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Guidelines To Windows 10 System Backup

Windows 10 is an advanced Operating System developed by the Microsoft team. However, from this article, you will get to know the best way for how to backup Windows 10, in a simple way. By creating the Windows 10 system backup, you can be able to protect your computer from data loss.

 

How To Backup Windows 10 On An External Hard Drive

Follow the steps mentioned below to perform this process to keep backups of Windows 10. Though this is a time-consuming process at the same time very easy to follow.

 

Open The Control Panel Window


First of all, go to the Windows search bar and then on it type ‘Control Panel’. Then, hit on the Enter button to continue. Now under this Control Panel window, change the View by option to Large icons by dropping down the menu. After that, hit on System and Security from the available options. Under this System and Security window, go to the right panel and click on Backup and Restore (Windows 7).

 

Utilize Backup & Restore Tool


Now from this Backup and Restore (Windows 7) window, hit on “Create a system image” which is present in the left panel. Then under the “Where do you want to save the backup?” section, you will get a checkbox in the left-hand side of “On a hard disk”. Select it. After that, choose the location on this besides box where you want to keep the backup files saved. After doing this, click on Next.
Further, hit on Start backup box, which is present in the below of this “Confirm your backup settings” screen.

As these steps get over, the Wizard will start to create a total backup of your system which includes all the main drive storage.

After this backup Windows 10 process gets over, a window will get open. From this window, you will be able to create a system repair disc to access the recovery options. Further, if the computer stops to boot, then this is the process which generally comes in to use.

By studying this article, you can be able to create Windows 10 system backup on your own. If the Windows 10 Operating System is affected by the software issue or hardware failure, then this backup provides the major benefit. These steps also work for Windows 8.1.