How to backup Windows 8.1 via System Image Backup? To use System Image Backup in Windows 8.1, you need to navigate to the File History control panel. – From the Start Screen type “File History” and choose the right entry. – In the File History control panel, look in the bottom left corner of the window and click “System Image Backup” option.
– Now, create a System Image wizard appears. – Choose an external drive – hard drive, USB (16GB or more), DVD or Network drive and click next. – Go through the wizard to back up your entire OS. How to restore Windows 8.1 from System Image Backup? To restore the entire Windows 8.1 OS from the backup, plug-in the external drive that contains the backup and start up your PC from the recovery drive. – From the Choose an Option screen, choose Troubleshoot and then select Advanced Options. – In the Advanced Options, select System Image Recovery. The PC will restart. – At the “System Image Recovery” screen, select your username and then type your password when prompted. – The Re-Image Your Computer wizard will start. Select the correct system image, and then click next. – Go through the wizard to restore your PC to the selected system image backup.
