This tutorial will go into detail on how to create an ISO image. On the agenda are free programs that allow you to create an ISO image of Windows, or any other bootable disk image. Let's also talk about alternative options that allow you to complete this task. We'll also talk about how to make an ISO disk image from files.
CDBurnerXP is another convenient one free utility in Russian, which allows you to burn discs, and at the same time create their images, including in Windows XP (the program works in both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1). With good reason, this option is considered one of the best for creating ISO images.
Creating an image takes place in a few simple steps:
As a result, a disk image containing the data you selected will be prepared and saved.
You can download CDBurnerXP from the official website https://cdburnerxp.se/ru/download, but be careful: to download the clean version without Adware, click “More download options”, and then select either the portable version of the program that works without installation, or the second installer option without OpenCandy.
ImgBurn is a free program for creating and burning ISO images.
Attention (added in 2015): despite the fact that ImgBurn remains an excellent program, I could not find a clean one on the official website unwanted programs installer As a result of scanning in Windows 10, I did not find any suspicious activity, but I recommend being careful.
The next program we'll look at is ImgBurn. You can download it for free on the developer’s website www.imgburn.com. The program is very functional, yet easy to use and will be understandable to any beginner. Moreover, Microsoft support recommends using this program to create a bootable Windows disk 7. By default, the program is loaded on English language, but there you can download the Russian language file on the official website, and then copy the unpacked archive to the Language folder in the folder with the ImgBurn program.
What ImgBurn can do:
- Create an ISO image from a disk. In particular, you cannot use it to create a bootable ISO of Windows from the operating system distribution.
- Easily create ISO images from files. Those. You can specify any folder or folders and create an image with them.
- Burning ISO images to discs - for example, when you need to make a bootable disc in order to install Windows.
PowerISO - advanced bootable ISO creation and more
The PowerISO program, designed to work with boot images of Windows and other operating systems, as well as any other disk images, can be downloaded from the developer’s website https://www.poweriso.com/download.php. The program can do anything, although it is paid, and free version has some limitations. However, let's consider the capabilities of PowerISO:
- Creating and burning ISO images. Creating bootable ISOs when missing boot disk
- Creation bootable flash drives Windows
- Burn ISO images to disk, mount them in Windows
- Creating images from files and folders, from CDs, DVDs, Blu-Ray discs
- Converting images from ISO to BIN and from BIN to ISO
- Extracting files and folders from images
- Support for Apple OS X DMG images
- Full Windows support 8
These are not all the features of the program and many of them can be used in the free version. So, if creating boot images, flash drives from ISOs and constantly working with them is your thing, take a closer look at this program, it can do a lot.
BurnAware Free - Burn and Create ISO
You can download the free program BurnAware Free from the official source http://www.burnaware.com/products.html. What can this program do? Not much, but essentially all the necessary functions are present in it:
- Writing data, images, files to disks
- Creating ISO Disc Images
Perhaps this is quite enough if you are not pursuing some very complex goals. Boot ISOs also burn perfectly provided you have a boot disk from which this image is made.
ISO recorder 3.1 - version for Windows 8 and Windows 7
Another free program that allows you to create ISOs from CDs or DVDs (creating ISOs from files and folders is not supported). You can download the program from the website of the author Alex Feinman http://alexfeinman.com/W7.htm
Program properties:
- Compatible with Windows 8 and Windows 7, x64 and x86
- Creating and burning images from/to CD/ DVD disc and, including creating bootable ISOs
After installing the program, in context menu that appears when you click right click mouse on the CD, the “Create image from CD” option will appear - just click on it and follow the instructions. Writing an image to disk occurs in the same way - right-click on the ISO file, select “Write to disk”.
Free ISODisk program - full-fledged work with ISO images and virtual disks
The next program is ISODisk, which can be downloaded for free from http://www.isodisk.com/. This software allows you to perform the following tasks:
- Easily make ISOs from CDs or DVDs, including a bootable image of Windows or another operating system, computer recovery discs
- Mount the ISO on the system as a virtual disk.
