Windows 7 encrypted backups

Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Answered by:. Archived Forums. Windows 7 Miscellaneous. Use this forum to discuss miscellaneous issues that cannot be covered in any other Windows 7 forum. Sign in to vote. Wednesday, January 11, AM. Marked as answer by ahmd0 Friday, January 13, PM. Friday, January 13, AM. Very nice. Thank you! Friday, January 13, PM. Step 2. After you enter into Windows 7 Backup and Restore window by following the guide above, you can click Set up backup button.

Next it will ask you to select where you want to save your backup. Choose the backup destination and click Next. Then you can select what to back up on your Windows 7 or 10 PC. It offers two options. You can choose one preferred option. Let Windows choose: Windows will back up data and files saved in libraries, desktop, default Windows folders. It will also create a system image and you can use it to restore your computer if it stops working one day. However, this option will not back up program files, things formatted in FAT file system , Recycle Bin files, and temporary files larger than 1GB.

Let me choose: You can freely choose the files, folders and directories to back up. You can also choose whether to include a system image in the backup. Here we choose Let me choose and click Next.

After you choose what to back up, you can review your backup settings. Check Run backup on a schedule box, and you set how often you want to back up the chosen files. Then the selected items will be backed up on a regular schedule. Then you can click Save settings and run backup , and it will start backing up the selected items on your Windows 10 or 7 computer.

I was then able to restore my data running on the recovered system partition. What you'll probably need to do in order to restore is boot the PC off of a TrueCrypt restore CD and have it decrypt the entire drive, then run the restore, and re-encrypt it. This assuming that your computer is in a state where it will not boot from Windows, and that the Windows backup tool will attempt a repair rather than completely reimaging the drive I am not certain of the second one.

Where did you read about this, or hear about this? The backup would be made in a state, where your files are readable for the applications. So the image that Windows Backup would create, would contain only unencrypted, readable files. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.

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