Creating a backup

With a backup, the entire system can be stored and managed as a backup copy on an external storage medium. This backup copy can be used to restore the system in the event of a system failure or data loss. Make regular backups from your system in order to restore your Industrial PC to the state it was at the time of the backup.

Beckhoff provides a backup and recovery solution in the form of the Beckhoff Service Tool (BST). For more information about the BST see: Beckhoff Service Tool (BST).

The steps described specify backing up a system that is not running, rather than creating a backup from within Windows. Note that no backup is possible with active encryption, i.e. with BitLocker active (see: Disabling BitLocker).

Proceed as follows:

1. Disable the encryption.
2. Create a backup.
3. Re-enable encryption after the backup.
Archive the backup.