thanks everyone

Warning: Use an empty USB drive because this process will erase any data that's already stored on the drive.

can i add OTHER files to the USB after i complete the process or not ? ( W10)

thank you again

thank you hsehestedt for the comprehensive reply and thank you bree. i hardly write to my ssd so you put my mind at rest , i mainly use my dell for internet usage

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i have a dell e6330 and i recently bought a dell 5280 , the battery hours on the 5280 are insanely long compared to the e6330

my only regret is the 5280 has a ssd which i have read has a smaller...

ok got it , thanks everyone !!!!!!!!

Don't clone. Image.

to save space ?

nope ive done everything and my new dell is now identical to my old dell - i was looking to clone my new dell with W10 for safekeeping for the future for when it dies or the ssd dies and THEN i have...

thanks Zbook

@ignatz more info - i just bought a Dell 5280 and it took me a long time to reinstall stuff like chrome and firefox with all same settings and bookmarks and stuff like malware bytes...

thanks so much everyone

@ignatz - yes i have a large usb drive . so bottom line the w10 backup and system image is unreliable

backup everything , i looked into cloning but its over my head - system image seems like its cloning everything , but backup has a tick box to include system image

thanks

note i got these images from google searching

awesome thank you

if i clone my ssd to usb what can be done with the cloned info ?

1 - lets say my ssd dies can i buy a new one and install windows then plug in the usb and clone from it ?

2 - lets say my...

aha THANKS !!!

W + D is perfect thanks i never knew that . this doesnt work : To get Desktop in the Taskbar, right click the Task bar and select Toolbars → then click Desktop to add it to the Task bar. - it shows...

any way to get the option to go to desktop like you could in windows 8.1 as per attached image ?