A system image is saving your computer the exact way it is at that moment, to an external hard drive. It saves your programs and registry and everything from that moment. I tell family members to get their computers the EXACT perfect way they like to run it with all the programs installed. Then perform a system image backup. If there is a virus or malware or even a computer held for ransom. Just restore back from this image and you will be exactly where you were before the trouble. Sometimes you need a rescue disk to access the image file for recovery. It saves hours of time reloading and configuring Windows and all your programs. Only issue is that you are logged out of everything so you will have to log in to get access to your Facebook or Amazon or whatever.
This helped quit a bit. I had to put a new hard drive in my laptop and I created an install drive for windows 10 and just installed it and tried to recover the image from the settings menu. It was giving me a time lol. I went back and redid it picking the repair computer option and it let me use the backup image to install it. Thanks! Saved me some hassle of installing everything again.
It worked for me without the need to burn the rescue media to a CD. Alternatively, use a win-10 system on usb as a boot disk, instead of "install", select "repair my computer" to restore the backup image to your pc. Superb video, Thanks always.
My method has been to clone the HDD to another (using Acronis' disc utility). I once tried completing the backup strategy by plugging in the clone, and with some unanticipated reactions, it worked well. I clone it occasionally, and feel I can recover from a HDD failure within minutes (knowing some data had not been backed up).
careful when selecting the option to format and repartition disks... I selected that option and it formatted all the partitions on that disk.. so If you have more than one partition DO NOT select that option.
yes i saw that too if you had a recovery partition and chose to only backup the C drive partition you would lose that recovery partition during the formatting during the recovery
the windows 7 bit is not a issue it is using the same system that windows 7 did for backing up because it worked well, like Microsoft says if its not broke, don't spend money and waste bills time fixing it :)
Really thank you so much for taking the time and the trouble of explaining this, you have done a great job as everything was step by step and so clear. CHEERS
Superb! I'm just upgrading to Windows 10, is this an actual proper backup of the whole hard drive like Acronis does it? I presume when you recover an image it also recovers the whole hard drive image? If so, is it actually worth using Acronis? Very informative video!👏
System image - placing specific softwares and applications on the laptop within the company's guidelines for users to access. Restore point- restoring the system to the previous page or time ..
backup allows you to recover whole partition with all programs and system operating windows with all settings - it is complete restoration of the system.
Hi Britec... I just want to say i have watched a lot of your videos, and i appreciate all your knowledge you share with everyone. I know myself you have helped me figure out many things to solve some of my computer problems. Was just wondering what you use to record your videos and how you were able to even record the part when you were in the Bios and Windows Installation portion?
+Britec09 I have a little problem here =/ I have two harddrives (if that's what it's called), C: and D: D: is used for stuff that I download, like games on Steam and C: is for Windows stuff. The C: disk is the disk that is a backup as I got it (I heard that if I perform a backup, only the C: disk will be kept, not the D: disk). When I go "Create a system image" I can only pick D: and it says this: "The selected device is on the same physical disk as the backup. The backups will be lost if this drive fails." (I used Google Translate). I just don't know what to do. Something went downhill with my internet and I've tried everything to fix it, but nothing works, so this is the last thing I can think of and I'm afraid I can't even test this =/
Can I use the backup image to install to a USB drive and then transfer that to an SSD? I want to use a new SSD as my boot drive and use an USB drive to transfer.
Microsoft has now deprecated System Image Backup's for Win 10 1709 or any future builds past it. You can still create SIB's because some people are still back at 1703 or earlier, and MS doesn't differentiate between those builds when creating the image - only when restoring. Typical MS, crazy but true. So you can create them, but you now can't restore them in 1709. MS posted a bulletin on this recently telling people to now use 3rd party software. Head over to MS's support forum and add your voice to the crowd of those who have been screwed over by this. I just spent two days reinstalling my OS because my backups are no longer any good.
Fantastic video. I've searched many videos on youtube but no one mentioned whether this ''file history backup'' keeps the SETTINGS of softwares, apps, games... or not? for example let's say I have google chrome and I installed some add-ons extensions to it and I adjusted the SETTINGS of each extension to certain preferences, will that ''file history backup'' keep that SETTINGS exactly as it is the moment it captures it when I restore it in the future??
