Sunday, 20 November 2011

How to Create a System Image in Windows 7 | Computer Tips and Tricks

Microsoft claims that their latest operating system Windows 7 has a performance that is more stable and complete, it can be seen from a variety of new features that are present in Windows 7 and one of them is a feature to create a System Image that is useful for improving the system in case of crashes or other problems. With this feature, we no longer need to use third-party tools such as Symantec Ghost or True Image. This time, computer tips and tricks invites you to learn how to create a system image in Windows 7.

The steps are as follows: Click Start and select Getting Started. Next click on the menu Back up your files. For more details you can see the image below.


how to create system image windows 7


Next, select the menu Create a system image in the window that appears, as shown in the following figure.


how to create a system image windows 7


In the next step, you will be prompted to choose a place to store the system image to be created. The available options are the hard drive, DVD, or on another hard drive connected to the network. See the picture.


how to create a system image windows 7


Furthermore, the confirmation screen will appear that tells us the size of the file system image to be created. When everything was ready, click the Start Backup button to start. See the picture.


create a system image windows 7


Wait for the process of making the system image of Windows 7 to finish. Once completed, you will be given the option to create a Windows 7 Repair Disc, Repair Disc usefulness is as a support when the system experienced an error and you want to do a restore using the image file that was created earlier. For example, you select Yes to create a CD Repair Disc. See the picture.


create system image windows 7


Insert a blank CD and then click Create Disc to start creating a Repair Disc.


create repair disc windows 7


Wait until the process is completed, after the process of Disc Repair creation is completed, so now you have a file system image backup and a Repair Disc that allows you to restore your computer in case of error. This process will create a new folder named "WindowsImageBackup" in a place that you select when this process running.


create a system repair disc


To create a Disc Repair Windows 7 without having to go through the process of making the system image first, you can see here.