Windows 10 Backup

When you have used Windows 10 for a while, you should consider backup you system (as well as your files).

Prepare for your backup:

1. ensure you have a second hard disk (it can be a USB external hard drive) and the size must be bigger than you system drive (normally the C:\)
2. if you have a lot of data store in the same drive C:\, this procedure will also back them up together with the system files because it basically backs up everthying under C:\ (including your personal folders, musics, movies, photos, albums ... etc)
3. if you want to speed up the backup time, it's a good practise to run a clean-up of your C:\ before running the backup so that all temp files and files in recycle bin are cleared unless you want to keep them

Backup Steps:

1. Goto Control Panel  (right click the window start icon at the bottom left corner and select Control Panel)
2. select and click "File History"
3. from the File History dialog box, select and click "System Image Backup" in the lower left corner, a new window pops-up
4. from the Backup and Restore (Windows 7) dialog box (yes, it shows "Windows 7"), click "Create a system image", a new window pops-up
5. it will search whether you have a second hard disk, if yes the drive letter will be showed under the first option "On a hard disk"
6. this is the recommended backup option because the other 2 options will write the backup to DVD or via network which normally takes longer time to complete
7. Click the drop down menu and select the drive you wnat backup to
8. Click the next button
9. in the new dialog box, it asks you to confirm your backup settings, it will tell you the backup location, how much space will be used for this backup and also what drive(s) will be backed up
10. If you agree with the settings, simply click the "Start backup" button

It  might take an hour or a few hours depends on the size and speed of your PC and hard drive. When the backup is completed, you wil be prompted if you want a "System Repair Disc", it is a good practise to do this too.

Put a blank CD to you DVD drive and proceed to create a System Repair Disc

Then you are done.