Automatically Backup Multiple Hard Drives to One External Drive
How do I Backup Multiple Hard Drives?
You're trying to back up both your 256GB SSD and 2TB HDD to a 1.5TB external hard drive. This is a problem because the total capacity of the drives you're trying to back up (2.256GB) exceeds the capacity of the external drive (1.5TB).
You can set up an automatic backup of both hard drives to an external hard drive. You can partition the external hard drive into two separate drives (e.g. Drive E and Drive F) and set up a backup software to backup to each partition separately. This way, you can have a complete backup of both hard drives without having to manually drag files over. You can also consider using a backup software that can backup to multiple destinations, such as an external hard drive and also to the cloud, for added redundancy.
Why Backup Multiple Hard Drives
Users often have multiple hard drives on their computer, with a solid-state drive (SSD) for the operating system and a hard disk drive (HDD) for storage, to achieve better performance and more space. As a result, users tend to store a large amount of important data on the HDD, making it essential to back up multiple hard drives to prevent data loss in case of hardware failure, accidental deletion, or other disasters.
- In the event of a computer failure, it's crucial to have a backup copy of your important data to prevent loss. This can be achieved by creating a duplicate of your backup, often referred to as a "backup of your backup." This ensures that even if the original backup is inaccessible due to the computer failure, you'll still have a reliable copy of your data.
- Avoid reinstallation and data loss.
- Effort-saving.
Sometimes, computers experience problems due to various reasons like system crashes, virus attacks, human errors, or disk failures. In such cases, if you don't have a backup, you may be left with no choice but to reinstall Windows, which would result in the loss of all your data.
Backing up your computer's hard drive is a crucial task, but it can be time-consuming. However, if you create a disk backup in advance, you can easily restore the disk image to another disk and get your computer back up and running quickly. This process can also be applied to backing up multiple hard drives, which can save you time in the long run. By selecting the hard drives you want to backup and choosing a destination path to save the backup image, the backup software will handle the rest, eliminating the need for manual file dragging and dropping.
Backup Software for Multiple Hard drives: Best of All
To backup multiple hard drives in Windows, use the Qiling Disk Master Professional software, which works on all Windows systems, including Windows 11/10/8/7/XP/Vista, and offers various backup features.
- Schedule Backup: It allows for automatic backups of disk data on a daily, weekly, and monthly schedule, ensuring files and their changes are preserved.
- Incremental Backup: It enables you to backup only changed files, resulting in significant time and space savings.
- In addition to the mentioned features, the backup system also offers email notifications, intelligent sector backup, VSS backup service, and normal compression.
In addition, it has a user-"Hello! We're excited to introduce you to our user-friendly software that's designed to be easy to use, even for professionals. To get started, simply download and install the software on your computer. For server users, you can also try our Qiling Disk Master Server - just click on the link to learn more!
(PS: This software has a 30-For a one-day trial, you can use the software to backup multiple hard drives during this period. However, to protect your system and data, it's recommended to upgrade to the pro trial, which can be purchased at a 10% discount for one computer.
How to Automatically Backup Multiple Hard drives to One External Drive
Before backing up your data, consider deleting unnecessary files and uninstalling unused applications to free up disk space. Then, connect your external hard drive to your computer and proceed with the backup process.
1.Launch this backup software. On the main window, select "Backup" > "Disk Backup" in turn.
3. Type a proper name into that "Task Name" box.
4. Select hard drives you want to backup as source disk.
5. Save the image file to the external hard drive.
6. To schedule a backup, tick the "Schedule Backup" option and select a suitable frequency, such as daily, weekly, or via event triggers, and then click "Proceed" to initiate the backup process for multiple hard drives.
The software will automatically backup multiple hard drives without manual intervention, creating an image file of each drive. This process can take longer if the drives contain a large amount of data.
To avoid backup disk full issues, you can enable automatic backup cleanup in the Backup Scheme, allowing old backup images to be deleted automatically. You have three options to choose from: By quantity, By time, or By daily/weekly/monthly. This ensures that your backup disk stays organized and doesn't run out of space.
You can also restore disks or individual partitions from the image file if desired.
You may encounter unbootable issues with your Windows computer that refuses to boot, and you want to backup your disk without Windows using a bootable media created beforehand. Alternatively, you can create a recovery environment on your computer in advance, which will allow you to boot your computer successfully without any issues and access the software interface.
Summary
With the help of Qiling Disk Master Professional, you can easily backup multiple hard drives to an external drive, and even set it up to run automatically, freeing up space by deleting old backups if the target disk runs out of space.
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