06-29-2018, 05:18 PM
First setup VirtualBox or VMware Player / Vmware Workstation by installing their installer package. Install VirtualBox from here https://www.virtualbox.org/ and VMware Workstation from here https://www.vmware.com/products/workstat...ation.html.
Then create a VM with Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 in it. Note this will require at least 2GB RAM for the VM. You will need to download the ISO file for Windows 10 from the Microsoft Evaluation Center. If your laptop doesn't have enough RAM you could install XP or Windows 7 in the VM, we can provide you with the ISO files as they are no longer publicly available.
Once you have the VM running, back up the VM with BackupChain (please use the setup package link you received in the email, not the official version).
Instructions are on page 174+ in the User Guide.
The restore instructions follow the backup section in the user guide.
In a nutshell the process is: when you create the VMware Backup task (or VirtualBox backup task), select the folder containing all VM files, which are usually all in the same folder where the virtual disk file is located (VMDK file name ending or VDI for VirtualBox). Once the files are all backed up, they will be copied to your backup target folder.
Run the restore function in BackupChain and select the VM folder on the left side of the screen. Click the restore button and select the target path. Once finished you will find the restored VMDK or VDI files in there. In order to boot your restored VM, create a new VM in VMware. Then remove the automatically created hard disk and add a new one. Select 'use existing virtual disk' and select the restored VMDK file. Then start the VM.
Then create a VM with Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 in it. Note this will require at least 2GB RAM for the VM. You will need to download the ISO file for Windows 10 from the Microsoft Evaluation Center. If your laptop doesn't have enough RAM you could install XP or Windows 7 in the VM, we can provide you with the ISO files as they are no longer publicly available.
Once you have the VM running, back up the VM with BackupChain (please use the setup package link you received in the email, not the official version).
Instructions are on page 174+ in the User Guide.
The restore instructions follow the backup section in the user guide.
In a nutshell the process is: when you create the VMware Backup task (or VirtualBox backup task), select the folder containing all VM files, which are usually all in the same folder where the virtual disk file is located (VMDK file name ending or VDI for VirtualBox). Once the files are all backed up, they will be copied to your backup target folder.
Run the restore function in BackupChain and select the VM folder on the left side of the screen. Click the restore button and select the target path. Once finished you will find the restored VMDK or VDI files in there. In order to boot your restored VM, create a new VM in VMware. Then remove the automatically created hard disk and add a new one. Select 'use existing virtual disk' and select the restored VMDK file. Then start the VM.