system image

Q

I use windows 8 and use the system image function to back up my pc to an external hard drive, but I can not seem to create multiple images on the hard drive. Every time I create a new system image, it writes over the existing one, what do I need to do, or where do I go to change the settings, to allow me to create multiple images on the external hard drive.

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A

You can only create system images to other locations if you do it from a command line, but it's very easy and you can even schedule this to happen for you automatically. Right-click your Start button to open an admin-mode command prompt, and type this:

recimg /createimage C:\Folder\Subfolder

You can change where the image gets created by changing the folder. Or use a script/powershell/batch file to automatically name the folder by the date the backup is from.

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