Note that if you’ve installed Windows 8.1 in dual boot Windows 8 or any other version, the image backup tool might include more than one drive in the backup and will take more space. The free space on your external drive must be more than the data on your Windows 8.1 drive. Step 1: Connect your USB drive to your Windows 8.1 PC and make sure that it has sufficient free space on it. Luckily, Microsoft has only removed the UI version Backup Image from Windows 8.1, and one can create image backup from Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell.įollow the given below instructions to create a system image in Windows 8.1 without using third-party tools: Prepare system backup image in Windows 8.1
Even though there are plenty of useful tools out there to create and restore system backup image, some users might just prefer to have this built-in tool to create an image backup. For some reason, Microsoft has dropped System Image feature from the Windows 8.1 update. System Backup Image is present in Windows 7 as well as in Windows 8.
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When you restore Windows using a previously created backup image, you won’t need to install all device drivers and software all over again if the image backup was prepared after installing device drivers and software. The backup file can be used if the hard drive ever fails or if you ever want to quickly reinstall Windows without having to go through the tedious reinstallation procedure. Generally, Windows users create a system backup image after installing all device drivers, favorite software, and optimizing Windows.
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