Regarding ISODisk, it is worth noting that the program copes with creating images with a bang, but it is better not to use it for mounting virtual drives - the developers themselves admit that this function works fully adequately only in Windows XP.
Free DVD ISO Maker
Free DVD ISO Maker can be downloaded for free from the website http://www.minidvdsoft.com/dvdtoiso/download_free_dvd_iso_maker.html. The program is simple, convenient and no frills. The entire process of creating a disk image takes place in three steps:
- Run the program, in the Selet CD/DVD device field, specify the path to the disk from which you want to make an image. Click "Next"
- Specify where to save the ISO file
- Click "Convert" and wait for the program to finish.
Done, you can use the created image for your own purposes.
How to Create a Bootable Windows 7 ISO Using the Command Line
Let's finish with free programs and look at creating a bootable ISO image of Windows 7 (may work for Windows 8, not tested) using the command line.
- You will need all the files contained on the Windows 7 distribution disk, let's say they are in the folder C:\Make-Windows7-ISO\
- You will also need The Windows® Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows® 7 - a set of utilities from Microsoft, which can be downloaded from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=5753. In this set we are interested in two tools - oscdimg.exe, by default located in the folder ProgramFiles\WindowsAIK\Tools\x86 and etfsboot.com - a boot sector that allows you to create a bootable ISO of Windows 7.
- Run command line as administrator and enter the command:
- oscdimg -n -m -b»C:\Make-Windows7-ISO\boot\etfsboot.com» C:\Make-Windows7-ISO C:\Make-Windows7-ISO\Win7.iso
Note on last command: no space between parameter – b and indicating the path to the boot sector - this is not an error, it is necessary.
After entering the command, you will observe the process of burning a bootable ISO of Windows 7. Upon completion, you will be told the size of the image file and written that the process is complete. Now you can use the created ISO image to .
How to create an ISO image using UltraISO
UltraISO software is one of the most popular for all tasks related to disk images, flash drives or creating bootable media. Making an ISO image from files or a disk in UltraISO does not present any particular problems and we will look at this process.
- Launch the UltraISO program
- At the bottom, select the files that you want to add to the image, by right-clicking on them you can select “Add”.
- Once you've finished adding files, select "File" - "Save" from the UltraISO menu and save it as an ISO. The image is ready.
Creating an ISO on Linux
Everything that is required to create a disk image is already present in the operating system itself, and therefore the process of creating ISO image files is quite simple:
- On Linux, launch a terminal
- Enter: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=~/cd_image.iso- this will create an image from the disk inserted into the drive. If the disk was bootable, the image will be the same.
- To create an ISO image from files, use the command mkisofs -o /tmp/cd_image.iso /papka/files/
How to create a bootable USB flash drive from an ISO image
If for some reason the methods and programs listed here were not enough for you to do what you wanted and create a disk image, pay attention to this list: Programs for creating images on Wikipedia - you will certainly find what you need for your operating system.
A disk image is a complete, “photographic” copy optical disk(eg CD or DVD). Unlike a simple copy of a disk, its image is not just a set of folders, but a file that contains information about the disk format, boot data, its structure and the data itself.
Disk image files very often have the extension .iso. Typically, images of bootable disks or disks circulate on the Internet in this format. computer games. Let's look at how you can create an iso disk image.
To create an ISO disk image, emulator programs are used that create virtual disk drives on the user’s machine, which, however, are perceived by the computer’s operating system as completely real. There are several such programs, but we will look at how to create an iso disk image using two of them: Daemon Tools and UltraISO.
How to create an iso disk image, Daemon Tools
The program is a simple and free version that allows you to create an iso disk image from any optical disc placed in the drive of your computer.
After installing the program on your computer, the Daemon Tools program icon will appear in the lower right corner of the Desktop. By right-clicking on it, we will see the following picture:
Using the tooltip, look for the “Image Creation” icon (second from the left). After clicking on this icon, a window with the same name will open:
In this window, after we insert the disk into the computer drive, we will mark the save folder and the format of the future disk image file (iso), decide whether we will compress it or not, and whether we will use or refuse to protect the iso file with a password.
