Restoring a system image involves using a backup file so that your hard drive has exactly the same content as when you made the system image. The restoration process includes an option for formatting ...

Sam McCurry wisely created an image backup of his internal drive. Now he wants to know how that backup can help him should Windows fail to boot. An image backup copies the complete contents of your ...

How do you recover from a dead internal hard drive or SSD? Or if Windows becomes so messed up it’s useless or even unbootable? You can always reinstall Windows from ...

Microsoft’s Point-in-Time Restore gives Windows 11 users a built-in way to roll back PCs after failed updates, driver issues, ...

Your hard disk just went belly up, but all is not lost. Armed with a recent system image and the System Image Recovery tool, you’ll be back in business before you know it. In a recent series of blog ...

If you are using a System Image that has been created by Windows Backup and Restore Tool, and using it restore your computer and you receive an error message ...

The operating system's built-in safety net can be a quick and easy way to recover from a PC problem, but it too can fail. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff ...

It could save your PC.

Making a full system image backup preserves not only your files, but Windows and all its settings as well. Here are the best free Windows backup and recovery tools with step-by-step instructions. When ...