Just wanted to say thanks. Microsoft did a really great job of hiding this feature (tiny label in the bottom left hand corner several screens deep)... wow. I read a few technotes but I couldn't find it (Searching File History doesn't work in the later updates) but thanks to your screens I was able to find it.
Microsoft has included the old Backup and Restore feature from Windows 7. This was deprecated in Windows 8 and removed in Windows 8.1, but it’s back. It’s also known as “Windows Backup". This tool will allow you to restore any old Windows 7 backups on your Windows 10 computer. But you can also use it to back up your Windows 10 PC in the exact same way you’d back up a Windows 7 PC. Unlike Microsoft’s new File History backup solution, you can use Windows Backup to more easily create a backup of practically everything on your hard drive. You’ll find this tool in the Control Panel - just search for “backup” to locate it.
Thank you for the tutorial! Small question. Do we save Windows 10 and all the files, apps, drivers in this way? Or just the version of Windows OS itself as it is at the first installation?
So, what is the difference between creating a system repair disk and a system image? Does one of these two options do the work of both? In other words, wouldn't a system image do everything in terms of repairing a PC that has failed to boot due to registry errors or other problems? It seems to me that the system image is the better of the two, whereas the repair disk option would be useful if you had more than one Windows 10 PC. If I have three Windows 10 PC's, creating three system images for each PC and labeling them would be the way to go. Any thoughts on this?
Hi thanks for the video. I got question. How did you video capture when you're in the bios & dos screen? Which video capture software did you use? Mind to tell? Thanks.
1.whats the difference between 'System backup' & 'create Recovery drive' 2.If i do system back, will it backup only the windows 10 system files or all the files and folders in Documents ? 3.If i take system backup as u explained, will it delete all files already existing in the external hard disk ?
Good Video! Tnx! Two questions thou: 1) So You can't put image to extra partition on the same drive cause it will be overformated and ended up in raw partition? 2) If You create image to network location, You cant restore from network when You boot from cd, so You would have to move it from network to external HD before you can restore, right? Best Regards...
Sir, thank you very much for your this video...this is very helpful for me. Sir, i have question just few ago i update windows 10 version 1709, now if i make backup image...it will backup old windows 10 version or new one which i updated windows 10 version 1709.
Hi my friend keep up the good work you doing great i lean a lot from you now i fix my own pc I don’t have to pay any more to get it fixed and now i also fixed many family computers for free to get more experience,i do thank you you are the best have a nice day
Thank you. This will be very useful and it's something I have to do with the free version of Windows 10 Pro I got after using the testing versions of Windows 10.
Hi Brian , great how to vid as always. I followed your instructions to the letter and at the end it came up with Back up failed,because of this error( 0x80780151)' I googled this and found out that Bitdefender has to be uninstalled as it causes a conflict also used cc cleaner to remove any Applications or files left in registry by bit defender. It was also advised not to have windows explorer opened as this causes an error. I have now disconnected the internet and retrying the back up. Fingers crossed !!!
With all do respect, doing that way is pretty easy ! The fun part is when the error message pops !! < The drive is not a valid back up location> that is the real deal !!
Hi Brian, I have a laptop running Win 10 64bit. When follow your video, click START BUTTON, in search bar type "File History" and then click File History Control Panel, all I get is a window showing files folders etc and not the screen you get in your video. My laptop is freshly installed. Many thanks Alan
While the recovery drive can only reinstall Windows on the system (or troubleshoot certain issues), a system image would restore the entire system. This would include restoring the user data, apps, and saved settings, apart from the firmware installation.
Good Day... Thank you for the impormation... But I have a question??? How can I back up my system if I seen in my computer is "Preparing Automatic Repair"??? I wish you can answer my question... Thank you again... Have a nice day...
after the image and everything is complete do you technically have 2 versions of windows 10? 1 on the computer and one on the usb or at some point will you need a key so you cant just put that image from the usb on every computer you find?
I am working on windows 10 pro and I want to create an image, then, wash the original computer to windows 7 and restore the image. Will this work? Also, the image, it will copy all my files, desktop, pictures, videos, my c drive, all of it? Whatever is on the computer? Appreciate your help.
