Windows 10: I created a system image on an USB drive. I replaced my harddrive with a SSD drive. How...

The system image was created using "Control Panel\System and Security\Backup and Restore Windows 7" in Windows 10 Home.I created a system image on an USB drive. I replaced my harddrive with a SSD drive. How do I restore from the system image on the USB drive?

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How to create Windows 10 system image on a usb flash drive

Thanks Maria:

I made a system image on a USB flash drive using the tools available in Windows 10. I want to make this image bootable so that I can reinstall it on my computer from the same USB flash drive. Can I do this using the method you have suggested?

If not, can you or anyone else tell me how to do this?

Thanks again,

Regis

 

Unable to use System restore from a windows 10 image on Windows 7 with error: "windows cannot find a system image-the usb drive is not visible"

Hi Otley,

Thanks for replying to us with the status of your issue.

As you mentioned, when you connect the USB flash drive in to the system then the System image backup is not present. It might occur if the System image files is not created properly or may be it got corrupted.

As an initial steps I suggest you to check for the memory space in the USB flash driver.

If the Memory is occupied in the USB flash drive the I suggest you to try running check disk on USB flash drive and check if it helps.

Follow the below steps to perform Check Disk.

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  Press Windows + X on your keyboard.
  
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  Select Command Prompt (Admin).
  
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  Type the below commands.
  
  Chkdsk [drive letter]: /f /r
  

Reply to us with the status of your issue, we will be happy to assist you.

 

Win7 System Image on USB Thumb Drive = NO?

Just got my laptop all re-set up with Win 7 pro and Office 2010, including about 500+ updates. Decided to make a system image, needing about 100GB of space, so I went out and bought a Sandisk Ultra fit USB 3.0 128GB thumb drive. When I went to do the backup, it said the drive needed to be NTFS (it was exFAT). So, I reformatted it to NTFS, but then it simply said it couldn't create a system image on that disk. Why?

I plugged in a 2TB WD USB 3.0 passport drive and it created the system image to that no problem.

ps... I returned the USB drive to Best Buy. By the way, it was a good deal at $34.99, though the performance was not at the 150 mark as advertised, but close for read.