How to create normal c drive image for win10 with 2016 vs
Hi,
I have been uisng Home 11 and now bought 2016.
I'm lost with new sayings..
I want to create an image of my main Win 10 C drive so that if it falls, I have it all.
I save to a folder on a 2 Tb usb with many other things on it so I don't want to actually Clone the disc.
System Reserved is on Disk E.
Thanks


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Some good user videos with basic backup and recovery as well... Check out the non official ones.
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Many thanks for the video links however I am still a little lost.. It is the terminology I think.
I am used to every week doing a simple disc image of my C: drive which is my primary Win 10 drive so im case of problems I can quickly restore my entire drive.
My C drive is currently 465GB with 139GB free so about 326GB needed to image. I also see on Drive E a Sysetm Reserved so guess this also may have to be chosen in order to get a succesful boot.
I am sending the image to an ext 2TB drive with 732 GB free so plenty of room.
I tried a full back with only changed files every 2 days but it kept telling me I was running out of space and couldn't back up.
I then tried to select all the folders on C cdrive not sure if that would boot in time of need.
These were the files names..
My folders_full_b1_s1_v1 - My folders_full_b1_s2_v1 - My folders_full_b1_s3_v1
The Entire PC term in my case is the C Drive and 4 other internal drives plus 2 ext drive and I don't want that.
I basically need to be able to restore my C drive in time of need.
Could I please have help how to achieve what I have been doing for years but now can't.
Thank you
oz
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Don't use "entire pc" as the backup type - I thiink it is trying to backup more than you intend it to as this method will try to backup all attached disks and not just the main OS disk. Instead, create a new backup and select the type as "disks and paritions" (hover over "entire pc" and you'll be presented with an option to change it) and then specifically select just your main OS disk and ALL partitions under it to make sure you have a bootable image.
You also want to make sure that in the advanced tab settings, you are not selecting "sector by sector" as that willl also backup blank space on the disc if you have selected that. You probably didn't as the "entire pc" setup is most likely the problem, but something to be aware of.
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Excellent help. Many thanks. I think you are spot on with my problem. I will give that a shot.
oz
BTW Would I need to add the E: System files to get the boot ?
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Glad to help. If E: drive is data (another parition on the drive you created, or a different hard drive), you don't have to include it in your backup to be bootable. My preference... backup your entire main hard drive and all paritions and leave that in one backup task. Backup other disks as their own backup task too. In the end, it's really personal preference though, but I prefer to do one backup task per physical disk and select all paritions on the main OS disk.
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