Creating a system image
Follow these steps to create a system image:
1. Press the Windows 
+ W key.
+ W key.
2. Type Windows 7 File Recovery into the Search field.
Figure 1: Searching for
recovery drive
3. Click Windows 7 File
Recovery from the list of results.
4. Click Create a system image.
Figure 2: Windows 7 File
Recovery
Windows looks for available
backup devices.
Figure 3: Looking for
backup devices
5. Choose the location to save
your system image, and then click Next.
o On a hard disk
o One or more DVDs
Figure 4:
Where do you want to save the backup?
WARNING: Do not save the
backup to the recovery partition: FACTORY_IMAGE or Recovery .
Doing so corrupts the HP Recovery information.
6. Select the drives you want
to include in the backup, and then click Next.
Figure 5: Which drives do
you want to include in the backup?
Confirm the settings, and
then click Start backup.
NOTE: Make sure that you
have enough blank space on the external drive or enough blank DVDs to create
the system image.
Figure 6: Confirm your
backup settings
7. Windows prepares to create
the system image.
8. If you are backing up to
DVD, label and insert a blank DVD in the DVD recorder.
Figure 7: Label and insert
a blank disc
9. If you are backing up to
DVD and a message displays requesting to format the DVD, choose to format the
DVD.
Figure 8: Formatting the
media
10. Windows saves the system
image.
Figure 9: Windows is saving
the backup
11. If using DVDs, when
prompted, label and insert a blank DVD. Continue to follow the on-screen
instructions until the image is complete. This might take from several minutes
to several hours. Store the backup in a safe place.
12. When the system image has
been created, you are prompted to create a system repair disc. A system repair
disc can be used to boot the computer in case of startup problems. For more
information about system repair discs, see Creating and Using a Microsoft System Repair Disc or
Recovery USB Drive .
Figure 10: Do you want to
create a system repair disc?
13. When the system image is
complete, click Close.
Figure 11: System image
complete
How to Restoring the computer from a system image
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