How to Create a System Image

Modern PCs have a generous amount of hard drive space to store not only the operating system, but also third-party applications and user-created data. Attempting to back up a hard drive using the copy-and-paste method would be daunting. If you have Windows 7, you can use its backup utility to make an exact and reusable image of the system without all the hassle of copying and pasting.

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  Click "Start." Type "Backup and Restore" in the search box at the bottom of the "Start" menu. Press "Enter."

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  Click "Create a System Image" in the left pane of the window.

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  Click the radio button next to the location where the image will be saved. Click "Next."

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  Click a check mark next to additional hard drives and storage media to be backed up. Click "Next."

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  Click the "Start Backup" button on the "Confirm Your Backup Settings" page.

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  Click "No" in the pop-up box which asks, "Do You Want to Create a System Repair Disc?" Click "Close" when the box shows "The Backup Completed Successfully."