Term: Bare metal backup
Definition: Bare metal backup is a technique in the field of data backup where the backed up data is available in a form which allows one to restore a computer system from "bare metal", i.e. without any requirements as to previously installed software or operating system. Typically, the backed up data include the necessary operating system, applications and data components to rebuild or restore the backed up system to an entirely separate piece of hardware. Bare metal backup differs from local disk image backup where a copy of the disk image, and the backup software, are stored on the computer that is backed up. Bare metal backup differs from simple data backups where application data, but neither the applications nor the operating system are backed up or restored as a unit. Related terms: Bare metal backup, operating system, disk image Backup4all is a backup software for Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7. If you don't have Backup4all installed you can download it here: www.backup4all.com/en/download.html |
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