From external hard drive, you saved it on DVD. And while booting did it ask you to change DVD after first DVD was executed as all back up data can't fit into a single DVD?
I have never done a system recovery before. But curious to know if the external hard drive with the system image should be connected to the system while you boot from the repair disc? or will there be a prompt? Din't notice anything like that from the video.
So say for instance I have items on my desktop and a wallpaper, will it save all of that information so if i were to plug it in to a fresh computer it would put all of that stuff in the right place . I just need to know how precise it is
i am lost my one of the partition data how can recover it Please help me out to overcome this problem i'm waiting for your reply :) Thank You to Upload video related windows 10 it help me out my douts Keep it up Bro......
I spoke w/Microsoft tech support when I purchased my SSD to transfer from a SSHD and they stated it's everything as is, like an exact mirror image; so hopefully it'll help you - I haven't tested it, since I backed up the files as a secondary back-up, then used ASUS Clone Drive from the SSHD --> SSD, so I can't say from experience
A system image is saving your computer the exact way it is at that moment, to an external hard drive. It saves your programs and registry and everything from that moment. I tell family members to get their computers the EXACT perfect way they like to run it with all the programs installed. Then perform a system image backup. If there is a virus or malware or even a computer held for ransom. Just restore back from this image and you will be exactly where you were before the trouble. Sometimes you need a rescue disk to access the image file for recovery. It saves hours of time reloading and configuring Windows and all your programs. Only issue is that you are logged out of everything so you will have to log in to get access to your Facebook or Amazon or whatever.
This helped quit a bit. I had to put a new hard drive in my laptop and I created an install drive for windows 10 and just installed it and tried to recover the image from the settings menu. It was giving me a time lol. I went back and redid it picking the repair computer option and it let me use the backup image to install it. Thanks! Saved me some hassle of installing everything again.
Aomei is really useful in doing these stuff.
Aomei can even create boot disk and it helped a lot last time when my system crashed
It worked for me without the need to burn the rescue media to a CD. Alternatively, use a win-10 system on usb as a boot disk, instead of "install", select "repair my computer" to restore the backup image to your pc. Superb video, Thanks always.
This video is still useful in 2022.
Thanks
My method has been to clone the HDD to another (using Acronis' disc utility). I once tried completing the backup strategy by plugging in the clone, and with some unanticipated reactions, it worked well. I clone it occasionally, and feel I can recover from a HDD failure within minutes (knowing some data had not been backed up).
careful when selecting the option to format and repartition disks... I selected that option and it formatted all the partitions on that disk.. so If you have more than one partition DO NOT select that option.
yea I though he wsa reccckless how he explained that it is a very dangerous option and he wizzed through it with out a cae in the world
yes i saw that too if you had a recovery partition and chose to only backup the C drive partition you would lose that recovery partition during the formatting during the recovery
He said that you can choose to exclude partition. Your own fault for not paying attention
the windows 7 bit is not a issue it is using the same system that windows 7 did for backing up because it worked well, like Microsoft says if its not broke, don't spend money and waste bills time fixing it :)
Daniel Nicholls f
They claimed it was a total update from Windows 7. Leaving a misplaced title behind makes them look unprofessional and untrustworthy.
I returned my PC with aomei backupper, not bad actually.
What if my PC is already unbootable and have no system restore point?
Thank you this is a very clear tutorial and I backup with aomei nicely.
Really thank you so much for taking the time and the trouble of explaining this, you have done a great job as everything was step by step and so clear. CHEERS
Another excellent video, Brian. Where did your Windows background screen that is above come from?
Awesome video! I'm getting my Windows 10 computer in a few days. This will be the first thing I do. Thanks for the video!
Dude, your worth a million bucks. T/You for all your video's
Hi Brian, Excellent video. If I have any problem with my pc , I always look up your answer. Thanks.
Great Video, helped me out a lot, what widgets are you using?
I'm also looking badly for those widgets
@@jesseincn I guess its some kind of Rainmeter skin
I am on board with your great videos! My learning curve has gone up Thant's to you! Stay well!!!
