Windows 10: System Image Backup and Repair Disc on same drive

Dear Sirs-


I am running Windows 10 Home Edition on an Acer E5 laptop. I just created a System Image Backup on an external hard drive (Seagate Slim 2 GB). I have a couple of questions and would really appreciate any help!


Upon successful completion of the image backup, I am getting a dialog box asking me if I want to create a system repair disc.

• Should I create the system repair disc?
• If so, do I need to do this every time I create an image backup?
• Can the system repair disc be on the same external hard drive as the system image backup?
• If so, how much space will it require (I want to know if there is enough capacity left on the external hard drive, or how much I'll need on a separate drive)?

Also, when I create the System Image backup, it seems to be taking up a great deal of room on my external drive. It is taking up large chunks, as if it's keeping all of the previous backups instead of replacing them.

• How can I determine what is taking up all of the room on the external drive?
• How can I get the backup to discard some, or all, of the prior backups?

Thank you very much for your help!


Philip

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Using system Image external hard drive or system repair disc.

Could some one give me step by step instructions on how to use either a system repair disc or a system image on a external hard drive. My computer has been acting up, losing files, documents, music and pictures, right clicking on start button will not produce context menu, and clicking on edge does not open it. I created a system image and a repair disc a month or so ago, but do not know how to use them to see if my problems could be fixed. Also, can't I just reinstall windows? How do I do that without a CD. None came with the computer; Thanks for any help.

 

Recovery Drive versus System Repair Disc

In Windows 10 there are two different operating system recovery/repair programs:

• Using Control Panel | System and Security | Backup and Restore (Windows 7) you can create a System Repair Disc, typically on a DVD.
• By searching for Recovery Drive you can create a recovery drive on a USB drive that typically requires ~6 GB.
  

Is it important to make both of these, and when do you want one and when do you want the other?

Should each of these be updated for major operating system updates?

 

System Repair Disc

A USB Recovery Drive (without the system files included) is functionally identical to a System Image Disc you would have produced on a CD.

*ArrowCreate Recovery Drive in Windows 10

With the system file included it becomes more powerful than the CD, in that it will contain all the source files needed to reinstall Windows and perform a factory reset (including any OEM customizations).