Full system
image backups contain a full image of the entire operating system drive, including all the Windows system files and installed programs.
In other words, the system
image backup contains a snapshot of everything on your hard drive.
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.