I love the pause when he noticed the Windows 7 Backup and Restore lol
Superb! I'm just upgrading to Windows 10, is this an actual proper backup of the whole hard drive like Acronis does it? I presume when you recover an image it also recovers the whole hard drive image? If so, is it actually worth using Acronis? Very informative video!👏
i'm really confused, what's the difference between system image and restore point? aren't they all restoring the system to a certain point?
System image - placing specific softwares and applications on the laptop within the company's guidelines for users to access. Restore point- restoring the system to the previous page or time ..
backup allows you to recover whole partition with all programs and system operating windows with all settings - it is complete restoration of the system.
So... i have a windows 7 backup image then we bought a windows 10 laptop, will it affect the backup????
Ok nevermind turns out that there is an option...
Excellent. Thank you. May I ask you where did you get the gadgets on left screen window?
Presented very good. Good video and audio quality. Thanks.
Hi Britec... I just want to say i have watched a lot of your videos, and i appreciate all your knowledge you share with everyone. I know myself you have helped me figure out many things to solve some of my computer problems. Was just wondering what you use to record your videos and how you were able to even record the part when you were in the Bios and Windows Installation portion?
I was wondering the same as you
Virtual Machine?
Very good video Brian
+wtbm123 Thanks
+Britec09 I have a little problem here =/
I have two harddrives (if that's what it's called), C: and D:
D: is used for stuff that I download, like games on Steam and C: is for Windows stuff.
The C: disk is the disk that is a backup as I got it (I heard that if I perform a backup, only the C: disk will be kept, not the D: disk).
When I go "Create a system image" I can only pick D: and it says this: "The selected device is on the same physical disk as the backup. The backups will be lost if this drive fails." (I used Google Translate).
I just don't know what to do. Something went downhill with my internet and I've tried everything to fix it, but nothing works, so this is the last thing I can think of and I'm afraid I can't even test this =/
Can I use the backup image to install to a USB drive and then transfer that to an SSD? I want to use a new SSD as my boot drive and use an USB drive to transfer.
Microsoft has now deprecated System Image Backup's for Win 10 1709 or any future builds past it. You can still create SIB's because some people are still back at 1703 or earlier, and MS doesn't differentiate between those builds when creating the image - only when restoring. Typical MS, crazy but true. So you can create them, but you now can't restore them in 1709. MS posted a bulletin on this recently telling people to now use 3rd party software. Head over to MS's support forum and add your voice to the crowd of those who have been screwed over by this. I just spent two days reinstalling my OS because my backups are no longer any good.
Awesome video Brian. BTW which capture card do you use?
+rounak dutta I will post link on my forum
Britec09 I have been wanting a reason to join your forums. thanks.
Brilliant video, Brian. It's easy when you know how!! This helped me out a lot.
easy but what if you want to use a usb flash/thumb drive?.
I don't understand. How can you have your restore image on the repair CD, when you put your image on a harddrive?
Great easy to follow video! I love the upper right of your desktop! How did you do that?
Great Video content on Windows 10 Backup and Recovery...Thanks for sharing your expertise...
No tutorial on the system repair disc?
Fantastic video.
I've searched many videos on youtube but no one mentioned whether this ''file history backup'' keeps the SETTINGS of softwares, apps, games... or not?
for example let's say I have google chrome and I installed some add-ons extensions to it and I adjusted the SETTINGS of each extension to certain preferences, will that ''file history backup'' keep that SETTINGS exactly as it is the moment it captures it when I restore it in the future??
Just wanted to say thanks. Microsoft did a really great job of hiding this feature (tiny label in the bottom left hand corner several screens deep)... wow. I read a few technotes but I couldn't find it (Searching File History doesn't work in the later updates) but thanks to your screens I was able to find it.
Can I use the system repair disc on other PC as well? Or every PC should have their own repair disc
would i need to clean the usb drive for the image to store in the drive? or i can store other files in that same usb drive?
I benefitted from this tutorial! Saved me self $30 of technician service
Nice video Brian. Is this as good as Acronis?
+Sid Cannon I use Acronis
+Britec09 Cheers Brian
Microsoft has included the old Backup and Restore feature from Windows 7. This was deprecated in Windows 8 and removed in Windows 8.1, but it’s back. It’s also known as “Windows Backup".