Click “Start” and at the end of the processing operation we find the created ISO disk image in the specified folder.
How to create an iso disk image, UltraISO
The UltraISO program is more functional than the free version of Daemon Tools and allows you to create an iso disk image from files stored in computer folders.
The UltraISO interface window consists of two parts, each of which has a conductor structure.
We find in the lower part the file or folder from which we want to create an iso disk image and drag it to the upper part.
Then open the “Properties” window by clicking on the button next to the “Image” field, set in this window the type-size of the desired disk image and the file name format to “standard”. Click OK in the “Properties” window, and “Save As” in the main program window.
In the window that opens, select the file format ( ISO file), give it a name, specify the save folder and click “Save”. That’s it, after the processing operation we find the created iso disk image in the specified folder.
Today, many are interested in how to create an ISO disk image of the Windows 10 operating system. Let us immediately say that this is quite simple to do, but to create an image you will need a special utility developed by Microsoft. Moreover, this program allows you not only to update the current system, but also to record it on removable media(CD or).
You should start by preparing a removable drive - it is important that its volume is at least 8 gigabytes; creating such a drive is available for the following versions of the described OS:
- Windows 10 Pro;
- Windows 10 Home.
Now let's proceed directly to the process. Below is an algorithm of the required actions.
Step-by-step guide to creating an ISO disc in Windows 10 using the installer
First, connect a disk (obviously, it should be a DVD-R) or a removable drive to the computer, and then check whether the storage medium has the required amount of memory. Then follow the instructions.
Step one. Click on the "Windows 10 Setup" icon. Then a window will appear in which you need to select the second option (“Create installation media...”) as shown in the image below. After that, click the “Next” button.
Step two. In the next window this utility will prompt you to set the required parameters, including architecture, language, etc. Having selected everything you need, click the “Next” button again.
Note! It is extremely important that the selected ISO image architecture matches the parameters of the computer itself where it is planned to be installed. Typically, the program allows you to select not only a 32/64-core system, but also both options at once.
If you chose the first option, then you will have two options:
- burn to DVD;
- first create a disk.
In the second option, accordingly, recording is possible exclusively directly to a removable storage device.
Step four. When you select the appropriate item, click “Next”. If recording occurs directly to a flash drive, the operating system will demonstrate the available media.
Note! For those who don’t know, during recording, all information on the flash drive will be deleted.
Step five. When you click Next again, the installation or recording will continue.
Step six. In the first option, that is, when it comes to selecting the “ISO file” item, several folders will be attached at once where the image or drive will be saved. It is quite obvious that there should already be a DVD-R disc containing the required amount of memory. Once saved, you can subsequently record it on any convenient medium.
Note! Such operations are only possible on computers running Windows 7 or higher.
Features of installing Windows 10 from an image
Installing the operating system is quite simple; it does not require any special skills or knowledge. To begin the installation, insert a USB flash drive or disk, and then, when the computer restarts, press any button after the corresponding message appears (“Press any button to boot...” or something similar, it all depends on the specific type of system). Before this, you need to click boot from disk or flash drive in the BIOS settings.
The next step is that the system will ask you to enter your product key. You will find this key on the package or, if you are just updating the OS, select the “I don’t have a key” option.
Accept the user agreement and decide on the installation type. If you are not an “advanced” user, then it is better not to use a custom installation.
Then you will find yourself in a window for selecting a partition where the operating system will be installed.
When all the required actions are completed, the system will install, after which it will ask you to configure it “for yourself.” More specifically, these settings include:
- installation/configuration of standard programs;
- creating your account.
Here you can decide for yourself whether to leave the basic settings or configure the settings again. That's all, now you know how to create an ISO image of Windows 10. For more detailed information, we recommend watching the thematic video below. Good luck!
