - If your system won't boot, simply select QILING Disk Master from boot menu to launch Pre-OS and then recover your system.
- Perfect Defrag - Quickly defrag destination partition or disk, when QILING Disk Master recover your partition.
Operating Steps of System Restore from Disc
First, insert the bootable CD into the CD driver, and when starting the computer, set CD-ROM as the first boot device in BIOS settings. As for the question about how to access BIOS, you can refer to the motherboard instructions. In general, you can access BIOS of desktop computers by continuously pressing the button "Delete". The BIOS of laptops can be accessed by pressing "F2" when starting the computer. There will be prompt information when the computer starts, by which you can easily set the first boot device. For more detailed operations, you can refer to "How to Set BIOS to Boot from CDROM".
When the computer has been successfully booted from CD-ROM, QILING Disk Master in the disc will run automatically. And then you can complete the operations of system restore easily. The detailed operating steps are as follows:
Tips: Download QILING Disk Master, install and launch it.
1. enter the BIOS, and set the CD-ROM Drive as the first boot device. And then press "Enter" when there is show "Press any key to boot from CD or DVD" on the screen, the QILING Disk Master will start automatically.
2. click "Browse for recovery" button on the "Backup and recovery" tab.
3. Browse a task file so as to select the system image file to restore. Click "OK" to continue.
4. If the image was be protected by password, you should input the password
5. Choose a backup version and select the source disk or partition. As for system restore, you should tick the box of "System Recovery to original location" at first. If the hardware is not same with the backup image, you should tick the "Universal Restore". After selecting a backup task, click "Next".
6. Select the target disk or partition. If you tick the box of "System Recovery to original location" option and the original partition or disk is exist, then application will skip this step.
7. Determine the location and capacity of the target partition after the recovery. If there is some free space adjacent to this partition, you can move it or resize it by simply dragging with your mouse.
If the destination disk is SSD, check this option will ensure sector alignment in the process.
8. Click "Finish" button to exit. You can choose what you need your computer to do after system backup is completed, such as shutdown, etc.
Tips: Set active - This function can only work for the Primary Partitions in the hard disk with MBR mode partitions. Only one primary partition can be set as active among all the primary partitions in the hard disk. The computer can only boot from the main partition that is set active.
After completing system restore, you can eject the bootable CD or USB flash drive. After the shutdown of this software, the operating system will reboot automatically. Then, you can access BIOS to reset the first boot device.
But after the system backup, there may be some new applications which have been installed on the current system. In this case, these new applications installed after system backup cannot be recovered by system restore. If you need these applications, you have to reinstall them in the operating system again. Therefore, you had better do system backup at intervals. Thus, the system can be restored to the latest state to avoid reinstallation of plenty of applications after system restore.
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