How to Create a System Image Backup in Windows 10

How to Create a System Image Backup in Windows 10

Looking to create a system image of you're computers operating system in Windows 10? I will show you how to create a system image and make a copy of you're hard drive. Once you have you're system image, it will include you exact copy of windows 10 and any programs or data if you have them install or on the system at the time of creating a system image. You can use you're system image to restore your computer back to a time when you created a image.

Having computer problems? what more info on clone and imaging your hard drive?

[armelind]

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.

[Vicky-zduv]

Aomei is really useful in doing these stuff.

[TheXodiak]

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.

[macster]

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.

[louf]

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).

[keyiwan]

Aomei can even create boot disk and it helped a lot last time when my system crashed

[DVTOM]

Great easy to follow video! I love the upper right of your desktop! How did you do that?

[marcusthomas]

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.

[rubyzeng]

What if my PC is already unbootable and have no system restore point?

[stevensnyder]

Another excellent video, Brian.  Where did your Windows background screen that is above come from?

[tnnenkaka]

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?

[petrfleger]

Excellent. Thank you. May I ask you where did you get the gadgets on left screen window?

[davidconners]

Great Video, helped me out a lot, what widgets are you using?

[daniel_eizoku]

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 :)

[fredsmith]

Dude, your worth a million bucks. T/You for all your video's

[ga]

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

[manuelpina]

I am on board with your great videos! My learning curve has gone up Thant's to you! Stay well!!!

[jtiwindizzle]

I love the pause when he noticed the Windows 7 Backup and Restore lol

[kalimpeltier]

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!

[hunterjoy]

Thank you this is a very clear tutorial and I backup with aomei nicely.