Video - Create a Windows 10 boot disk
Any operating system is not one hundred percent protected from unexpected crashes, breakdowns, or malfunctions. Windows 7 is no exception. To avoid losing valuable system settings that you for a long time adjusted to your needs, it is recommended to create a disk image with the iso extension at least once every six months. In this way, you will protect yourself from long and tedious recovery after failures or failure of the operating system. You can burn the resulting file to a DVD disc, memory card, or any other digital media. And in right moment just download it back. If you decide to do this, follow the instructions in this article.
Creating an ISO image for Windows 7 through the official Microsoft website
Not long ago, a software developer company made it possible for users to independently generate image files directly through the official website. To do this, follow the link: https://www.microsoft.com/ru-ru/software
Before you start, make sure that your storage device has more than 4 GB of memory, as well as a stable Internet connection:
- follow the link above and check out a number of tips and instructions,
- scroll down the page and you will see the input field for your Windows 7 product key,
- now minimize the browser and go to the control panel,
- select the "System and Security" tab,
- in the window that appears, click on the “System” section,
- you will be immediately redirected to a page where at the very bottom is the activation key for your product. Carefully rewrite it in the browser line and click “Check”
- wait until the system checks your Windows 7 and the relevance of its license. The process will take from a minute to five. If everything is in order with the key, then the utility in the browser will immediately begin creating an ISO image of your entire system. If there is something wrong with the key or this method does not suit you for other reasons, proceed to the second step of the instructions.
Creating an ISO image of Windows 7 without third-party programs
- You can create an image inside your computer without installing unnecessary software. To do this, go to the control panel again and find the “Backup and Restore” section.
- In the window that appears on the left, find the “Create a system image” link. Click on it.
- Wait a few minutes while Windows finds all the ways to create and burn the image.
- The system will automatically open before you all possible options for recording the image on media. Most likely, you will have three options: “hard drive”, “ dvd media" and "network placement". If you have a DVD, insert it and select the second method.
- If your computer only has one disk, as in the screenshot below, then you won’t have to select it. If there are several disks, then you can select one of them or all of them. Click on the “Archive” button to start burning the ISO image to disk.
- If you chose the third option: online hosting, then the process will be slightly different. Please note that the file may not be protected in a network location.
- Enter the network location address.
After pressing the “ok” button, copying will begin. It is also possible to manually record the image through programs such as Daemon Tools. The process is very similar, but takes a little longer. To do this, you need to download the program, mount the image in it and burn it to a digital medium.
If you were unable to create an image of Windows 7 after all the above points, then perhaps it will be easier for you to download ready-made ISO images from the Internet.
Some interesting words You can learn about Windows 7 images from the video below:
A disk image is a file containing full copy structure and content of data located on the disk. It stores all the information that duplicates the location and contents of a specific data storage device. The order of data sectors is repeated on the image, but the structure built on it is ignored.
The original purpose of creation was backup disk data, where the exact original structure was preserved. Nowadays, due to the spread of optical media, images in as ISO files, which can be used instead of CDs. ISO has less data - no service information.
Using archive programs that support opening this type of data, you can extract and view the contents of this file. How and with what tools you can reproduce a disk image will be discussed further.
Creating an image using ultraISO
One of the most accessible methods for creating an ISO is to use the UltraISO utility. The program is paid, but you can use the trial version, which you download from the official website.
The essence of use is as follows: yes two main fields– the directory tree of the mounted image on the left and the data stored in them on the right. Below are the directories and files stored on the computer.
Set the name future copy, for which we left-click on it, property – Rename. Introducing a new name.
Then we drag folders and files from the storage area on the computer to the image file area. To find the ones you need, use the directory explorer presented below.
Please note that at the top it is displayed overall size documents.
Actually, to complete the operation, all that remains is to save: File – Save as.
From the proposed formats we take ISO and save.
The saving process will appear, after which you will find a copy in the location you specified.
Burning an image using Daemon tools
An equally popular image burning program is Daemon Tools.
There are several variations of this software, including the free DAEMON Tools Lite. After installing the free license, you will have a virtual DVD drive.
