Windows 10: Restoring system using system image windows 10

when restoring computer from system image in windows 10, does the target drive have to be at least the same size as the drive containing the image. I'm getting contradictory answers from various forums. also does it have to be an external drive ?

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System Image Restoration in Windows 10

Hi,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

I appreciate your interest on Windows 10.

Before we proceed, I would like you to answer the following questions:

• Could you please tell me are you facing any issue with your Windows 10 computer?
• Could you please explain in detail “Windows 10 restoration of system Image affects all the existing partitions instead of only C:\”?

When we create system image, by default, a system image includes the drives required for Windows to run. It also includes Windows and your system settings, programs, and files. You can use a system image to restore the contents of your computer
if your hard disk or computer ever stops working.

In Windows 10 We have an option to select other drives while creating System Image backup. If you have selected other drives too when creating System Image backup it will affect those drives too.

I suggest you to create a system image and check.

To create system image on Windows 10 follow the below methods.

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  Type File history in the search area on the taskbar and select File history.
  
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  Click on System image backup on the left bottom corner of the Window file history Window.
  
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  Click on Create System Image on the left panel of the System Image backup windows.
  
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  Select the driver, where you want to Create system Image.
  
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  Follow on screen instruction.
  

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Windows 10 system image restore points unable to delete

Have deleted system image backups using the windows 10 suggested method. But 2 system image rstore points are still listed under other backups. Have tried all the suggested methods on the net and from the microsoft community, but the system image restore
points remain. Even after deleting all but the last normal restore points. I guess I can just ignore them. Would appreciate any advice as nothing seems to remove them.

 

System Image Restoration in Windows 10

Hi AmritaBhattacharjee1709

Thank you for showing interest to solve my problem.

Now I will expand my question:

In windows 8 and windows 8.1 I used to restore system image many times to restore my system to earlier dates successfully. During such restoration ONLY my windows partition [C:\] had been undergone the desired changes leaving
the other partitions in the Disk unchanged. In other words restoration of system image only affected windows partition WITHOUT AFFECTING REMAINING PARTIONS OF THE HARD DISK.

This experience encouraged me to create sytem image in windows 10 Pro (after availing free upgrade and activated) also. So I experimented with system image created in windows 10 to test the effectiveness of restoration function in windows
10 Pro. I created system image properly and stored it in a portable external hard disk. Then I proceeded with restoration of system image from external portable disk where it had been created and stored. I could successfully restore my system to windows 10
Pro to the time it was created. But to my utter surprise and dismay the existing data in the remaining partitions(six in numbers) on the internal hard disk vanished leaving the partition sizes intact.
For the restored Windows 10 only System Volume Information and Recycle Bin folders are available in all the six remaining partitions. The sizes of those partition did not under go any change.To
my understanding these patitions are not formatted. I attached the internal Hard Disk to linux system and found out that data in the remaining partitions are available for recovery using data recovery software such as photorec etc.

I am not a technical person .

Is there any chance of getting back data from the other partitions?

Why windows 10 restoration of system Image affected all the existing partitions instead of only C:\.?

I repeat my statement. The same restoration of System Image procedure in earlier versions i.e. Windows 7, windows 8 and Windows 8.1 had been quite successful affecting only the Windows Partition C:\ and there had been no change in the remaing partitions.
The Data in those partitions were intact.

But in Windows 10 Pro the data in the remaining partitions are not available. Only Sustem Volume Information and Recycle Bin folders are available. Also note the partition sizes did not undergo any changes.

May I get any solution ? Thanks and Regards