This tool will allow you to restore any old Windows 7 backups on your Windows 10 computer. But you can also use it to back up your Windows 10 PC in the exact same way you’d back up a Windows 7 PC. Unlike Microsoft’s new File History backup solution, you can use Windows Backup to more easily create a backup of practically everything on your hard drive.
You’ll find this tool in the Control Panel - just search for “backup” to locate it.
Great Video, btw its called backup and recovery because it was introduced in Windows 7 and is being used as is.
File History --> System Image Backup.
Create System Image : Back to your external hard drive.
Thanks for the video, Brian! I thought that the image backup feature was only on 7.
+lance ripplinger Its funny how it says windows seven on windows 10 lol
Thank you for the tutorial! Small question. Do we save Windows 10 and all the files, apps, drivers in this way? Or just the version of Windows OS itself as it is at the first installation?
Does this also back up all your programs and plug-ins as well?
So, what is the difference between creating a system repair disk and a system image? Does one of these two options do the work of both? In other words, wouldn't a system image do everything in terms of repairing a PC that has failed to boot due to registry errors or other problems? It seems to me that the system image is the better of the two, whereas the repair disk option would be useful if you had more than one Windows 10 PC.
If I have three Windows 10 PC's, creating three system images for each PC and labeling them would be the way to go.
Any thoughts on this?
1:33 its still like that in 2019
can confirm still like that in 2020
Hi thanks for the video. I got question. How did you video capture when you're in the bios & dos screen? Which video capture software did you use? Mind to tell? Thanks.
1.whats the difference between 'System backup' & 'create Recovery drive'
2.If i do system back, will it backup only the windows 10 system files or all the files and folders in Documents ?
3.If i take system backup as u explained, will it delete all files already existing in the external hard disk ?
Good Video! Tnx!
Two questions thou:
1) So You can't put image to extra partition on the same drive cause it will be overformated and ended up in raw partition?
2) If You create image to network location, You cant restore from network when You boot from cd, so You would have to move it from network to external HD before you can restore, right?
Best Regards...
Sir, thank you very much for your this video...this is very helpful for me. Sir, i have question just few ago i update windows 10 version 1709, now if i make backup image...it will backup old windows 10 version or new one which i updated windows 10 version 1709.
Hi my friend keep up the good work you doing great i lean a lot from you now i fix my own pc I don’t have to pay any more to get it fixed and now i also fixed many family computers for free to get more experience,i do thank you you are the best have a nice day
Thank you, very useful video and well explained.
Thank you. This will be very useful and it's something I have to do with the free version of Windows 10 Pro I got after using the testing versions of Windows 10.
Hi Brian , great how to vid as always. I followed your instructions to the letter and at the end it came up with Back up failed,because of this error( 0x80780151)' I googled this and found out that Bitdefender has to be uninstalled as it causes a conflict also used cc cleaner to remove any Applications or files left in registry by bit defender. It was also advised not to have windows explorer opened as this causes an error. I have now disconnected the internet and retrying the back up. Fingers crossed !!!
With all do respect, doing that way is pretty easy !
The fun part is when the error message pops !!
< The drive is not a valid back up location> that is the real deal !!
do you have some kind of side bar on your desktop?
it is pretty cool what is the program/app name?
that fucking intro on my surroundsound shook my whole room holy shit
What are the widgets tht are u using on your desktop? plz reply
Hi Britec,
Can you please give me link of themes you installed on your PC. I really liked it. Thanks in advance.
What does this backup exactly? Does it backup all the programs, drivers and files?
Thank you very much. Does the IMAGE backup restore all software such as AutoCAD so that I do not have to re-install AutoCAD?
Thanks to you for your helpful video.👍👍👍👍
Hi Brian, I have a laptop running Win 10 64bit. When follow your video, click START BUTTON, in search bar type "File History" and then click File History Control Panel, all I get is a window showing files folders etc and not the screen you get in your video. My laptop is freshly installed. Many thanks Alan
Thanks for your valuable information video
Please where can i download the gadgets and the wallpaper ??
