How to Use System Image Backup and Restore in Windows 10 Tutorial
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- In this comprehensive Windows 10 tutorial, you'll learn how to create a complete System Image Backup and effortlessly restore your PC to a previous state using Windows 10's built-in Backup and Restore utility. This powerful feature has been a part of Windows since its introduction in Windows 7, and it can be a lifesaver in case of system failures or data loss.
In this tutorial, you'll discover:
- The step-by-step process of creating a System Image Backup in Windows 10.
- Choosing the right storage location for your backup.
- Selecting the drives to include in your System Image Backup.
- Tips for ensuring a smooth restoration process.
- Creating a system repair disc for easy recovery in case of system failure.
- Checking your image files and managing them effectively.
- Restoring your system using both a repair disc and advanced startup options.
This tutorial is suitable for users of Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.
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Your tutorial was the best of the dozens which I have watched. The explanation of getting to the System Image restore from within windows was a godsend. Thank you.
Thanks Teacher I am from Pakistan. nice & cool presentation.
Fantastic and Excellent !!!
Hello friend. Pleased to have found your channel and this informative and clear video. I just bought a brand new computer with Win10 and I'm losing my head this afternoon trying to know everything that would be nice to have to be prepared for future eventual problems. Noticing that you answer every single comment on your video, I'll try to leave also my doubts, and luckly getting also your personal attention for a bit. I have (as of now) 2 doubts, one specifically from this video, and another one so general that probably will take a long answer to solve. But this second doubt is finally what brought me here to your video from the start. So, to the doubts:
1) It is said at 3:55 that it is possible to create the repair disc onto a USB drive, but the option shown in the video is only to create it in a disc media (CD or DVD). In this manner the Windows 7 works the same way, and I was trying to create this repair disc on an USB drive from my old machine with Win7, without success. Was it your mistake during the video, or is there a way to create this repair disc into a USB drive, instead that on a disc media?
2) Could you please, really please, explain me clearly as in this video, or point me somewhere where I could have this answer, on the differences between repair disc, recovery drive, system image, set up backup, file history and system restore? How each one works and for whatever reason one should use any of this options.
Thank you very much!!!!!
1. When creating a System Image Backup it is not possible to save that image on a USB because the size of the data could be large enough. However, you can use an External HDD to store the image.
2. System Image is what the video was about. You can create a System Image of 1 or more partitions, which will be a mirror of all the data and state of that drive on that particular date. It could be your Windows Partition or you can also create an image of other partitions but we mostly create system image for partition where Windows is installed. So, in future when you need you can restore the entire partition in the same state. Like, you created a System Image of C Drive where Windows is installed today and after a month if your Windows got corrupt then you can restore that image. But keep in mind that the image will only have 1 month old data or from the date when you had created the image.
System Restore is different. You can create System Restore points before making some changes to your Windows like installing Drivers. So, if something goes wrong then you can restore back to a point. It is faster and only safe the required data and information when you create a System Restore point. Whereas the System Image take complete backup of the entire drive or drivers.
Now, let's suppose you are unable to boot into Windows but you have a System Image stored on a partition or external drive. But how will you then restore it when the system is not booting up?
At that point you can use the Windows Repair Disc, and you need to boot from that drive. It will then start Windows Setup from where you will get different options to repair your Windows installation. Here you will also find the option to Restore your System Image. Here you will also find Startup Repair or Restoring your system back to System Restore Point you had created earlier.
An advise is to create a System Image of the partition where Windows is installed after you have completely setup the Windows and other applications on it. Then avoid saving your data files on the same partition. In future, you can restore that image and your system will back to the same state when you had created the image. Windows itself can also reset it to a previous state through repair disc with or without data files. But you will lost the other applications and settings that you might have configured.
Hope this clear everything. Let me know!
@@TheTeacher everything was clear. Thank you very much for the detailed information! All the best to you
Thank you!!
You're welcome!
Tnx for your informative help
Always welcome
Fantastic!
Excellent presentation, thank you .
Very usefull.
Glad you think so!
Better to click no, because you can use another drive to created the boot media in another time, this way will not confuse you, if not, you can made mistake creating the boot media in the drive which you have created the system image, which will be delete everything on your drive, better be safe than sorry. The motive of this is in case your pc cannot boot because of virus attack or hardware spoil or not working you can reinstall the window back which you have created both 2 drive
so, given I have some space on the boot disc, I can use this for a restore partition?
