This Tutorial will help guide you with using Hasleo Backup (Free) for the first time. A step by step process for creating a Windows 11 system image which is a comprehensive backup of your entire computer, including the operating system, installed programs, system settings, and personal files. It's essentially a snapshot of your system at a specific point in time, allowing you to restore your computer to that state if something goes wrong, like a hard drive failure or a major system issue.
This is just how I do it, there are most likely other ways.
Hasleo Backup Free is in my opinion very user friendly. —
I take no responsibility for Hasleo's backup process. Easy to follow external Hasleo tutorial links for Incremental/Differential & other backup types can be found in post number 2. This is purely a "First Run" guide for creating a system image of your current OS.
Yes I trust this software and use it daily.
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This page covers:
Skip to Hasleo System Backup First Run
Don't be confused that the 100% progress bar is for the format only, it is the whole Rescue Media process completed.
Important notes:
This will be edited when I deem fit or when/if I am corrected on a process.
I hope you find this somewhat helpful
- Sinto.
This is just how I do it, there are most likely other ways.
Hasleo Backup Free is in my opinion very user friendly. —
- Backup & Restore — Clone Windows OS, Disks, Partitions, and Files/Folders
- Supported backup modes: Full, Incremental, and Differential.
- Compress, encrypt, split, merge, and verify backup image files.
- Delta Restore: Speeds up recovery by restoring only changed data blocks.
- Supports Backup Filters, Scheduling, and Image Retention Policies.
- Mount backup images as local drives to explore and restore files easily.
- Supported OS: Windows Vista / Server 2008 or later — fully compatible with GPT and UEFI.
I take no responsibility for Hasleo's backup process. Easy to follow external Hasleo tutorial links for Incremental/Differential & other backup types can be found in post number 2. This is purely a "First Run" guide for creating a system image of your current OS. Yes I trust this software and use it daily.Download
Best Free Backup Software for Windows 11/10/8/7/Vista in 2026 - Hasleo Backup Suite
Hasleo Backup Suite Free is the best free Windows backup software in 2026. As an all-in-one solution, it supports Windows 11/10/8/7 and helps you back up and restore Windows OS, disks, partitions and files easily.
This page covers:
- Creating WinPE Rescue/Emergency Media
- Adding or Removing a Hasleo Boot Menu to the Boot environment of your PC
- Creating your first Hasleo System Backup (First Run)
Skip to Hasleo System Backup First RunCreating a Hasleo Emergency Disk
- Mandatory Requirement:
- A USB thumb drive 8GB or above is good.
- Optional:
- A 3 foot piece of nylon rope
- A cheese grater
- A copy of War & Peace
- Insert your USB thumb drive into your PC
- Open Hasleo and click on the Tools Icon (1)
- Click on "Emergency Disk" (2)
- A box will open politely asking you if you want to add drivers to the Hasleo WinPe Emergency Disk (3) — I have never personally had to do this, so I ignore it.
- The Download WinPE components option allows you to download WinPE components instead of looking for WinPE components from the current computer. (4) (I don’t use this option)
- You can skip this by clicking "Next" (5)
- You will be informed that the USB thumb drive will need to be formatted and be asked for confirmation to continue
- You can also choose to export the Emergency WinPE to an ISO.
- Click "Next" (6)
- Click "Proceed"
- The process will start and when it reaches 100% you can click "Close" (7)
- The Emergency WinPE rescue Media has completed
Don't be confused that the 100% progress bar is for the format only, it is the whole Rescue Media process completed.
- Job done. You can remove you USB thumb drive and label it.
Adding a Hasleo Boot Menu (Optional)
The boot menu option adds a Hasleo WinPe Boot Menu that will open post BIOS, before Windows loads.
It will give you the option to either
A: Boot into the Hasleo WinPe Environment
B: Boot into Windows
- You can configure the boot option by clicking on "Change defaults and other options"
- You can set the default duration that the boot menu shows before booting into Windows (Or the WinPE environment depending on the next setting)
- You can set the default option for the menu to open to, after the duration time has lapsed:
- Boot to Windows 11
- Boot to Hasleo WinPE environment
To add the Boot Menu:
- In the Tools section
- Click on "Add Boot Menu" and wait for the process to finish. (1)
To remove the Boot Menu:
- In the Tools section
- Click on "Remove Boot Menu" and wait for the process to finish. (2)
Hasleo Backup
First Run
- When you open Hasleo, you can click on the little drop arrow at the top right of the window to open a context menu.
- In settings, there are options.
- I create a default storage folder on the drive where my backups will live so that:
- I don't have to set a destination every time I create a System Backup
- I know exactly where all my backups are going to be located
- To make it easier when having to restore a system backup
- To make a System Backup I click on the Backup Icon (1)
- I click on "System Backup" (2)
- The partitions that make up your OS drive are automatically selected (3)
- You don't need to add or change anything
- The Task Name can be altered (4) (I name mine as per the current build number)
- There is no reason why you can't leave the Task Names as they are.
- if you don't change the Task Name: With each backup, the Task Name will increase by number so the higher the number the newer the backup
- You can see that the drive and folder I set to be the defaults, are already selected (5)
- The new image will be placed in a sub-folder within the default folder. The folder will have the same name as the Task Name (Image name)
- You can write a description if needed (6)
- I click the "Backup Options" (7)
- I select "Advanced" (8)
- I enable "Check the integrity of the backup image files on completion" (9)
- I can choose from a "Quick Image check" or a "Complete image check" (10)
- It's probably best to do a "Complete image check"
- This has to be set with each new backup created.
- I can now click proceed (11)
- Hasleo will start the System Image backup procedure. You will be notified when the task is completed.
Important notes:- If your User Folders are in their default location on the C: drive (Meaning you haven't moved them to a new default on another drive)
- A system image restore will replace files in your user folders. It replaces everything on the C: drive.
- So: If you have documents that you have altered, like a word document or an image etc. These files will be replaced with copies made from the time when the System Image was created.
- Therefore; It is important that you employ a separate backup method to save your User Folders
I use FreeFileSync, but that's a whole new thread.
- Hasleo can do file & folder backups but I am yet to use it so I can not yet advise you. I think that is also a whole new thread.
- I am sure it is as easy as doing a System Backup.
If you use OneDrive you should be fine, but, I know nothing of OneDrive either.
This will be edited when I deem fit or when/if I am corrected on a process.
I hope you find this somewhat helpful
- Sinto.
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