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recovery vs image
yesterday I created a recovery disc , do I still need to create an image disc as well ?
yesterday I created a recovery disc , do I still need to create an image disc as well ?
YES! The recovery disc is only the program that allows you to restore the image.
so if my computer should crash I would insert the image disc 1st ?
when I tried making the image it only got to 2% on the first disc how many dang disc will this take ? . plus it said it would take 2 hours to complete is this normal ?
Making a complete Hard Disk Image using Macrium Reflect > http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx?x-ca=blog
Takes about 10-15 minutes after you create the boot disk..
well just yesterday I told the wife the next time she went to Wal-Mart to pick up another thumb drive what size would you recommend to create the image on
the other poster says 10-15 minutes yet my computer says 2 hours
Depends entirely on how much space you are using on your hard drive. Probably won't be able to find a USB thumb drive big enough to hold a hard drive image if you have anything else besides Windows on it.
That's because the other poster is doing a backup to another hard drive (either installed or external) using a program with better compression than Windows 10 built in backup.