How to create a backup of Windows 10: step-by-step instructions, features and recommendations

The vast majority of users (perhaps you also belong to their number) neglect the function that allows you to backup Windows 10. By the way, very much in vain.

A backup copy of the Windows 10 system quite often can literally help out from a very complicated and seemingly insoluble situation.

Why you need a backup copy

Many people think that the system can"Crash" at anyone: from a neighbor, friend, acquaintance, relative - but not from themselves. As if they are special and protected by the Great Chinese firewall. But this is not so: every person can make a mistake in the system, regardless of anything.

Perhaps this will be the result of a hacker attack, or maybe the user himself deleted or corrupted the files and commands important for the functioning of the system.

The result will still be one: The operating system will stop running, and in a nonexistence will leave a huge amount of information stored in it. To protect yourself from such an outcome, you can only one way: by creating a backup of Windows 10. It will help quickly restore all the data stored on the disk.

In this article, you will learn how to make a backup of Windows 10. Also get acquainted with the programs that allow you to back up and urgently restore the operating system.

Moreover, the article will touch on the theme of the mobile version of the OS from Microsoft, describing the instructions for creating a backup copy of Windows Phone 10.

Backup using the system tool. The first way

The system itself provides a backup function. To activate it, it is enough to follow the instructions below, and then there will not be any problems associated with this process.

First, you need to get into the "Control Panel" and find a backup tab there. It will be signed accordingly.

Secondly, in the opened window it will be necessary to enter intosection of creating a system image. A tab appears before the user. In it you need to determine the place where the image of the operating system will be copied in the form in which it is now.

Thirdly, after choosing the place to bethe system is recorded, you need to click "Next" and go to the section where you can optionally select the files and disks that will be reserved and written to the new media along with the system.

Then click on the backup button and runthe very creation of a backup of Windows 10. The system will ask you if you want to create a disk from which to restore the OS. The answer is obvious: yes.

The backup process will start. It lasts an average of 20 minutes: it all depends on the performance of the personal computer.

After completion, you can continue working on thecomputer, provided that the media on which the system image was recorded is extracted. By the way, in the role of this carrier can act as a CD, flash drive or one of the non-system drives Windows.

Backup using DISM. The second way

Now find out how to create a backupWindows 10 using the utility DISM, which is built into the operating system. In general, it is difficult to say, it's easier to copy this way than the one that was described above, or not. All people have their own preferences. In any case, to make a backup from DISM, you need to follow the points that will be given below.

First of all you need to click on the iconRight-click the Start menu. After clicking, a list should appear. In it, you need to open an administrator command prompt. A text console appears.

In it, you need to enter the Diskpart command, then listvolume, with which you will remember the disk with the system, and then exit. Finally, write the following: Dism / Capture-Image / ImageFile: E: \ * name of the backup of Windows 10 * .wim / CaptureDir: F: \ / Name: Windows.

F is the drive on which the system is installed.

E is the disk where the image will be stored.

Naturally, the command, enclosed in the asterisks, must be entered without *.

After all the operations have been correctly executed, the copied image of the system appears on the specified disk, which will be suitable for its recovery in the event of some force majeure.

Backup using LiveCD Aomei Backupper Standard. The third way

You can back up not only with the help of standard utilities, but also with the use of third-party software. One such software is the LiveCD Aomei Backupper Standard.

The program has a very convenient and simple interface. Probably, it is with her help that it's more comfortable to create a backup copy of Windows 10.

Once the utility has been downloaded, you need to open it, and then find the Backup section in the sidebar (on the right). It will need to select the System Backup function.

A new tab will appear, in which opposite theTask Name it is necessary to enter the name of the created image (Step 1 - Step 1). In the same window, you should define the medium that will store the archive with the system. You will need to specify this in Step 2. On this line, the user can easily find out where the backup of Windows 10 is stored.

Once all the parameters have been specified, the system will begin to back up.

Windows Mobile 10 backup

In addition to PC versions, Microsoft released a mobile version of Windows 10, which was named Windows 10 Mobile.

It also provides a system backup function. And by default the image is created for all media files, documents and SMS, calls and bookmarks in the system browser or application.

To do this, you need to go to the Settings application in the Updates and Security section.

There you need to find the archiving service. It is necessary to put the toggle switch in the "on" position under the line where it is suggested to create a backup copy of the content.

It is interesting that the user can choose which parameters will be backed up and which ones will not. You can do this using the "Other settings" section.

However, if on the PC it was possible to determine on its own where the image of the system would be recorded, on mobile devices everything is automatically saved to the OneDrive account.

Established restoration of the system

If you backed up firstway, in case of a critical error and the system does not work properly, go to the "Start" section in the "Start" menu, select the restart point and press it while holding the Shift button.

When you restart, theparameters, where you need to click on "Restore the system image". After selecting this item, the system will search for a backup copy and try to install it, so you need to consider - the media should be inserted into the PC (if it's a flash drive, a CD-ROM or an external hard disk).

System recovery via DISM

In the event that the Windows image was recorded using DISM, you need to open the command line of the administrator (as was done above), where you will enter:

1. diskpart.
2. list volume.
3. Remember, on which disk the backup is stored (in the column "Name") + the disk that will contain the system.
4. select volume 5.
5. select volume 6.
6. format fs-FS quick.
7. it is the latter.
8. exit.
9. dism / apply-mage / imagefile: * disk where the backup is stored *: \ * backup name * .wim / index: 1 / ApplyDir: 6: \.
10. bcdboot: 6: \ Windows / s V :.
11. diskpart.
12. select volume 5.
13. remove letter = V.

5 - the number of the disc with the system.

6 - the number of the disk where the system will be installed.

V is a Latin letter that will be assigned to the system partition.

Then you will need to restart the PC and the system will be restored.

System recovery via Aomei Backupper Standard LiveCD

To restore the operating system withthis utility, you need to open this program and go to the Restore section, which is in the side menu. The program itself will find where the image of the system is stored, and will offer to install it. This is possible only if the medium with the image is connected to a PC or is a disk inside the system.

In either case, you can specify the path to the backup yourself.

After all the settings (if any), click on Start Restore, which will be highlighted in orange.

As it turned out, it is not difficult to create an image of Windows. The main thing that you need to learn is: do not neglect the backup function and, if necessary, use it better.

Who knows what data you will need in the future. It is better to make their image, so as not to lose a trace in the future.

All these actions are applicable tomobile version of the operating system from Microsoft, because now users store a huge amount of important information on smartphones and tablets - mobile devices that are always at hand. Yes, cloud services in Russia and the CIS are not so popular yet.