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Help needed in creating a System Image Backup in Windows
Hi All,
I have Windows 8.1 and would like to use the System Image Backup option in Windows under File History. I have a Dell Inspiron Notebook that was shipped with the Factory Image pre-installed on the hard drive. I want to be absolutely certain that I dont damage or remove the Dell installed factory image as I want to always have the option to do a Microsoft Reset using that factory image in the future when required.
I know nothing about where this factory image is installed on my hard drive but I only have one hard drive on my PC. I just want to backup the System Image and be able to Restore the system image back to the same hard drive on my PC in the future. I havent made any changes to partitions on the drive and never will. Its exactly as it was when shipped from Dell.
Can anyone advise me of the options I need to select during the Sysem Image Backup and Restore process so I dont remove or corrupt the pre-installed factory image on my hard drive during the process?
A system image requires an external hard drive. It one big file and cannot be saved on thumb drive or dvds. Then you will be prompted to make boot media--disk or thumb drive to boot to when the hard drive won't boot-- to access the saved image.
BTW there is no Factory Reset by Microsoft. Dell sets up the Factory Restore partition on a hidden partition on your single hard drive and the system image has the option to copy and save it with the system image. To see a visual of your hard drive, open Disk Management.
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Posted November 5th, 2015 09:00
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You need either a USB flash drive (128GB), external drive that can hold at least 200 GB or a bunch of DVDs to make a System Image. Please click on the link below:
www.youtube.com/watch