Redo Backup and Recovery: Step-by-Step Tutorial Redo Rescue (formerly known as Redo Backup and Recovery) is a free, open-source bare-metal backup and disaster recovery tool. It allows you to create complete system images of your hard drives, making it easy to restore your operating system, programs, and settings if your computer crashes, gets hit by malware, or suffers hardware failure. Because it runs from a live USB or CD independent of your installed operating system, Redo Rescue can save or recover your system even if your machine refuses to boot.
This comprehensive guide will walk you through downloading Redo Rescue, creating bootable media, making a system image, and restoring your computer from scratch. Prerequisites and Requirements Before starting, ensure you have the following items ready: A blank USB flash drive (at least 8GB is recommended).
An external storage drive or a stable network connection (like a shared folder, NFS, or FTP server) to save your system image files.
Bootable media creator software such as Rufus (for Windows) or BalenaEtcher (for Windows, macOS, and Linux). Step 1: Download the Software and Create Bootable Media
Since Redo Rescue operates outside your local operating system, you must build a bootable USB drive to run it.
Navigate to the official website at Redo Rescue or its SourceForge Page to download the latest ISO image file. Plug your blank USB flash drive into your computer. Open your bootable media creator program (e.g., Rufus). Select your plugged-in USB drive as the target device.
Click Select, choose the downloaded Redo Rescue ISO file, and press Start to write the image to the drive. Step 2: Boot Your Computer Into Redo Rescue
Once your bootable media is ready, you need to boot your target computer into the live environment.
Leave the bootable USB plugged in and restart your computer.
As the computer powers on, repeatedly press your system’s boot menu key. Common keys include F12, F11, F8, F2, or Esc depending on your motherboard manufacturer. Select your USB flash drive from the boot menu list.
When the Redo Rescue menu loads, select Start Redo Backup. The graphical user interface (GUI) will load automatically. How to Create a Redo Backup, Recovery Bootable USB
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