{"id":429,"date":"2010-07-17T01:13:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-17T08:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb-articles\/how-do-i-restore-a-full-drive-backup-created-with-image-for-windows\/"},"modified":"2021-09-10T22:18:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T05:18:24","slug":"how-do-i-restore-a-full-drive-backup-created-with-image-for-windows","status":"publish","type":"lsvr_kba","link":"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/kb\/kb-articles\/how-do-i-restore-a-full-drive-backup-created-with-image-for-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Restore a Full Drive Backup Created with Image for Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Image for Windows\u00a0is being run in a Windows, you can't restore an image to a partition or drive that is in use by your computer. For example, you cannot boot to a copy of Windows and then restore an image over that copy of Windows. Image for Windows\u00a0can restore drive and partition images to drives\/partitions not in use by Windows.<\/p>\r\n<p>The tutorials linked below detail the various methods available to restore your image when using Image for Windows\u00a0in Windows isn't possible:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/howto\/ifw_tbwinre_restore\/\"><strong>Image for Windows \u2013 Restoring a Full Backup Using the TBWinRE\/PE Boot Media<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\r\n(see also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/howto\/image-for-windows-first-things-first-make-a-boot-disk\/\">Image for Windows First Things First \u2013 Make a Boot Disk<\/a>)<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/howto\/image-for-linux-restoring-a-full-backup\/\"><strong>Image for Linux - Restoring a Full Drive Backup<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\r\n(see also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/howto\/image-for-linux-first-things-first-make-a-boot-disk\/\">Image for Linux First Things First - Make a Boot Disk<\/a>)<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/howto\/image-for-dos-restoring-a-full-drive-backup\/\"><strong>Image for DOS - Restoring a Full Drive Backup<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\r\n(see also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/howto\/image-for-dos-first-things-first-make-a-boot-disk\/\">Image for DOS First Things First - Make a Boot Disk (from Windows)<\/a>)<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<\/li>\r\n\t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Important Note:<\/strong> BartPE is obsolete. The BartPE environment is based on Windows XP and may not build or function correctly on current\/newer systems. Additionally, the Bart PE Builder program and documentation is no longer available from its original source. Using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/howto\/tbwinre_tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TBWinRE<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/howto\/tbwinpe_tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TBWinPE<\/a> is recommended.<\/span><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.terabyteunlimited.com\/howto\/image-for-windows-restoring-a-full-backup-using-a-bart-pe-disk\/\"><strong>Image for Windows - Restoring a Full Drive Backup Using a BartPE Disk<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Image for Windows\u00a0is being run in a Windows, you can&#8217;t restore an image to a partition or drive that is in use by your computer. For example, you cannot boot to a copy of Windows and then restore an image over that copy of Windows. 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