In other words, the system
image backup contains a snapshot of everything on your hard drive.
Full system
image backups contain a full image of the entire operating system drive, including all the Windows system files and installed programs.
Not exact matches
That way, if you have to reinstall everything, the
image file will already
contain your applications and Windows updates — in other words, you can restore your OS and applications in one swoop, and then restore all of your documents from a recent
backup.
Buried somewhere in my basement in a place even archaeologists might fear to tread is a
backup drive
containing an
image I «shopped of a Bronco rider doing a turn on a bucking goat.
Be sure to connect the drive
containing the system
image backups to your computer before continuing.
You'll need an external disk
containing a
backup image created on the current computer to do this.
The
images contain a complete
backup of the «stock» Android system, and are easily flashed using a computer.
After it's done, you'll find a «WindowsImageBackup» folder
containing your
backup images on the
backup drive you specified.
Windows 8 also
contains Windows 7's
backup tools, although system
image backups are hidden in Windows 8.1.