Looking for the best software to take an image file of my w10 setup?

truewraith · 28 Jul 2024 at 17:40

Whats the best software to use these days to take an image of your windows 10 setup so it can be easily be restored if any issues etc please?

The_Arbiter · 28 Jul 2024 at 18:00

Windows still has one built in that you can write to external drives. It's only a year till Win 10 goes end of life btw, annoyingly i'll add.

andshrew · 28 Jul 2024 at 18:30

You've got enterprise grade options like Veeam backup, which is free for use on up to 10 devices.

Free Backup Software For Windows, VMware, & More - Veeam

Backup and restore VMware and Hyper-V virtual machines with Veeam Backup & Replication Community Edition. Unlimited hosts and VMs. Free forever.

www.veeam.com

I used to suggest Macrium Reflect but they don't seem to offer a free version anymore.

truewraith · 28 Jul 2024 at 20:33

thank you, i will try veeam but not sure about the windows 10 one i mean how accurate is it and does it save everything like full image of my windows 10 desktop contents and c drive ?

and i have only been using windows 10 for 2 years lol, i stayed as long as i could with 7 as it was great as i hate 10 and 11 but have no choice but to keep getting on with it lol but i do like 10 tbh way more than 11 that is horrible

Philtor · 28 Jul 2024 at 20:47

You can still get the free version of Macrium reflect.

It’s not updated or supported anymore mind.

The_Arbiter · 28 Jul 2024 at 20:56

truewraith said:
thank you, i will try veeam but not sure about the windows 10 one i mean how accurate is it and does it save everything like full image of my windows 10 desktop contents and c drive ?

and i have only been using windows 10 for 2 years lol, i stayed as long as i could with 7 as it was great as i hate 10 and 11 but have no choice but to keep getting on with it lol but i do like 10 tbh way more than 11 that is horrible

3rd party backups that are good should verify what is copied, i'm unsure about Windows, but i make multiple backups to be sure anyway.

I think a few people will be taking the leap to move to Linux when Win 11 gets forced on us. I'm thinking about trying it on another build at some point. Gaming is well supported now.

Disco_P · 28 Jul 2024 at 21:15

I take daily backups with veeam.

I restored one recently to another drive and couldn't tell which drive I had booted from.

truewraith · 28 Jul 2024 at 21:17

ive never used linux but if i have to use w11 i will defo try linux as ive heard a lot of mentions over the years but always been windows. but sounds interesting

truewraith · 28 Jul 2024 at 21:17

Philtor said:
You can still get the free version of Macrium reflect.

It’s not updated or supported anymore mind.

oh i think i heard that years ago

wesley · 29 Jul 2024 at 19:50

I'm in a similar situation, I need a backup software that will take an image ,.save and restore from USB pen drive please

Disco_P · 29 Jul 2024 at 21:14

wesley said:
I'm in a similar situation, I need a backup software that will take an image ,.save and restore from USB pen drive please

Veeam again. Can even make the USB drive bootable and store the image on there

wesley · 30 Jul 2024 at 07:41

Disco_P said:
Veeam again. Can even make the USB drive bootable and store the image on there

Thanks free or paid?

Cyber-Mav · 2 Aug 2024 at 06:55

Used to use free acronis that worked if you got a WD drive.
Now use aomei backupper a lot.
Marcium was a bit iffy and veem seems to be limited a bit mostly on the basic stuff

Liquid_Entity · 2 Aug 2024 at 07:38

Aomei here, even use it commercially, or did up until AutoPilot rolled in

Disco_P · 4 Aug 2024 at 09:53

wesley said:
Thanks free or paid?

Free

Blackjack Davy · 6 Aug 2024 at 15:05

I'm using EaseUS Todo Backup Free it only creates/restores backups you can't do anything else like managing partitions but if thats all you want then its easy to use and it woriks

mrk · 9 Aug 2024 at 03:55

Windows VHD system image creator. You can browse the VHD at any time like a folder, or restore it to a drive booting into Windows recovery mode.

truewraith · 2 Sep 2024 at 14:36

sorry for the late post, huge thanks for the help and i will look into these 2 for now and see what i can do

Windows VHD system image creator.
Aomei

wigster · 8 Sep 2024 at 12:52

Disco_P said:
Veeam again. Can even make the USB drive bootable and store the image on there

Is there any good easy tutorials on how to do this? I am looking for something simple for someone but not sure if Veeam will be easy for them to understand.

Sarah_Maguir · 12 Sep 2024 at 10:55

+ for EaseUS Todo Backup , it is free