Remember that restoring from a system image is an all-or-nothing process.
When it’s time to restore from your system image, you’ll need your recovery media and the hard drive with the backup image. When you’re ready, click “Start Backup” to begin the image creation process. Review your selections to make sure they’re correct. This way you’ll avoid accidentally overwriting files on a hard drive that wasn’t damaged by whatever spoiled your system disk.ĥ. We recommend you don’t select any partitions that aren’t on the same physical disk. Choose any additional partitions you’d like to include in your system image. From the drop-down list, choose the hard disk you want to use to store the system image, then click “Next.”Ĥ. Your boot disc and all its crucial partitions will be selected for backup automatically. This image will be a “snapshot” of your computer’s current state, capturing absolutely everything at the time of backup.ġ. Launch the Windows 7 Backup and Restore tool from Control Panel.Ģ. Click “Create a System Image” on the left-side menu bar.ģ. Now that you can boot your computer in the event of disaster, you can create a backup image. Click “Create” to create the recovery drive. If necessary, choose a disc from the list, then click “Next.”ĥ. Uncheck the box next to “Back up system files to the recovery drive” and click “Next.”Ĥ. Type “Recovery Drive” into the Start Menu and click “Create a Recovery Drive.”ģ.
Its total capacity must be at least 512 MB.Ģ. Insert a blank USB drive into your computer. You can also create a recovery drive which is the same as a recovery disc but on a USB drive.ġ. Select your DVD drive and click “Create Disc” to burn the recovery disc. Click “Create a System Repair Disc” on the left-side menu bar.Ĥ. Microsoft just “wrapped” the Windows 7 Backup functionality in Windows 10 styling.ģ. That’s because we’re actually using that tool inside of Windows 10. You’ll notice going forward that the user interface looks very similar to the old Windows 7 backup tool. Insert a blank CD or DVD into your CD or DVD drive.Ģ Launch the “Windows 7 Backup and Restore” tool from the Control Panel. If you have a CD or DVD burner and some blank DVDs or CDs handy, you can create a System Repair Disc.ġ. If you don’t have the installation disc around, you’ll need to create some recovery media. If you already have a Windows 10 installation disc, that will typically work as a System Repair Disc as well. Should you need to apply a backup to a non-booting machine, you can use this media to boot your PC and apply the backup from outside your Windows installation. To use our backup image effectively, we’ll need a System Repair Disc or a System Recovery Drive. Creating a System Repair Disc or Recovery Drive Windows 10 has some built-in tools we can use to create and restore from a backup system image.
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