+bryant thompson It is better to use a separate disc (External Hard Drive) to store your System Image. You don't believe but today on one of my PC, I had Backup System Image on a separate partition of the same hard disk drive and suddenly the hard disk crashed today. So now the image is gone with the disk now. #theteacher
so how do you restore image to usb stick instead of hard drive or is Ms still lagging behind
Yes for sure. Lagging behind because they can't think so far about creating an entire system backup on a USB.
Carry on
How to arrange such procedures if Windows failed to start using a USB flash memory?
will the system image back up stored in hdd be erased when the hdd is formatted?
Yes
How about factory reset?
Can I copy windowsimagebackup
Folder to any external drive and use to recover windows
You can place that system image on external drive and during recovery you can choose the image from the drive.
=will this even back up the software that I use in my laptop and start the same way from where i left it or last time took its backup within the software ?
It will backup everything but not sure about the Backup inside a particular software. It totally depends on the software but keep in mind that if you are creating an image of lets say C Drive where Windows is installed then it will backup each file on that drive for that particular date and time.
So after everything is done, do you have to go back to your bios and change it back to the original drive to boot from?
Yes. You have to change the BIOS to boot from HDD. In case, you might also have another key option to directly bring the Boot Menu (like F10 or F12). Using the Boot key helps you to directly bring the boot menu. This way you don't have to goto BIOS to change the settings and if you use let's say F10 to bring the Boot menu and the boot from USB then the next time after the reboot you don't have to do anything. PC will automatically boot from the previous boot device (like HDD the default one) because when you choose a boot device using the Boot key, it's temporary till next restart. Hope that will help.
I am currently using Acronis to backup the whole drive which included all settings and application and save it to another hard drive. Can it be done with Windows 10 or 7 and place it in another partition with same drive? Thanks.
Whereas I think, System Image Recovery is overall good if you don't do much changes to your system configuration regularly including installing and uninstalling apps and configuring different app settings. But keep in mind that if you restore the image it will restore your PC to the date when you had created the image. You can give it a try. I personally used this method on my Internet Cafe. So, instead of manually cleaning all the stuff from those computers, I always restored the images.
5:20 at that stage my USB memory stick isn't recognized, nor is my ext 3.5" HDD (partitionned). My ext 2.5" HDD and CDROM on the other hand are, who knows why...
That sometimes happens with these kinds of apps. Like Rufus to create bootable USB, it never recognize old USB Sticks.
Madam my PC is go the repair then I loss my all images how to reget that images madam reply me
I don't have system image and my PC can't boot
What does it mean by "data of same drives will be replaced by image backup?" I'm so sorry I'm very unsure of technology stuff 😅
Let's say you backup all of your drives C,D, and E using System Image on December 22, 2020. After a month, if you will restore the image which includes a backup of 22 December then it will restore all the drives back to that date and will remove all the data that you might have placed after.
It's better to only include the C Drive (System and Boot Partition) where Windows is installed in System Image.
@@TheTeacher ahh this was mighty useful. Thanks!
I need help
I want to move all my files from an old hdd to a new one
so if i create a full system image recovery, will all my data also be restored
for example, I played a game and i finished half of it. now im creating a system image recovery
and restoring the data on another hard drive. will the game's data also be transferred, like i can continue from where i stopped on a new hard drive or do i have to play the game from first.
Please reply.
No it will not. What you want to do is clone a drive. TH-cam has lots of instructions for cloning a drive.
@@S2SEXPRESS ohh...ok
Thanks for the help
Add Norton ghost/clonezila
If i clicked by accident System Image Recovery it means i deleted everything in my PC?
Will restore your computer to the date when the image was created.
This should have been the voice of siri.😛
Wait but then if do what at the end sayis its going to bring me back to Windowns 10 right?
Ya, If you will use the System Image Restore then it will take you back to the date when you had created the image.
Great Job, Thank for sharing, #Nisit-KH
Glad that helped.
question
if i have 10 programs installed and configured with certain settings, will image recovery be able to recover the exact status with the 10 programs and the certain settings?
