Backing up a running BREIN system > Complete Windows backup

The fastest way to get BREIN running in a case of emergency is to have a clone of the complete Windows system. You can use one of the many tools to backup and restore complete partitions. Just make sure that the new machine has at least as many cores as the previous PC had, and that its computational speed is equal or higher than that of the original BREIN computer.

The most elegant way to work with BREIN is to have it running on a virtual machine (VM). With tools like VMware you can migrate existing Windows installations to virtual machines, including all installed software packages and drivers. Virtual machines are single (huge) files which contain the complete system. In most cases, migrating means to copy the virtual machine file to the destination PC and start the virtual machine there. This is the fastest way to get a replacement for a failing computer.