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The remaining space is unallocated status in the external USB hard drive because of creating a recovery drive.īefore creating a system image, you need to manually create a new partition and set the format to NTFS type. If you create the bootable device via the external USB hard drive and you use the same drive to save system image, please continue with the following step.The recovery drive (bootable device) is created, and please click ⑨.

Note: Please make sure the AC adapter is connected during the process and do not force shut down to prevent any errors. It will take a while, and it depends on your computer specification and the size of the repair tools.

Select ⑧, and the system will start to create the recovery drive.

Note: If you will use an external USB hard drive to save the system image, you can connect the same one to create the bootable device to enter Windows Recovery Environment (Windows will automatically create a new partition on the external USB hard drive).

In Available drive(s), confirm and select the USB flash drive that you want to use ⑥, and then select ⑦.

Note: All files on the USB flash drive will be deleted during the process, so please back up your files first if you have data inside originally.

Connect the USB flash drive that you want to create a bootable device to enter Windows Recovery Environment to your computer.

Note: The following steps will back up your system via system image (including your programs and personal file), so you don’t need to back up the system to a recovery drive in this step (system backup won’t include your programs and personal files).

Do not check the box to ④, and then select ⑤.

If the User Account Control notification pops up, please select ③.

Type and search in the Windows search bar ①, then click ②.

Use System Image to recover your computerĬreate a system repair USB flash drive, which can enter Windows Recovery EnvironmentĬreate a system repair USB flash drive, which can enter Windows Recovery Environment, by the built-in “Create a recovery drive” feature in Windows.

Create a system repair USB flash drive, which can enter Windows Recovery Environment.

Please go to the corresponding instruction based on the current Windows operating system on your computer: If you are not sure how many disks are on your computer, please refer to Appendix: How many disks on my computer.

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Note: If your computer only has one local drive, you'll need to prepare an external USB hard drive to save the Windows system image (make sure that the free space on the external hard drive must be more than the used space on the current system disk).

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We also recommend that you recreate the new Windows system image periodically because Windows will regularly update and improve security as well as performance. If you would like to use this feature, you need to prepare an empty USB flash drive (at least 2 GB) first to create a bootable device, which can enter Windows Recovery Environment, and another local drive to save the system image (if your computer has two local drives or above). The system image includes the current Windows, system settings, programs, and personal files when you create it.

If a critical issue occurs on your computer (such as unable to enter Windows Operating System), you can enter Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) and then recover Windows from a system image.

USB BACKUP WINDOWS 7 HOW TO

How to create and use Windows System Image to restore your computer

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