
Select the Start button, then select Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Backup and Restore.Ĭhoose Select another backup to restore files from, and then follow the steps in the wizard.
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You can restore files from a backup that was created on another computer running Windows Vista or Windows 7. Restore a backup made on another computer Use wildcard characters such as *.jpg to search for all JPG files that were backed up. To only search for JPG files associated with the user Bill, type C:\Users\Bill\JPG in the Search for box. For example, to search for all JPG files that were backed up, type JPG in the Search for box. Tip: If you're searching for files or folders associated with a specific user account, you can improve search results by typing the location of the file or folder in the Search for box. To search the contents of the backup, select Search, type all or part of a file name, and then select Search. To view individual files, use the Browse for files option. When you're browsing for folders, you won't be able to see the individual files in a folder.

To look through the contents of the backup, select Browse for files or Browse for folders. To restore the files of all users, choose Restore all users' files. To restore your files, choose Restore my files. Right-click the Start button, then select Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Backup and Restore. In the System Protection dialog box, type a description, and then select Create. Select the System Protection tab, and then select Create. In the left pane, select System protection. Right-click the Start button, then select Control Panel > System and Maintenance > System.
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Restore points are automatically created each week by System Restore and when your PC detects change, like when you install an app or driver. You can use a restore point to restore your computer's system files to an earlier point in time. Navigate to the location of the system image.Ĭopy the WindowsImageBackup folder to a new location. If you want to keep the old system image, you can copy it to a different location before creating the new system image by following these steps. If you already have a system image for a computer and are creating a new one for the same computer, the new system image will overwrite the old one.

System images are saved in the format of drive\WindowsImageBackup\computer name\. If you're saving your system images in a network location, you can only keep the most current system image for each computer. To help conserve disk space, delete older system images. On internal and external hard drives, older system images will be deleted when the drive runs out of space. You can keep several versions of system images. Keeping different versions of system images If you save the system image on a hard drive or USB flash drive, it must be formatted to use the NTFS file system.

Note: To create a system image of a drive, it must be formatted to use the NTFS file system.
