任何经常使用家用电脑的人最终都会存储大量他们不想丢失的非常重要的信息。保护此信息的最佳方法是为Windows设置自动备份系统。
您可以采取几种方法来备份Windows系统。您可以使用SyncToy 之类的工具来安排系统上最重要文件夹的备份。或者，您可以从免费系统克隆应用程序列表中进行选择，以对整个(free system cloning apps)Windows系统进行完整备份。
在本文中，您将学习如何使用其中一种工具 - EaseUS - 为Windows设置自动备份系统，该系统具有智能备份计划，不会干扰您的计算机使用。
设置 EaseUS 自动备份系统(Setting Up An EaseUS Automatic Backup System)
- 当您第一次安装EaseUS时，它会要求您选择一个安装文件夹，用于存储所有备份文件。
- 浏览(Browse)到外部硬盘驱动器上的备份文件夹，您将在其中保存备份。如果需要，请创建一个新的备份文件夹。
- 完成后选择确定(OK)，然后选择下一步(Next)。安装程序将完成EaseUS安装。
为Windows(Windows)建立一个好的自动备份系统有两个部分。第一个是配置要备份的内容，第二个是安排备份，以便在影响最小的时候进行。
要设置Windows系统的备份，请选择主屏幕上的系统备份按钮。(System Backup)这将启动另一个窗口，您可以在其中选择要备份的内容。
如果您安装了多个操作系统，则会在此处看到它们。您可以选择Windows 操作系统(Windows OS)并继续，但最好优化备份以节省空间并减少备份时间。
优化系统备份(Optimizing System Backups)
- 选择备份选项(Backup options)以优化您的备份过程。
- 从左侧导航菜单中选择空间。(Space)如果您购买了EaseUS的付费版，您可以将压缩(Compression)设置更改为高(High)以节省空间。如果您使用的是免费版本，则需要将此设置保持为Normal。
- 从导航菜单中选择性能，然后将(Performance)优先级(Priority)滑块滑动到高(High)。
这将确保所有系统资源都专用于进行备份。如果您尝试使用计算机，这可能是个问题，但您将安排备份在所有系统资源都可用的时间进行。
- 从导航菜单中选择高级(Advanced)，并确保未启用 逐扇区备份。(Sector by sector backup)
逐个扇区备份将复制每个扇区，包括那些不存储任何重要信息的扇区。通过不选择此选项，它将节省空间并使您的自动备份更有效。
将备份安排为每日(Schedule Your Backup To Daily)
为确保您对每天发生的所有系统更改进行全新更新，您需要确保每天都进行备份。
- 在系统备份(System Backup)屏幕上，选择计划：关闭(Schedule: Off)链接。
- 在Backup Scheme窗口中，将Schedule Type更改为Daily。接下来，确保将时间设置为 12:00 AM，或一天中您不太可能使用计算机的任何其他时间。
- 将备份方法(Backup method)设置为增量(Incremental)。这将减少每天备份所需的时间，因为每天只会备份已更改的文件夹和文件。
- 确保启用唤醒计算机以运行此备份(Wake the computer to run this backup)，并禁用如果计算机关闭，则在系统启动时运行错过的备份(Run missed backup at system startup if computer is shutdown)。
这将确保即使计算机已经进入睡眠状态，它也会根据需要唤醒以启动备份。
通过禁用错过的备份选项，它可以防止备份在您第二天重新使用计算机后消耗所有系统资源。
完成后，在“系统备份(System Backup)”窗口中选择“保存(Save)”以完成。现在，您将在主窗口中看到已安排的备份。
通过在几个小时后安排备份，它们可以在不会以任何方式影响您的计算机使用时进行。
创建基于云的自动备份系统(Create a Cloud-Based Automatic Backup System)
如果您真的只关心系统上的一组重要文件或文件夹，那么在您的 PC 上同步一个文件夹以备份到云端是最好的方法。执行此操作的最佳工具之一是Google Drive Sync。
在 PC 上安装Google Drive后，您会在Windows 资源管理器(Windows Explorer)中看到一个名为Google Drive的新驱动器。
您在此Google Drive中放置的任何内容都会自动与您的(Google Drive)Google Drive帐户 同步。
为了让您的备份井井有条，请在您的Google Drive目录中创建一个名为Computer Share的新文件夹。现在，您可以将 PC 上的所有重要文件或文件夹复制到此计算机共享(Computer Share)目录中。
您移动到那里的所有内容都会显示在您的Google 云端硬盘(Google Drive)帐户中。
当您在新的Google Drive共享驱动器中创建新文件夹时，您可以通过右键单击计算机上的文件夹并选择Google Drive和在网络上查看(View on the web)来直接在网络上打开它们。
这将打开您的浏览器并直接将您带到驱动器，因此您不必在线搜索驱动器。
在Google Drive(Google Drive)和您的 PC之间建立此同步链接后，开始将所有重要文件和文件夹复制到新的共享驱动器中。将它们全部移动到您创建的计算机共享文件夹中。(Computer Share)
保护您的备份免受病毒侵害(Protect Your Backups From Viruses)
拥有备份很棒，但让您的自动备份系统复制受感染的文件则不然。这就是为什么当您完成备份系统的设置后，您还应该花时间设置每日病毒扫描。
至少设置Windows Defender 进行自动扫描(Windows Defender for automatic scans)。但是，安装完整的防病毒软件会更好。有很多免费的防病毒选项(free antivirus options)。在您的防病毒软件中，确保将病毒扫描配置为每天运行。
将(Set)扫描时间设置为您在计算机上的时间。这样做的原因是，当防病毒软件识别出病毒时，您需要快速采取行动来保护您的备份。
在备份软件的情况下，立即禁用计划备份到一次性备份或手动选项。
对于云解决方案，如Google Drive，只需右键单击Windows任务栏中的同步图标并禁用同步过程。
这将使您有时间在不影响备份的情况下解决病毒或恶意软件感染。
通过在计算机系统启动时或工作时间安排防病毒扫描，并仅在当天完成后安排备份，您将降低感染影响自动备份的风险。
清理完感染系统后，只需重新启用备份计划或云同步连接即可。
How To Set Up An Automatic Backup System For Windows
Anyone who regularly uses a home computer ends up storing a lаrge amount of very important information that thеy don’t want to lose. The best way to proteсt thіs information is by setting up an autоmatic backυp system for Windows.
