Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Create a Backup Drive Image using Windows 7

When you think of taking a drive image, Symantec Ghost and Acronis True Image come to mind.  Both these products are not free.  My experience is primarily with Ghost (both corporate and home versions).  There are also open-source alternatives such as Clonezilla.  However, did you know that Windows 7 comes with built-in functionality to create an image of a drive?

To create a system image:

1)  Click Start and choose Control Panel.

2)  Click System and Security and then Back up your computer.


3)  Click Create a system image.


4)  Choose where to save the backup image.  Then click Next.


5)  Click Start backup and wait for it to complete.  The length of time will depend on how much data needs to be backed up.

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