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Have you updated Windows? Sequence of events should be clean install -> driver install -> Windows updates -> Base Image/Install Software.
Most likely, one of the drivers you installed is causing the issue, especially if it didn't freeze until afterwards. I'd bet money it's the Broadcom drivers, as Broadcom drivers have steadily caused issues since Broadcom's first Windows 10 drivers were released in July. If the Broadcom drivers are for a wifi card, it's worth the $30 to just buy the Intel 7260ac.
- This is compounded by the fact most OEMs have contracts with Broadcom to supply most wifi cards in OEM built laptops, whether under the Broadcom branding, or under the OEM's branding, for example, Dell Wireless.
Also, for what it's worth, I don't recommend using third party backup utilities as they're pointless and a massive inconvenience, even more so when everything they do is supported natively in Windows via DISM.
- To capture an image:
- DISM /Capture-Image /ImageFile:Z:\Base.wim /CaptureDir: C:\ /Name:"Windows 10 Base Image" /Compress:Max /NoRpFix /CheckIntegrity /Verify
- To apply an image:
- DISM /Apply-Image /ImageFile:Z:\Base.wim /ApplyDir: C:\ /Index:1 /Verify
Just as in Acronis, in order to capture or apply an image to the system partition, the system must first be booted into WinRE or WinPE, with WinRE being accessible via Settings' Advanced Startup Options and WinPE is contained within any Windows Setup ISO, as it's what's booted to in order to install Windows. You can capture an image of any folder or partition, provided it's not the system partition, while booted into Windows by opening an admin Command/PowerShell terminal.
- Utilizing DISM, one can also combine multiple WIMs into a single WIM, with each individual WIM being assigned an Index #. Let's say you have 4 WIMs, you can combine all 4 via the export command, massively reducing the file allocation space since if 2 or more WIMs contain the same files, the file is only copied once into the exported WIM. When you wish to restore one of the exported images, you simply specify the /Index # in the /Apply-Image command.
- You can obtain information about an individual or exported WIM via the DISM /Get-WimInfo command
File History can be turned on in Windows, which is the same as the real time continuous backup that used to be in Acronis, but was removed three years ago. The reason why third party backup software is an inconvenience is because they use proprietary file formats which cannot be opened by Windows. This means you must always have an Acronis boot media available, otherwise you can't restore, versus any Windows install failing to boot two times in a row will automatically boot into WinRE, or you can pop in a Windows Setup DVD/USB drive.
Last edited by JW0914; 27 Feb 2016 at 13:35.