How to Backup Master Boot Record (MBR) in Windows 11/10/8/7  

How to Backup Master Boot Record (MBR) in Windows 11/10/8/7


Table of Contents
  1. Introduction of MBR (disk)
  2. Why is MBR backup essential?
  3. How to backup MBR in Windows 11/10/8/7 easily
  4. Bottom Line

Introduction of MBR (disk)

As we all know, it is required to initialize a hard drive to be either MBR or GPT in the first usage. MBR and GPT are two different types of partition structure. Today, we will talk about MBR and explain why it is essential to backup MBR.

MBR Disk

MBR (short for Master Boot Record) is a special boot sector at the beginning of a disk, holding OS boot loader and logical disk partition information. It decides whether the system could boot up normally and successfully. If the MBR disk is corrupted by any drive errors, malware, or virus, etc, then all partitions, not to mention all the data, on this disk become inaccessible.

Why is MBR backup essential?

There is an old saying in IT that goes something like this: "You will never realize how important backups are until you need one but don't have one". Same apply to MBR backup. As stated above, MBR damage or corruption will lead to disk inaccessible issue and you will lose access to data inside, backing up MBR is essential.

With the MBR backup, you can easily restore them instead of trying to recover the files from damaged drive. More reasons include:

How to backup MBR in Windows 11/10/8/7 easily

If you have realized the importance of MBR backup, then you might wonder how to backup MBR. Read on to get the best MBR backup tool to help you.

In order to backup MBR disk for enhancing data security or some other purpose, you can try a powerful utility Qiling Disk Master Standard.

The most exciting part is that you can free backup MBR disk via Qiling Disk Master. Below is the step-by-step guide.

Step 1. Install and open this software. Select "Disk Backup" under the "Backup" tab.

Disk Backup

Step 2. Select the MBR disk to be backed up and select a destination path to store the backup image file.

Disks

✍Tips:

Step 3. Confirm all your operations and click "Proceed".

Proceed

Notes:✎...
Options: You can write comments, enable email notification and image compression, etc.
Schedule Backup: It allows you to make a daily/weekly/monthly backup. You can also run backups automatically using the "event triggers" or "USB plug in" mode.
Backup Scheme: A scheduled backup uses the incremental backup method by default. However, incremental backups require all backup files in a set to be retained, or you can't restore your backups. Therefore, you can choose the more convenient differential backup. And you can enable the automatic backup cleanup feature to remove your old backup files periodically. Differential backup and auto backup deletion are available in Qiling Disk Master Pro or higher.

Bottom Line

In conclusion, it is of great importance to backup MBR Windows 10 because there will be inevitable disk problems or data loss at any time. If you have backed up the disk in advance, you can easily restore the disk when something unexpected and horrible happens. What's more, it is recommended to create recovery environment with Qiling Disk Master so that you can restore MBR backup even when your computer refuses to boot.

The free disk backup software Qiling Disk Master Standard helps you complete MBR disk backup in just a few clicks, and it also allows you to backup your disk regularly. Download this software right now to discover more!

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