Backup Questions

DennisColes · 15 May 2013 at 18:53

I have a 64GB Crucial M4 with Windows 8 installed and some programs. I have another 1TB Samsung internal SSD with music, documents, pictures and videos.

I have just bought a portable 2TB external hard drive to use to store my backup.

What is the best way to back up the SSD and HDD.

If my SSD becomes corrupt, how will i use this backup to restore it so that i can boot from it?

Many thanks.

DennisColes · 15 May 2013 at 19:38

What I don't understand is how I would restore an image if I one if OS SSD fails and i therefore cannot boot into windows?

DennisColes · 15 May 2013 at 23:00

UnworthyBean said:
With most software, You should be able to create a bootable usb stick. Boot from that, restore image, job done

Is the bootable usb stick basically an image of my SSD that has my windows installation on it?

DennisColes · 18 May 2013 at 15:54

I just created my first system image. If i want to update this, is it possible? Does Windows 8 create incremental image backups or will it completely overwrite my previous image?