Because the tool to create a system image is somewhat buried in windows 10 158 at amazon let s shine a light on where it s located and how to use it.
Windows 10 backup disc.
If you ve used backup and restore in windows 7 consider moving your content to a cloud based backup.
Steps to create a backup system image 1.
Insert the windows 10 usb bootable drive or the disc containing the system repair files to your device.
You can create a recovery disk from within windows or use the media creation tool from microsoft.
If you ever need to use the recovery drive to reinstall windows 10 on your pc see recovery options in windows 10 for further instructions.
It doesn t contain your personal files settings or programs.
Connect the backup drive to your computer.
Then select control panel system and security backup and restore windows 7.
To restore a backup on windows 10 use these steps.
You can do this one of two ways.
Execute aomei backupper standard after installing.
In the search box on the taskbar type control panel.
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Pick a place to save your system image backup on a hard disk on one or more dvds or on a network location and click next.
Grab a usb drive you might need a big one and.
If you used backup and restore to back up files or create system image backups in previous versions of windows your old backup is still available in windows 10.
I ll show you both.
Create a windows 10 recovery disk.
It s a good idea to back up your files frequently because the recovery drive isn t a system image.
To create a windows 10 recovery disk you will need either an 8 16gb usb drive or a dvd writer and blank dvd s.
Confirm your settings and click start backup.
To learn more about recovery see recovery options in windows 10.