About backing up dual-boot systems

Last published : Sep 28, 2026
You can back up dual-boot systems. You can also back up computers with more than one operating system, even if you have drives (partitions) that are hidden within the operating system where you run the software.
When you run a backup, everything on the drive is included in the recovery point so that you can start your computer later if you restore it. An exception is if you back up a bootstrapped operating system. In such cases, you must back up and then restore every drive with operating system boot information. This kind of restore allows your computer to boot in the same way from a restored system as it did from the original configuration.
Note: You should not create incremental recovery points of shared data drives. This applies ifVeritas System Recovery is installed on both operating systems, and they are both set to manage the shared drive.
You may encounter issues if you try to use Veritas System Recovery LightsOut Restore or Veritas System Recovery Restore Anyware on a dual boot system.