Nero BackItUp & Burn Minimum System Requirements

• Windows® 7, Windows Vista®, Windows® XP SP2 (or higher for each), or Windows Server® 2003 SP1 (64-bit versions run in 32-bit compatibility mode)
• 1 GHz Intel® Pentium® III or equivalent AMD/Intel® processor (2 GHz Intel® Pentium® 4 or equivalent AMD/Intel® processor for Windows Vista® and Windows® 7),
• 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista®) and Windows® 7
• Windows® Internet Explorer® 6.0
• Microsoft® .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
• Microsoft® Windows® Installer 4.5
• Microsoft® Visual C++® 2005 Redistributable Package SP1
• 300 MB free hard drive space for a typical installation of all components
• 400 MB temporary hard drive space during installation
• CD, DVD, or Blu-ray Disc drive (with burning capability for burning functions)
• Graphics card with minimum resolution of 800 x 600 pixels - the installation of latest WHQL certified device drivers is recommended

Additional notes for operating system support:

• The minimum system requirements for the Windows® operating system must be fulfilled.
• The program can run on 64-bit systems in 32-bit emulation mode.
• Windows® Starter Edition versions (or any other special editions) are NOT officially supported.

General notes:

• The computer system must support the devices and file systems.
• The devices must be correctly installed and recognized by the operating system for the product to work properly.
• Hard drives formatted in NTFS are required for the use of certain backup/restore functionalities.
• A broadband Internet access is required for online backups.

Supported media and destinations for backup

• CD-R
• CD-RW
• DVD+-R
• DVD +-RW
• DVD-RAM
• DVD+-R DL
• BD-R
• BD-RE
• BD-R DL
• BD-RE DL
• Hard drives
• Removable storage devices connected via USB, FireWire® (IEEE 1394) and eSATA
• Memory cards such as SD, SDHC, CF memory, Sony® Memory Stick™
• Network shares
• FTP
• Nero Online Backup

Supported media for burning

• CD-R
• CD-RW
• DVD+-R
• DVD+-RW
• DVD-RAM
• DVD+-R DL
• BD-R
• BD-RE
• BD-R DL
• BD-RE DL

Supported media for data recovery

• CD-R
• CD-RW 
• DVD+-R
• DVD+-RW
• DVD-RAM
• DVD+-R DL
• Hard drives
• Floppy disks, Zip disks, Jaz disks, SyQuest disks, and other removable media
• Memory cards such as SD, SDHC, CF memory, Sony® Memory Stick™, etc.
• USB sticks, USB hard drives

Supported file systems for backup

• NTFS
• FAT16, FAT32, exFAT
• Linux® ext2/3 and Linux swap partition

Supported file systems for data recovery

• NTFS
• FAT16, FAT32
• UDF (Version 1.0 to 2.6)
• CDFS (ISO 9660, including Joliet)
• Multisession disc
• UDF/ISO Bridge Disc