Windows 10: image windows 10

I just did the upgrade on my thinkpad. I want to image the drive and go back to windows 7 and restore the windows 10 image later. I don't see the option for this in file history.

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Windows 10 Unexpected shutdown on start up

OK, so i figured it out myself

Found the logfile in "C:\Windows\Minidump".

You need the Windows Development Kit to open it and a bit of googling to understand it.

Found out that a Daemon driver caused an error. Removed Daemon but this didn't solve it. (ps: Daemon itself worked normally).

I let hibernate my computer again and found another error with sptd2.sys: SCSI Pass Through Direct layer

More google and ended up on the duplexsecure site. Downloaded the W10 version and voila: problem fixed.

For the Windows support team: It would be really helpfull if you could pass problems to a more skilled helpdesk who can do more than proposing the standard solutions in case those won't work.

Cheers

 

Windows 10 Unexpected shutdown on start up

OK, so I also found out that this occurs when sleepmode (for me after 3 hours) changes into hibernate mode.

Seems like the going into hibernate and/or starting up from HIbernate results in a shutdown. In safeboot it works perfectly.

Anyone any idea how I can figure out where it goes wrong. Is there a way to log this (I couldn't find it in bootlog)

 

Don't bother trying to find it, instead, download and install the free version of Macrium Reflect. Use that to image off your Win10 install to an external drive. Also use the option to create a boot USB/CD. With these, you can restore the Win10 image later.

 

Thank you. I got a link to control panel from a windows seven install and put it on the desktop. There is a backup and restore (windows 7) there. I am trying that now.

 

I have imaged using Acronis and it works very well.

 

The only thing I have tried Acronis for is cloning. My laptops are thinkpads so I have free imaging software for them from lenovo (OneKey Recovery). The built in windows imaging is what I have been doing since the beginning. I haven't needed anything else for the desktop and I will stay with windows 7 on that. I don't think I'll keep win 10 on this. I hate change and have never changed operating systems until being forced into it. I just did this because it was free. I'll put 10 back on when I sell it. You can pass it on for windows 10 users that imaging is in control panel and easy to find if you get control panel from another operating system like 7 or 8. I made the image and recovery disk and it works. By the way this an old computer so it is easy to boot to a CD.