Restore Windows operating system like a pro

Creating a bootable emergency medium has never been easier. With Langmeier Backup 8 it's just a mouse click away.

With the backup software Langmeier Backup you can easily and conveniently restore a previously backed up complete operating system with all programs and settings. All you need is a bootable medium that you can create in Langmeier Backup.

You can create a boot medium on any computer with Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows Server (from 2008). The prerequisite for this is that Langmeier Backup is installed. After you have created a boot medium, proceed as follows to restore a complete operating system:

1. insert the bootable data medium into the drive or connect the boot medium to the computer if you have created a bootable USB medium. Now boot the computer.

Note: If the computer does not start in the Langmeier Backup recovery environment even though you have inserted the bootable data carrier, you must first change the boot sequence in the BIOS so that the computer starts with the data carrier.

If a message appears, "Press any key to boot from the CD", then you must press a key when this message appears.

2. wait until the Langmeier Backup window appears after the boot process:

Remember: You can click Cancel here to access the main menu. There you can, for example, check your hard disk image, access your files or manage the computer's hard disk partitions.

2. click Next to continue and restore your operating system.

3. select the image you want to restore.

4. go one step further and select the disk you want to overwrite with the image.

Important: Please note that the drive letters here do not necessarily have to match the usual ones under Windows. This is because you are in a special recovery environment that may have assigned different drive letters.

So be careful before you give the command to overwrite the drive!
Select "Browse disk" to gain insight into the selected drive.

Attention: If you continue, all files on this drive will be deleted and overwritten with the contents of the image!

5. continue. After a brief confirmation, the hard disk image will now be restored. 6.

6. wait until the recovery is complete, remove all external data carriers from the computer and then restart the computer.

Restoring a bootable Windows partition

If you have not backed up the system partition (usually 100 MB in size) and you want to restore an image to an empty hard disk, first install Windows on this hard disk before restoring. Windows Setup creates this partition, making the PC bootable again. Then restore the hard disk image with Langmeier Backup and get a bootable computer.