Tag: System Image
How to Browse and Copy Files From a VHD (System Image) Backup
One of the great things about Backups in Windows 7 is the VHD or Virtual Hard Disk feature. When you create a System Image of your Windows 7 installation, it actually creates a virtual replica of the installation that is on the C: drive. If you don’t want to do a full on restoration of data, Windows [...]
How to Move Windows 7 to a Larger Hard Disk
We are constantly finding new ways to fill up our hard disks, even as bigger hard drives come out every year, we keep filling them up with pictures, movies and all kinds of files! Whatever you’re filling your computer up with, that 500 GB hard disk that came with your new computer a few months [...]
How to Backup to an External Hard Drive
In a previous Notebooks.com article we looked at using System Imaging as handy way to backup our entire computer. The benefits being, you are able to keep a safe replica of your system in a working state. System Images though can be quite large, using a lot of hard disk space that might not be [...]
How To Create a System Image of Your New Windows 7 Install
I have seen too many people go through the pain of re-installing Windows after a computer crash or after formatting their hard Drive to get rid of virus / malware / spyware. Many people think this is the only way to fix their problems; but believe me it’s not, so long as you you prepare [...]
How to backup your installation of Windows 7
Now that you have upgraded to Windows 7, you will need to create a backup of your installation. One of the major reasons why I recommend you do this immediately after installation is to avoid some of the chores associated with reinstalling Windows 7. For instance, if your computer crashes or becomes unstable and you need to reinstall Windows, you will have to do a couple of extra steps if you purchased the Upgrade version of Windows 7.
