How to Backup D Drive for Free on Windows 11/10/8/7🔥

This is a guide on how to backup D drive on your computer. In this blog, you can learn how to create a backup of your D drive on your Windows computer to different locations with the help of professional backup software - EaseUS Todo Backup.

Key Takeaways

• D drive is an integral part of any computer following the C drive and is usually used to store the important personal data of Windows users.
• Backing up the D drive is necessary to avoid data loss in case of a computer virus attack, hard drive failure, etc.
• To back up your D drive, you can use the Windows built-in backup tool - Backup & Restore to back it up to an external drive and use OneDrive to back it up to OneDrive.
• The best way is to use free backup software - EaseUS Todo Backup to back up your D drive to different locations, including Cloud drives and local or external drives.

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Backup D Drive to External Hard Drive

An external drive is easy to use, portable, and generally cheap. Therefore, backing up your data in D drive to an external drive is an excellent choice. To this end, you can manually copy and paste data from D drive to an external drive.

You need to connect the external disk to your PC and then copy and paste data from D drive to external drives in File Explorer, but it is time-consuming and laborious if there is a lot of data to be transferred.

Fortunately, there are other ways out. You can use the built-in Windows backup app, like Backup and Restore (Windows 7), to help you back up your D drive to an external drive.

Backup and Restore (Windows 7) is a practical backup program for Windows users to create a backup or create a system image on a USB drive. Here is how to back up D drive to external drives using Backup & Restore:

Step 1. Type Control Panel in your Windows search box and tap Open.

Step 2. Press Backup and Restore (Windows 7).

Step 3. Tap Create a system image.

Step 4. Select the external drive connected to your computer to store the backup.

Step 5. Select the D drive to back up.

Step 6. Confirm the backup settings and tap Start backup.

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Backup D Drive to Cloud Drives

Backing up D drive to Cloud drives, such as OneDrive, Google Drive, and Dropbox, is also a great choice to keep your data secure in D drive. Backing up D drive to the Cloud can make it easier to access data without the limitations of time and place. Here, I will take OneDrive as an example.

OneDrive offers 5G of free Cloud storage and a convenient platform to collaborate with others to its users. You can easily back up data from D drive to OneDrive. If your PC or laptop is running on Windows 10 or 11, OneDrive is already installed.

The following is how to backup D drive to OneDrive:

Step 1. Type OneDrive in your Windows search bar and open your OneDrive folder in File Explorer.

Step 2. Copy your desired D drive files and paste them into the OneDrive folder. After that, the OneDrive desktop app will automatically sync them.

Backup D Drive with Disk Backup Software

In fact, the most effective and practical way to back up your D drive is to use a professional backup tool to help you create a backup of your D drive on a scheduled basis, like daily, weekly, or monthly. To this end, EaseUS Todo Backup, a free hard disk backup tool, comes to help.

EaseUS Todo Backup Free is a multi-functional and easy-to-use backup program for Windows computers. It can help you create a backup of your files, system, and computer app automatically and back up multiple hard drives simultaneously. In addition, it allows you to create full, incremental, and differential backup modes and store them in various locations, such as local or external disks, NAS, Security Zone, Cloud, etc.

EaseUS Todo Backup can suit your every need, whether you want to back up your C drive to D drive, clone or image a drive, or perform hard drive recovery. Download and install it on your computer to back up your D drive to any location you want.

Step 1. Start with selecting the backup contents.

Step 2. There are four backup categories, File, Disk, OS, and Mail, click Disk.

Step 3. It is available to back up a whole disk or a certain partition. Choose the one you need and click OK.

Step 4.  Select the destination where you want to save the backup.

Step 5. For disk/partition backup, you can choose to save the backup to local drive or to NAS.

Step 6. After the backup process is completed, your task will be displayed at the left. Right-click any one of the task, you can further manage your backup such as recover it, create incremental backup, etc.

Why Do You Need to Backup D Drive

D drive, the first drive following the C drive of a hard drive, is used to save Windows users' personal data, such as documents, images, installed games, apps, and downloaded videos. In addition, Windows users usually trust D drive when saving the data and information apart from the system data in C drive.

Therefore, it is important to take a backup of D drive to avoid data loss. The following are some common reasons for backing up a D disk:

• For data security. After backing up your D drive, you will get a backup of the D drive. So, even though your computer is somehow hacked, you no longer need to worry about data loss.
• For easy access. After backing up your D drive to an external hard drive or Cloud drive, you can access your data in D drive anytime and anywhere.
• To avoid physical disasters, floods, earthquakes, storms, hard disk bad sector problems, etc.

In some cases, the D drive is used as the Recovery Drive. Laptop manufacturers like HP, Lenovo, and Acer may utilize the D drive as a recovery disk. In this case, you need to clone the Recovery Partition to a USB drive to safeguard the recovery environment of your PC. Therefore, it is necessary to back up your D drive.

To Wrap Things Up

If you wonder how to backup D drive easily and securely, this article from EaseUS gives what you want. You can manually back up your D drive, back up your D drive to an external drive, or back up D drive to OneDrive. However, it is highly recommended to back up your D drive using professional backup software like EaseUS Todo Backup.

It is a free backup tool that can help you back up almost everything on your computer and back up your D drive to any location you want without trouble. It is a multi-functional backup tool that can help you perform various tasks. Just download it to explore its endless possibilities!

FAQs on How to Backup D Drive

1. How do I backup my D drive in Windows 7?

To back up your D drive in Windows 7, you can utilize the Backup and Restore to help you. However, it is worth noting that this built-in backup tool in Windows 7 is not as well equipped as you might expect. It cannot back up everything on your D drive, so it is better to use professional backup software like EaseUS Todo Backup to help you back up D drive in Windows 11/10/8/7.

2. Can I use Win10 File History to backup my D Drive?

Yes, you can use File History to back up data in your D drive. By default, Windows File History can back up all folders in your User folder, back up your data every hour (as long as the storage drive is available), and keep past copies of your files forever.

3. Why is my D drive slow?

You can check the drive for fragmentation if your D drive is slow. Large or frequently modified files can cause a drive to become fragmented over time, thus impacting performance.