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[quote="Madison"][b]Steps to back up your Windows 7 PC<br> [color=red](especially useful for restoring the Windows 7 system after a system crash)[/color] 1. Make sure you have a USB drive/hard drive with enough free space. (Amazon has a good 1TB USB drive for $69.99; 2TB $119.99, FREE Shipping). <center> <table> <tr> <td> <iframe src="http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=cranbforum-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B005HMKKH4" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> <td> <iframe src="http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=cranbforum-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B006Y5UV4A" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> <td> <iframe src="http://rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=cranbforum-20&o=1&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=B007FQNKRC" style="width:120px;height:240px;" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe> </table> </center> http://www.cranbury.info/viewtopic.php?t=5644 2. Go to "Control Panel" and click "System and Security" 3. Click "Backup and Restore" [img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7340/9730092925_7f398a8607_c_d.jpg[/img] 4. Click "Create a system image" [img]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5497/9733321054_7ee06a4222_c_d.jpg[/img] 5. Select a hard drive for saving the backup image; make sure the hard drive or USB drive has enough free space. [img]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7296/9733138439_18dcafae79_z_d.jpg[/img] 6. Back up your system drive (usually the C drive) and click "Next" [img]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3731/9731616401_cce88860e2_b_d.jpg[/img] 7. Wait for the backup process to complete (it took more than 3 hours to back up my C drive, which has about 500 GB of data). 8. At the end, it will ask you if you want to create a "Repair Disc." You need a blank DVD+R/-R disc for creating the repair disc. It's a good idea to create a repair DVD disc, in case your PC crashes and won't boot up; the repair DVD disc can boot the PC up for repair. Note: The backup task creates a [color=red]WindowsImageBackup[/color] folder on the target hard drive or USB drive. The content of the folder is not readable.[/b][/quote]
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Posted: Fri, Sep 13 2013, 9:26 am EDT
Post subject: Re: Steps to back up your Windows 7 PC
Thanks for the info. I just bought the 1TB USB drive to back up my PC.
I plan to store a snapshot image of the C: drive to the 1TB USB drive from time to time, in case my PC crashes unexpectedly.
Madison
Posted: Thu, Sep 12 2013, 1:38 pm EDT
Post subject: Steps to back up your Windows 7 PC
Steps to back up your Windows 7 PC
(especially useful for restoring the Windows 7 system after a system crash)
1. Make sure you have a USB drive/hard drive with enough free space. (Amazon has a good 1TB USB drive for $69.99; 2TB $119.99, FREE Shipping).
http://www.cranbury.info/viewtopic.php?t=5644
2. Go to "Control Panel" and click "System and Security"
3. Click "Backup and Restore"
4. Click "Create a system image"
5. Select a hard drive for saving the backup image; make sure the hard drive or USB drive has enough free space.
6. Back up your system drive (usually the C drive) and click "Next"
7. Wait for the backup process to complete (it took more than 3 hours to back up my C drive, which has about 500 GB of data).
8. At the end, it will ask you if you want to create a "Repair Disc." You need a blank DVD+R/-R disc for creating the repair disc.
It's a good idea to create a repair DVD disc, in case your PC crashes and won't boot up; the repair DVD disc can boot the PC up for repair.
Note: The backup task creates a
WindowsImageBackup
folder on the target hard drive or USB drive. The content of the folder is not readable.