You need a backup medium - say- twice as large as the total amount of data you are imaging to keep a reasonable number of differential images. differential imaging- which images just changes from the first image, more quickly, and creates a smaller image file.
Once you've created your first image, keep it updated with e.g. (You can and should image all your partitions and disks) of course, depends how much you have on C:
That’s with little personal data, few programs installed. SSD+ USB3 - maybe 15 mins for the first system image, less thereafter There are other such programs, free/commercial, some with simpler interfaces, but Macrium R is one of the most robust and reliable. It's well supported with videos, help and a responsive forum. Than Windows Backup and Restore system images. Many here recommend Macrium Reflect (free) as a good robust solution and more reliable than some others. Imaging can even help you sleep at night knowing you have a second chance. You can even use images to help you move more easily and quickly to a new PC.Ĭan be used with Laplink software to transfer your build automatically to another PC Images also act as a full backup- you can extract files too. unrecoverable problems from failed updates to problem programs a failed disk drive (restore to a new one) Here's my write-up on the value of disk imaging.Ĭreating disk images lets you restore Windows and all your imaged disks and partitions to a previous working state from compressed copies you have created and kept updated on external storage media, quickly and probably without technical help. In practice the version we use is a compressed copy of the used part of one or more disks and/or partitions, written to external storage.
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