Convert the system image to Oracle Virtual Box VDI format, to create a virtual machine.

Replicate data to a secondary location like an external hard drive or to IDrive cloud, for effective disaster recovery. Double-click the drive (usually listed as USB Mass Storage, but may be listed under another name).

IDrive offers cross-platform compatibility which means a drive / system image created on a PC can be accessed from Mac and Linux.

IDrive supports incremental backup so after the initial backup only changed blocks of the disk are backed up.

In addition to cloud backup, IDrive allows selection of network computers or network-attached storage (NAS) location as the destination for your drive / system image backup.

Perform drive / system image backup of individual drive or entire system for major versions of Windows operating system, including servers.

This is particularly useful when you want to upgrade to a new PC hardware. To perform restore on a dissimilar hardware, all you need to do is create a partition similar to the original computer partition and restore the operating system backup. Amazon's Choice for external hard drive for windows 7 WD 2TB Elements Portable External Hard Drive HDD, USB 3.0, Compatible with PC, Mac, PS4 & Xbox - WDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN 4.

The image file can be backed up to the cloud or locally on any external hard drive. Using IDrive's disk clone, you can backup a system with hard disk or an entire drive, with the content exactly as it is on the original storage device, including both data and structure information.

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