How to Clone HDD to DVD

Nothing is more disheartening on a computer than to encounter an unrecoverable drive failure, resulting in complete data loss. Not only do you have to buy a new hard drive and reinstall all programs and settings, but you lose all your precious documents and photos. Cloning is insurance against such events, by allowing you to backup your documents, photos, operating system, programs and settings. Windows 7 comes with a built in backup feature that allows just that.

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  Click "Start," type "Backup and Restore" and press Enter.

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  Click "Create a system image" on the left side of the window.

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  Select your DVD burner from the list under "On one or more DVDs" and click "Next."

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  Click "Start backup" to begin the backup procedure. Windows will instruct you when to insert the next blank disk. You will probably require several to image the entire system.