How to Create a Bootable USB for Windows Server

1 In MSP360 Backup, click Make Bootable USB button:
This will launch the Create Recovery Disk dialog window.

2 In the Create Recovery Disk dialog window, you can select whether you want to create a bootable USB (that's what we'll do) or whether you want to create a bootable ISO image.

3 You can also use the following additional options in the Create Recovery Disk dialog window:
- Add MSP360 Connect (formerly Remote Desktop) to the Recovery Disk
This enables you or someone else who provides administrative support to connect to the booted Windows Server.
- Protect Recovery Disk with a master password
Specify a master password for extra security to prevent anyone from unauthorized from using the USB disk.
- Path to drivers
Specify a folder where additional drivers you’d like to install are located.

Note: Use this option to be able to use this disk for recovery to dissimilar hardware.

4 Once you complete setting up all the options, click Create Disk. The creation of bootable USB usually takes no more than a few minutes, depending on the speed of the USB drive.

Once the creation is completed, you have a fully-functional bootable USB with an image-based backup which you can use to restore Windows Server.

 

1Boot up the computer into Boot Manager with the USB stick plugged in. Select the USB Device and press Enter.

2Enter the master password you used when creating the bootable USB and press Enter.

3Click Bare Metal Recovery to launch MSP360 Backup.

Alternatively, you can launch MSP360 Connect by clicking on its icon it the upper right-hand corner (provided that you selected this option when creating the bootable USB). You can use MSP360 Connect to give an authorized administrator or support personnel access to your computer.

4 In MSP360 Backup, launch the Restore Wizard by clicking Restore on the main toolbar or using the Ctrl+R shortcut.

5 In the Restore Wizard, select or add the backup storage that contains the image-based backup. It's essential that the backup prefix of the backup storage matches that of the backup itself.

6 Choose whether you need to run the restore only once (without saving its configuration) or save the restore plan options after completing the wizard.

7 Choose the option Manually:
It enables you to select which versions of each image to restore:

8 Select Restore as physical disk:

9Select partitions to restore:

10 Select the destination for restore:

11 Complete configuring the image restore plan and execute it. When the restore process completes, the OS will be fully restored.

12 Once completed, exit MSP360 Backup and then exit the MSP360 Boot Menu.

13 You return to the Boot Manager where you need to select your main hard drive which contains the freshly restored OS.

14 Reboot the server and your Windows Server should boot up in the same state from the earlier backup.