Windows 10: Will an initial windows system image put on an external HD be overwritten if I do another...

Hi,

I have already performed a system image back up on my windows 10 pc a year ago.

Will the initial windows system image put on an external HD be overwritten if I do another system Back up

thanks.

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Need driver to restore system image from external HD?

I just upgraded win7 ultimate 64 bits to win10 pro 64 bits. My HD is partitioned in drive C (system) and drive D (only data). In windows 7 I used the backup option to save the system image on an external HD. At least once a month, I restore the image, run
all the updates and make a new system image. So I am sure that I get rid of any unwanted stuff that sneaked in without my knowledge. I have this habit since my Windows 2000 once crashed and I needed to install everything from scratch - that is when I got acronis to
do the imaging.

After I upgraded to windows 10, same way, I made a system image on my external HD plus the new restore CD. To see if the restore image will work, I booted with the restore cd and external HD connected to the usb. To my surprise, the file WindowsImageBackup
not shows on the list, like it happened in Windows 7 restore. It shows 3 options: from DVD, from network or from external HD. I chose the external HD (there is where my backup file is) and it asks me to install a driver. When I click on the button, it opens
a window where lots of files are listed, including, I was able to search the external HD for the desired driver (so if it can access my external HD, why it not finds the image file???). All files that I chose, the restore software rejected, it was not what
it wanted. I restarted windows and went to "Devices and Printers" to see what drivers are connected with the external HD, copied the drivers to the external HD, restarted with the restore CD, and no, no one of that drivers made the restore software happy.
I not know what driver it is talking about. It`s frustrating!

I made another test: copied WindowsImageBackup from external HD to drive D on computer, booted with the restore CD, but it not finds the file there also, he wants me to have it on dvds, on network or, if external hd, it wants a driver installed that I not
know what driver that is.

External HD is WD "my passport ultra metal edition 2 TB". Any idea what to do? I want to be able to restore my system images from the external HD, not from tons of DVDs that also may want, who knows, what mysterious drivers?

Has any one of you tried to restore the system image in windows 10?

 

A Doubt about the external drive option for System Image Backup

creating system imagewill not affect the existing contents of the drive. but if you clone system to external hard drive,
your drive will be overwritten or deleted.

 

Need driver to restore system image from external HD?

I guess I found out the problem. I plugged in the old external HD (WD-MY Book) where I have stored the system images of windows 7, there I saw a file named MediaID.bin that I not see on my new WD "my passport ultra metal edition 2 TB". I copied that file
and put it on the new external HD, then I restarted computer with the recover CD and yes, now it finds the backup file WindowsImageBackup and I could restore this image to my computer. Hope this info helps others with same problem. I don't remember if this
file MediaID.bin came with the old external HD or if windows 7 put it there.