Making a full system image backup preserves not only your files, but Windows and all its settings as well. Here are the best free Windows backup and recovery tools with step-by-step instructions.

PC users can validate Windows System Backup Image during or after the system image creation process. This post shows you how!

Your Windows OS is home to precious files you don't want to lose, so let’s go over how to create a backup, just in case Windows decides to call in sick.

Making an ISO image of a hard drive means creating a 1-to-1 backup copy that consists of a .iso file. Here are two ways to do just that.

Figure A Image: Mark Kaelin/TechRepublic. The system has chosen a USB drive (E:) as the backup drive, as it is the most likely candidate connected to this PC.

Click Create a system image and select the target SSD to save the system image backup. Choose which drive to back up, confirm your backup settings, and press Start backup.