After launch, click on the button below to create a copy of the disk.
IN settings we refer to drive unit, where the disk and folder where the image will be saved is located.
Specify copy type MDS or ISO.
Mount You can check it in a virtual drive.
Using Ashampoo Burning Studio Free
The free version of this program is free and will allow you to burn a disk image. Download from off. site, simple and straightforward installation.
After installation, the application will launch on its own. Choose Disk image – Create.
If we create it based on a real disk, first insert it into the drive.
Specify the storage location and click Further to start the process.
Once the procedure is complete, you can open the folder containing the file.
How to create a copy of a disk using CDBurnerXP
To create an ISO in the CDBurnerXP utility, select from the menu File – save project like ISO.
Specify the directory, where to save the file and click Create ISO.
Can be customized options, such as: name, description, date, identifier, copyright and other settings. Once you open Boot Options, you will see a dialog box with additional options.
ISO using ImgBurn
ImgBurn is a convenient tool for burning ISO images. Everything is done very quickly and quite simply.
After downloading and installing the program, you will see the following window.
As you can see, here you can: write down image to disk, so make it from existing files.
In this case, we are interested in the latter.
Special additional settings you don’t need to specify (the only thing is, if you want, you can change the recording speed and number of copies), specify the drive from which you want to read data and click Reading
The copying process will begin, after which a message will signal to us that it has been successfully completed.
Free DVD ISO Maker
The program is free, easy to use and simple.
After launch you will need to select Select CD/ DVDdevice, that is, the drive for reading (specify the path). Next is the place where we will save the resulting file. Then click Covert and wait for the final completion of the copying procedure.
We use ISODisk
It is also free, download it from the official website. 
The interface, although in English, is quite intuitive. Some users do not recommend using it for mounting virtual drives, but it copes with the task of creating an ISO with a bang.
If something suddenly happens to your operating system, it can lead to a huge number of problems. In the best case, you will have to reinstall it, search on the Internet for drivers and installers of the programs you need. In the worst case, there is a risk of completely losing all personal information, unique photographs, important documents and projects. Typically, restoring the OS is unlikely to help in this case - it only works with Windows settings. Therefore, to save your data, it is important to know how you can create a backup disk image of your Windows 7.
Types of images
You don't need to have the DVD itself for this. There is specialized software (for example, the UltraISO utility) with which you can do everything you need right on your computer. You prepare a set of folders and files, and use the program to create a disk image.
The second type is a backup copy of the operating system. It can be done even using standard Windows tools. It is needed to restore your OS in case of unforeseen emergency situations.
In fact, this is a cast of the hard drive. The computer scans the entire contents of the specified HDD and packs it into a special archive. If something happens, you can always restore everything back.
Windows Backup
To create a backup of data on disk, no additional software no need to install. You just need to do the following:
The whole process can take quite a long time. The volumes of stored data are usually large. In general, the duration depends on the amount of information being copied, the generation of USB or SATA/SAS interfaces, network speed (depending on where the backup is saved) and computer performance.
Recovery disk
After completing the backup process, the system will prompt you to create a special recovery disk. This is a set of useful programs that can help users if their OS stops starting. On it you can find utilities for restoring the MBR boot sector, sets of system files necessary for startup, and so on.
Creating an ISO image
If you want to burn DVD or CD content to digital ISO format, you will need a special program. The simplest and most reliable example of such a utility is free application ImgBurn.
If the computer is under Windows control 7, then it is not necessary to install additional programs to create a system image. You can use the “Data Archiving and Restoration” service.To do this, you need to connect an external drive or flash drive formatted in NTFS to your computer, and then go to the “Control Panel” and select the “Backup and Restore” section. A dialog box will open, on the left side of which you need to select the “Create a system image” item.
Now you have to answer the system’s question “Where should the archive be saved?” Using a local hard drive is not recommended. In the event of a virus attack or illiterate user actions, it is often impossible to restore the system from it. It is better to choose an external drive that is pre-connected to your computer. You can also use DVDs, but this is less convenient.
