Creating a System Image Backup
The worst-case scenario for PC problems is a system crash that renders your hard disk or system files unusable. Your only recourse in such a case is to start from scratch with either a reformatted hard disk or a new hard disk. This usually means that you have to reinstall Windows 8 and then reinstall and reconfigure all your applications. In other words, you’re looking at the better part of a day or, more likely, a few days, to recover your system. However, Windows 8 has a feature that takes most of the pain out of recovering your system. It’s called a system image backup, and it’s part of the system recovery options that we discussed in Chapter 26.
To learn how to restore your PC from an image, see “Restoring ...
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