this video shows how to restore your
computer using a system image in Windows
8 a system image is a file containing a
snapshot of all of the data on a hard
drive at any given time if your hard
drive fails or is corrupt you can
restore your files and settings to the
point when you created the system
image to create a system image you will
need a storage device such as an
external hard drive or
DVDs for this example we will use an
external hard
drive from the start screen press the
windows and W keys to search and
settings begin typing file
recovery and select Windows 7 file
recovery from the list of results
click create a system
image choose the storage device you
would like to use and then click
next select the drives you want to
include in the image and then click
next make sure that you have enough
Blank Space Bas on your storage device
to create the system image confirm the
settings and then click Start
backup continue to follow the onscreen
instructions until the image is
complete processing time will vary based
on how much data you are backing
up don't disrupt the process even if it
takes over an hour to
complete when the system image has been
created you will be asked to create a
system repair disk that can be used to
boot the computer in case of startup
problems it is not necessary to create
the repair disc to complete the system
image
process if you would like to create a
repair dis click yes and follow the
onscreen
instructions if you have already created
a system repair disc or do not want to
create one now click no to
proceed the system image has been
created click
close connect the storage device
containing the system image to the
computer from the start screen click
settings then select the power
button while holding down the shift key
click restart to reboot the computer to
open the advanced startup
menu when the computer restarts to the
advanced startup menu click
troubleshoot and then select Advanced
options click system image
recovery enter the user account and
password and then click continue
select use the latest available system
image and then click
next click
next click finish and then click
yes Windows begins to restore the
computer follow the onscreen
instructions to completely restore the
computer processing time varies and
could take up to a few hours to complete
do not interrupt the process when the
system image is restored your computer
automatically
restarts thank you for viewing this
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