Hi Brian, what is that weather widget and other info that is displayed on the right hand side of the screen there? how do I get it?
Tony Champion its called: Rainmeter, you can search it on google and its free.
Hi Brian, where can we get those new gadgets?
+ddthom2008 Links and info is on my forum here www.briteccomputers.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=1113
+Britec09
Hi Brian , the link of the gadgets it not working.
Hey! Its not working, can you plz show us how to get the same wallpapper and gadgets.. plz!
Thanks for another great video!! Keep up the good work!!
+C Perry You're welcome.
So this will backup data ? also will it also have my applications ? Example if i have office, photoshop.
also when i do this how again do i make sure im restoring just the one drive if i have like 2 other drives on my pc?
What widgets do you have on your desktop?
What external hard drive are you using
hi there,
love your desktop background shown c drive and memory and weather, can you please advise what app or link to download?
thanks a lot
Looks like a 'Rainmeter' skin. Google Rainmeter to install the actual program and then you can find all kinds of skins and themes online
Is this recommended to use the Backup Image for other computers of the same model?
Can we save backup image on same drive? Or is it mandatory to save on some other drive?
So whats the difference between a 'system image' and a 'recovery drive' ? Thanks
While the recovery drive can only reinstall Windows on the system (or troubleshoot certain issues), a system image would restore the entire system. This would include restoring the user data, apps, and saved settings, apart from the firmware installation.
Hi Bri i noticed you have some monitoring widgets on the right of the screen showing cpu info and stuff what is it that you are using
+Crazy Bunch video, links and info can be found on my forum www.briteccomputers.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?tid=1113
will those disks formated after that?
Good Day... Thank you for the impormation... But I have a question??? How can I back up my system if I seen in my computer is "Preparing Automatic Repair"??? I wish you can answer my question... Thank you again... Have a nice day...
after the image and everything is complete do you technically have 2 versions of windows 10? 1 on the computer and one on the usb or at some point will you need a key so you cant just put that image from the usb on every computer you find?
Which theme you have applied on dekstop in this video
Thanks man! It helped me a lot!
Earned a sub and a like :D
Every time I try to make a system image my computer freezes halfway through. Any fix?
this was a very useful video .. thanks so much..
+dsldg2 glad the video helped.
I am working on windows 10 pro and I want to create an image, then, wash the original computer to windows 7 and restore the image. Will this work? Also, the image, it will copy all my files, desktop, pictures, videos, my c drive, all of it? Whatever is on the computer?
Appreciate your help.
does this leave your games, files and apps as they were? or will I have to reinstall?
+Greg M. Stanley should keep most apps
From external hard drive, you saved it on DVD. And while booting did it ask you to change DVD after first DVD was executed as all back up data can't fit into a single DVD?
in my laptop my ssd wont show while I try to make image why?
I have never done a system recovery before. But curious to know if the external hard drive with the system image should be connected to the system while you boot from the repair disc? or will there be a prompt? Din't notice anything like that from the video.
So say for instance I have items on my desktop and a wallpaper, will it save all of that information so if i were to plug it in to a fresh computer it would put all of that stuff in the right place . I just need to know how precise it is
i am lost my one of the partition data how can recover it Please help me out to overcome this problem
i'm waiting for your reply
:)
Thank You to Upload video related windows 10 it help me out my douts
Keep it up Bro......
Hi, thanks, but can we update that system image recovery?(because of new updates for win10)
hi sir how i get these gadgets ? those u r using in this video
thanks Brian you''re the man love
+Jager Kings Cheers Jager
Thank you man, I have question, Can I use this image and restore it to another system??
I'm trying to do this exact thing and it is working for me
This only back up the program and os only right? Will it also back up files? Like movies , music , pic etcc. Internet book marks?
I spoke w/Microsoft tech support when I purchased my SSD to transfer from a SSHD and they stated it's everything as is, like an exact mirror image; so hopefully it'll help you - I haven't tested it, since I backed up the files as a secondary back-up, then used ASUS Clone Drive from the SSHD --> SSD, so I can't say from experience
Thanks so much, very helpful!
Very informative video!
Thanks
If your windows was corrupted before the backup, it will restore a corrupted version of windows correct?