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TruMan1
Asked: 2011-03-08 16:03:04 +0800 CST

Easy to restore Windows 2008 backup to another server?

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I am using the native Windows 2008 backup to do nightly backups. It is using an entire drive as the backup. Can I restore the files on a different machine completely, or does it have to be on the same machine? Does it work the same way in Windows 7 / W2K8 R2?

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  1. Best Answer

    First question is answered already: Restore windows server image backup from one server to another

    Second question: While the feature set in R2 provides more options (best one is using UNC network path as backup location) the core VSS-based (image) backups feature is the same. To restore to the same machine just boot to the install disk and choose repair to get started. In summary Win7/2008R2 backups are same or better then Vista/2008.

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