Yes. It depends on when you had created the image. I mean, let's say that you created a system image on 06.10.2016 and later you made certain changes in different applications and even installed and uninstalled certain apps. If later you will restore the image then it will revert back to 06.10.2016 with an exact state of windows and all its installed apps on that specific date. All the settings or applications that have been installed after that date will get uninstalled and uninstalled applications will be restored.
Thanks for the quick reply! I guess the answer is yes (date aside). It means, if i back up now, and recover immediately after, i will get back exactly the same system, with the same programs and settings and the same files and folders (100% same).
basically i will not lose a single thing, right?
Danil Xu Yes. Upto the image date. Basically, I personally don't store any kind of data on the same drive for which I am creating the image like C Drive. I always store my data on other partitions. Because one thing is sure that if something goes wrong, I will not lose any data but I will manage to reinstall everything from scratch. Because data is much important, right!
+Danil Xu yes. You guess it right.
what file system is needed for the USB?
You don't need to think about the USB Drive File System if you are planning to boot from the USB. It totally depends on the utility that you are using to create a Bootable USB. Like, in DISKPART we use NTFS and for any special configuration like GPT, I use Rufus to create a Bootable USB having FAT32 file system which Rufus select automatically.
I have over 15 discs for system image backup-just too many. I thought maybe 6 or 7 at the start.
Why don't you use External Storage Device to backup the system image?
I created a system disk image, and now it says that it could not find any system image to backup. What should i do?
Next time you need to Restore not backup.
@@TheTeacher oh, thanks. My problem is already solved.
I upgraded to windows 8.1 pro (64bit) from windows 7 ultimate (32bit).
Since the update win 10 does not show control panel and now its file history why cant they leave things alone
They are putting everything in the Settings. Control Panel is there BTW.
what to do if computer does not acknowledge password?
Version of Windows and what error message you are getting and wherE?
@the teacher plz help me I stuck at the password part. I did not set any password when I downloaded windows so what do I do
What account type you are using, Local or Microsoft? If that is a Microsoft (Hotmail / Outlook email) account then reset the password of your email account that you use to login and then use the same password to login into windows.
Please help me i cannot open my windows backup image
You can use the Image in Recovery mode only and can't just open it.
In my opinion image recovery is not worth it IF you have a internal drive like ssd and an external drive to download items.In this case if your pc runs into a problem simply you you unplug the external hard drive and then put a usb with the windows backup to install them back.After that you go normally to your desktop and plug again the external drive
That will be only the case when you don't have important settings or apps on your system. Imagine about a Professional's computer who is using it since many years with lot of apps with different configuration settings then just reinstalling from scratch is not going to help.
@@TheTeacher what you mean
@@xxnemesis123xx3 it saves apps too (old)
@@closetGaming587 4 years passed since then. Well I can tell you that windows are still the same
@@xxnemesis123xx3 e
So is this how you protect yourself against WannaCry?
Windows Defender might help but that is what Anti Virus app for.
my system image recovery does not work my pass
Try the user name and password that you fill in while installing Windows.
i have followed this guide step by step when i get to th-cam.com/video/dzQPXdRsTwU/w-d-xo.html it is asking me to create a recovery disk, the disk is in the CD drive and the USB is plugged in thanks in advanced
Hi All, I was trying to use this to move all my data to a new machine. Unfortunately, it gave me an error when I tried to
restore; it said that the Image was created with a different firmware version. Is there a workaround for this? -- Thanks. Bill
There is a bit long information and it is not possible to describe everything in the comment section. So you better read the following article and let us know if that helps.
www.backup-utility.com/articles/system-image-restore-fails-because-of-efi-bios-4348.html
you are wrong, Windows Vista had the option "System Image Backup" but it was called "Windows Complete PC Restore"
I just though that it was not available in Vista. Used Vista for just a few months. Annotations are gone from TH-cam; otherwise I might add one for mistake.
Lol, when I'm trying to restore my backup via the network, I can select the ''WindowsImageBackup'' folder.. But it gives me an error saying ''no backup-sets found''
Can't say anything about that. Never tried that. Google for the error code.
I am replacing my hard disk so I can also get my windows back from this
As the remaining hardware will remain same so it should work.
i dont know if the previous disk was smaller than the new disk so what happens? for example will it create a seperate partition for additional storage?
this is a comment
Makes no sense
Not the same case for all.