Under no circumstances may the resulting archived copy be edited. Any change to the received data will make it impossible to restore the system from this archive file.
Now you need to select the disks that will be archived. If you have enough space on your external drive and you have a lot of free time, it's best to check all local disks. Then you can be sure that all your data will be recovered. Otherwise, choose to archive system disk C.
In the next dialog box, to confirm the selected parameters, click on the “Archive” button. This will start the system archiving process and in the dialog box you will see the green “Archive saving in progress” indicator moving. It shows what stage the process is at.
When the creation of the system image is completed, another program window will appear asking you to create a “System Repair Disk”. If you have not done so before, you must agree and click the “Yes” button. After all, if the operating system does not boot, then without this disk it will be impossible to restore the created image.
When archiving is complete, a notification “Backup completed successfully” will appear in the “Create a system image” window. Click the "Close" button to exit the program.
How to create an operating system image using Acronis True Image
Compared to a standard archiver, the application has advanced capabilities. Launch the program and in the main window click on the “Create archive” item. Now you need to choose which disk partition will be saved. To create a copy of Windows, you need to click on the “My Computer” menu item and select HDD, on which the operating system was installed. Typically this drive is the C drive.To ensure that archives with the latest state of the operating system are always at hand, it is recommended to set an automatic schedule in the program settings. Reserve copy.
The next dialog box will describe the various archives that can be created using Acronis. Simply review the program's offerings and click Next. Now you need to specify the location where the future archive will be saved. Take care to create a folder for archive files better in advance. As in the previous method, optimal solution the archive will be recorded on external media.
Next, you need to select one of the archiving types, described in the previous window. The best option is “Creating a full archive” because it is completely autonomous and does not depend on other copies. In the Backup Options dialog box, check the first option, “Use default settings,” and click Next.
Over time, you may accumulate different Windows images. For example, you can create an archive of an operating system with or without drivers, a “clean” image or with the necessary programs already installed. Therefore in next step write a description of the archive so as not to confuse it with others. Click “Next” and Acronis will begin the task.
Those who have been working at the computer for quite a long time. They know that the operating system becomes unusable over time and needs to be reinstalled periodically.
Usually they reinstall it from the boot disk, and each time you have to reinstall all the programs you are working with. This throws you out of your working rhythm, and sometimes you have to spend a whole day, or even more, on such an installation.
Naturally, the question arises: is it possible to save the state of the operating system we need along with all installed programs and then reinstall everything in one fell swoop?
There is such an opportunity! Can along with all programs, which in this moment they work for you. And you won't need to install them one by one. The entire reinstallation operation takes at most half an hour to an hour.
Ability to create a Windows disk image and then operating system recovery from this image appeared, starting with the version Windows Vista - predecessors Windows 7. Before this, it was necessary to use third-party programs.
In principle, they are still in use, but the best of these programs, for example, Acronis, paid.
In fact, there is no difference. than making a disk image. Built-in Windows Tools they work no worse, and it’s even easier to work in them than in Acronis.
But if you Windows XP, then you will have to use some kind of third party program. For example, Acronis, or a free program.
You can store a Windows disk image on one of your computer's logical drives. In this case, you will be able to reinstall the operating system in a timely manner if you see that Windows is starting to seriously deteriorate: glitch, slow down, freeze, and so on. But then, if the hard drive fails, which, however, happens extremely rarely, it will not be possible to use the image for recovery.
It is better to store the disk image on a remote hard drive, or on a flash drive with a large amount of memory. In this case, restoring the operating system from an image is possible even when the hard drive completely fails.
Creating a Windows 7 disk image
So, let's begin. Come in Control Panel , and view by category to make it easier to navigate. View is selected in the upper right corner.
In a team group system and safety choose a team.
After that, select from the menu on the left Creating a system image .
Next, select the hard drive on which you will save the disk image. If you select a logical drive and the physical drive is the same one on which Windows is installed, you will see a warning that if it fails hard drive the image will be lost. This is exactly what I mentioned above in the article.
