How to back up the system in Win10? Tutorial on creating a complete system image backup in Win10

How to recover if the system fails? When the system crashes, many people will choose to reinstall the system directly. However, a complete backup of your system is the most ideal way to restore your system. PHP editor Baicao will introduce you in detail the steps to create a Windows 10 system image backup. With a system image backup, you can quickly restore Windows 10 and all your files and application settings in the event of a system failure, which is especially important if a virus infection or other reasons cause the system to crash.

System image backup is a complete backup method of the current state of the Windows operating system. Windows 10, like Microsoft's early operating systems, can use system tools to create a backup copy of the entire computer and store it in a or on multiple backup disks. Windows 10 system image backup will include all configurations of the current operating system, including: Windows 10 installation files, drivers, applications, user configurations, personal files, video and music files, etc.

The method of creating a Windows 10 system image backup is exactly the same as that of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, except that Microsoft has changed the name of the tool (everyone knows that Microsoft is a famous name changer). If you have used the system image backup function before, you should know that it is called "Windows Backup and Restore" in Windows 7, "Windows 7 File Recovery" in Windows 8.1, and it has been renamed "Backup and Restore" in Windows 10.

Recommendation: When Windows 10 fails, having a full backup of your system should be the best disaster recovery strategy. Therefore, it is recommended that you perform a complete system image backup every week or before making any changes to the system or performing upgrades.

How to create a Windows 10 system image backup

Method 1:

1. Open the Control Panel - search for Backup and click on the Backup and Restore option

2. Click on Create System Image on the left. When the tool opens, you will be asked to choose the storage path for the backup file. Windows 10 provides three methods by default: local disk, DVD disc, or network path. You can choose the path where you want to store it, but please note that your backup path must have enough storage space.

Note: You can use USB to connect external storage, and Windows 10 can also recognize it. Windows 10 will not format the disk or delete any files when creating a system image backup file. It will only create a WindowsImageBackup folder on the connected storage device to save the system image file.

3. After you select the Windows disk and boot partition to be backed up according to the wizard, then click to start the backup. The specific backup time will vary based on the size of the backup content and disk speed.

4. When the Windows 10 system image backup file is created, you will automatically be prompted to create a system repair disc. The system repair disc can help us boot the recovery tool when the system fails to boot. The recovery tool can help us restore the system from the backup image file.

Of course, for users like me who don’t have a CD-ROM drive, you don’t need to create a repair CD. Because the Windows 10 bootable USB flash drive can boot the repair tool for system image recovery.

Method 2: Use wbAdmin to create a Windows 10 system image backup

A complete computer backup is the prerequisite for all recovery plans. In Windows 10, there are many tools to protect the safety of the operating system and personal files in the event of system failure or poisoning. For example: File History can protect user files from multiple versions, Onedrive can automatically synchronize files to the cloud, etc. Of course, there is also the "Reset this PC" function in Windows 10, which can also help us restore the system to its factory state when something goes wrong.

If you need to replace the hard drive or migrate the system, or want to back up the entire Windows 10 system, applications, user files and partitions, you need to perform a complete system image backup. We have previously introduced the detailed steps for creating a Windows 10 system image backup using the graphical interface. In this article, we will introduce a new method to create a Windows 10 system image backup using the wbAdmin command line.

Create system image backup using wbAdmin

wbAdmin 命令行工具的使用非常简单，下面我们就来说说用其创建系统映像备份的详细步骤：

1、连接用于存储完整备份文件的磁盘（注意空闲空间要够大）

2、按下 Windows + X 快捷键 – 点击打开命令提示符（管理员）

3、 执行如下命令即可立即开始备份

wbAdmin start backup -backupTarget:D: -include:C:,E:,F: -allCritical -quiet

如果你不只想备份系统盘，还想备份其它数据盘中的文件，可以使用类似如下命令：

wbAdmin start backup -backupTarget:D: -include:C:,E:,F: -allCritical -quiet

• start backup参数表明只执行一次性备份任务
• include开关后面可以指定需要备份的分区盘符，也可以指定某个文件夹路径
• allCritical开关用于指定在备份中包含所有关键卷 （包含操作系统状态的卷）
• backupTarget开关用于指定完整备份文件的目的存储路径，Wbadmin 命令非常强大灵活，所以目的路径也可以是网络共享。例如：

wbAdmin start backup -backupTarget:\\192.168.1.1\Backup -user:用户名 -password:密码 -include:C: -allCritical –quiet

注意：wbAdmin 会自动在目的路径创建一个新的 WindowsImageBackup 文件夹以存放映像备份文件。

备份状态管理和恢复

备份完成后，大家可以使用如下命令来查看备份文件状态和恢复点：

wbAdmin get versions

要删除映像备份的恢复点可以使用如下命令：

wbAdmin delete backup –deleteOldest

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