There are a few approaches you can take to backup your Windows system. You can use a tool like SyncToy to schedule the backup of the most important folders on your system. Or you can choose from a list of free system cloning apps to take a full backup of your entire Windows system.
In this article, you’ll learn how to use one of those tools – EaseUS – to set up an automatic backup system for Windows with a smart backup schedule that won’t interfere with your computer use.
Setting Up An EaseUS Automatic Backup System
- When you first install EaseUS, it’ll ask you to choose a setup folder where all of the backup files will be stored.
- Browse to a backup folder on an external hard drive where you’ll be keeping your backups. Create a new backup folder if you need to.
- Select OK and then Next when you’re done. The installation program will complete the EaseUS installation.
There are two parts to setting up a good automatic backup system for Windows. The first is configuring what gets backed up, and the second is scheduling the backups for when it’ll have the lowest impact.
To set up the backup of your Windows system, select the System Backup button on the main screen. This will launch another window where you can select what you want to back up.
If you have more than one OS installed, you’ll see them here. You could select the Windows OS and just proceed, but it’s better to optimize your backup to save space and reduce the backup time.
Optimizing System Backups
- Select Backup options to optimize your backup procedure.
- Select Space from the left navigation menu. If you’ve purchased the paid edition of EaseUS, you can change the Compression setting to High to save space. If you’re using the free version you’ll need to keep this set to Normal.
- Select Performance from the navigation menu, and slide the Priority slider to High.
This will ensure all system resources are dedicated to taking the backup. While this might be an issue if you were trying to use your computer, you’re going to schedule the backups to take place during a time when all system resources will be available for it.
- Select Advanced from the navigation menu, and make sure Sector by sector backup is not enabled.
A sector by sector backup would copy every sector, including those that don’t store any important information. By not selecting this, it’ll save space and make your automatic backup more efficient.
Schedule Your Backup To Daily
To ensure that you have a fresh update of all system changes that occur every day, you’ll want to make sure backups happen every day.
- On the System Backup screen, select the Schedule: Off link.
- In the Backup Scheme window, change the Schedule Type to Daily. Next, make sure the time is set to 12:00 AM, or any other time of day when you aren’t likely to be using your computer.
- Set the Backup method to Incremental. This will reduce the amount of time that backups take every day, since only folders and files that have changed will be backed up each day.
- Make sure Wake the computer to run this backup is enabled, and disable Run missed backup at system startup if computer is shutdown.
This will ensure that even if the computer has gone to sleep, it’ll wake up to initiate the backup as required.
By disabling the missed backup option, it’ll keep the backup from consuming all system resources once you get back on your computer the next day.
Once you’re done, on the System Backup window select Save to finish. Now you’ll see the backups you’ve scheduled listed in the main window.
By scheduling the backup after hours, they can take place when it won’t impact your computer use in any way.
Create a Cloud-Based Automatic Backup System
If you really only care about a set of important files or folders on your system, then syncing a folder on your PC to be backed up to the cloud is the best way to go. One of the best tools for doing this is Google Drive Sync.
Once you install Google Drive on your PC, you’ll see a new drive show up in Windows Explorer called Google Drive.
Anything you place in this Google Drive will automatically get synced with your Google Drive account.
To keep your backup organized, create a new folder in your Google Drive directory called Computer Share. Now you can copy all of the important files or folders on your PC into this Computer Share directory.
Everything you move there, you’ll see show up in your Google Drive account.
As you create new folders in your new Google Drive shared drive, you can open them directly on the web by right-clicking the folder on your computer and selecting Google Drive, and View on the web.
This will open your browser and take you directly to the drive so you don’t have to search for the drive online.
Once you’ve established this synced link between Google Drive and your PC, start copying all of your important files and folders into the new shared drive. Move them all inside the Computer Share folder you’ve created.
Protect Your Backups From Viruses
Having a backup is fantastic, but having your automatic backup system copy over infected files isn’t. This is why when you’re done setting up your backup system, you should also invest time in setting up a daily virus scan as well.
At least set up Windows Defender for automatic scans. However, installing full antivirus software is even better. There are lots of free antivirus options. In your antivirus software, make sure to configure the virus scans to run daily.
Set the scan time to when you’ll be on your computer. The reason for this is so that when the antivirus software identifies the virus, you need to act fast to protect your backups.
In the case of backup software, immediately disable the scheduled backup to the one-time backup or manual option.
In the case of a cloud solution, like Google Drive, just right-click the sync icon in the Windows taskbar and disable the sync process.
This will give you time to resolve the virus or malware infection without impacting your backups.
By scheduling your antivirus scans either when your computer system boots up, or during your work time, and scheduling backups only after you’re done for the day, you’ll reduce the risk of infections ever impacting your automatic backups.
Once you’ve finished cleaning up your system of the infection, just re-enable the backup schedule, or the cloud sync connection.