Windows 7 with installed programs takes up a lot of space. When archiving, an image will be created the entire disk on which Windows is located . For example, if you have Windows on drive C, then the image will be created of the entire drive C - with everything that is on it.
If you press the button Further, you will see how much volume is subject to archiving. So, before this operation, I recommend freeing the disk as much as possible from everything unnecessary on it. Delete what is superfluous, and remove the files you directly work with: books. movies, documents, transfer to another logical drive.
After clicking the Next button, click the button Archive , and the process will start. At the end of the archiving process, you will be prompted to create system recovery disk. Do this either immediately or later by logging back into Control Panel , to point Backing up computer data , and in the left menu selecting Create a system repair disk .
To create a system repair disc, insert a blank DVD into the drive, and click Create disk . The disk will be created. This disk will help you restore your operating system if Windows stops starting at all.
For Windows recovery in this case, you need to insert the system recovery disc and then work through the BIOS. Be sure to find out how to do this. There is no single instruction for working with the BIOS - each brand of computer has its own technology. Study the instructions specifically for your computer, finding it through search engines. Sometimes instructions for use are included with the computer.
In less advanced cases, when the operating system is running, to restart Windows installations just go back to Control Panel , to point Backing up computer data , and there start working in the section Recovery .
If you learn how to reinstall the operating system yourself, you will no longer depend on computer technicians. And you won't pay any money. So it's worth learning. I wish you success!
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If you previously created an image of the main hard disk partition, then at any time if critical failures occur in Windows work 7 it can be deployed. No data recorded in this section after deployment, copies will not be saved, but you won’t have to waste time searching and installing drivers and some necessary programs, installed into the system immediately after its installation.
Restoring Windows 7 from a working system
You can archive the necessary disk partitions on any available media - DVDs, an additional hard drive or an external hard drive with a USB interface. A separate partition on the same HDD is also suitable, but in this case data security is not guaranteed. If the device is damaged, some or all of the data on it may be lost, which fully applies to the created backup copy.
If the OS, albeit with errors, is slow, but loads and works, and no recovery methods improve the situation, then you can deploy the archive image directly from under the loaded system. For this:
All old information will be lost from the disk to which the save will be deployed. If it has value, then you can archive it in the next wizard window user files by clicking on the corresponding button below. 
To go straight to Windows archiving, click “Skip”, after which a new window will open prompting you to continue the action after restarting the computer.
Working with the recovery tool
After rebooting, a couple will appear sequentially dialog boxes, which will ask you to select a language and enter your user credentials. Next you will have to work with the main parameters window:
Restoring the image if the system cannot be booted
If, after turning on the computer, the boot does not occur and it is not possible to boot into Windows in normal mode, try pressing F8 and opening the additional boot options window. From here you can get to the recovery options module if you select the very first troubleshooting item. 
Further actions have already been described in the section describing working with this tool. But in case of critical failures, often pressing F8 and trying to go to boot options does not bring results. In this case, you cannot do without a Windows 7 installation or boot disk and the recovery environment located on it.
How to extract individual files from an image
Sometimes a system archive can be useful not only for deploying Windows 7 if it cannot be cured, but also for retrieving accidentally deleted important files that were saved in the archive. To do this, it must be connected as a virtual hard disk:
All that remains is to open the computer icon on the desktop again and make sure that a new one has appeared here virtual disk. You can work with it in the same way as with any partition, restoring any necessary information from there.
Features of creating and storing a backup copy
Before creating a copy of the system, you should decide on which drive(s) you will store it on. Users often use DVDs for these purposes, but you need to understand that then it will be possible to restore Windows 7 only by booting from a flash drive or other drive if the OS is no longer able to start on its own. You will have to do this because this disk is not bootable.
Often another problem arises unexpectedly. If after creation full image HDD standard means Windows, you have modified its partitions, then when you try to restore the copy, an error window may appear. It will inform the user of the need to format the disk from which the recovery environment was loaded. Even returning the HDD partitions to the state before their sizes were changed will not correct the situation. 
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