Make a Backup image of Windows 8.1 RTM

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  1. pisthai

    pisthai Imperfect Human

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  2. gdg

    gdg MDL Senior Member

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    It works either way, elevated cmd, or powershell.

    The whole reason for this post was to let some "less experienced users" that were using the backup and restore feature in earlier versions of windows know that it could still be done, without using third party software.

    Bottom line, just make sure you backup your system which will save your activation with whatever software or tool you like.
     
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    Fernando 1 MDL Senior Member

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    With the posted command it didn't work for me.
    Here is the error message I got:
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    gdg MDL Senior Member

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    #24 gdg, Aug 31, 2013
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    Try it again, I see you are using powershell, I have received the same "intermittent error" in 8.1 a couple of times before using powershell......Open Admin Command Prompt and try that.
     
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    Then I get this error message, which doesn't seem to be better:
    Backup CMD command error Win8.1 RTM.png
     
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    gdg MDL Senior Member

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    #27 gdg, Aug 31, 2013
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    If your getting the error at -quiet then do not add -quiet.

    (Hey Doctor, it hurts when I poke myself in the eye....(Doctor) Then stop poking yourself in the eye.)

    Also, If the drive you are backing up is not your default boot drive you may have issues. I had this problem when I was running a Hackintosh and using Chameleon boot loader and not having my windows drive as the default boot drive.

    Backup and restore would fail every time until I made the change in bios.
    Other than that, I don't know why your having issues.
     
  7. rollerdyke44

    rollerdyke44 MDL Novice

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    no one here uses acronis true image??
     
  8. timster

    timster MDL Senior Member

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    I prefer Norton Ghost, boot from the CD and do the backup from there
     
  9. Atari800XL

    Atari800XL MDL Addicted

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    Of course! And for about a month now, I'm using it as a semi-portable application from Win8PESE! It requires 3 driver files (500kb) to be "embedded" in your system (Using Winbuilder with a script), then TrueImage itself can be run from "anywhere" (portable), 40mb. Thanks to 2aCD for the great Winbuilder script!
     
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    Humphrey MDL Expert

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    You can assign drive letters using diskpart or using Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Disk Management.
     
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    MSMG MDL Developer

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    Well I use R-Drive Image, it's simple and easy and fast. I just copy the R-Drive Image Bootable Rescue Image to c:\ and i do add an entry to the windows 8 boot menu to use grub and when the system boot it will show a menu to either boot from Windows or R-Drive Rescue.
     
  12. Fernando 1

    Fernando 1 MDL Senior Member

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    #33 Fernando 1, Aug 31, 2013
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    This was the message I got:
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    ERROR - Command syntax incorrect. Error: -quiet.
    So if the command syntax you posted within the start post should be generally wrong, you should modify it.
    That doesn't really suit our topic here.
    Drive C: is generally the system drive and that is what I have entered.
     
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    Nucleus MDL Guru

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    Yep, another vote for Acronis True Image here. I don't install it now though and just use the boot CD, create and restore drive images so easily.
     
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    gdg MDL Senior Member

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    #35 gdg, Aug 31, 2013
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    antifriz MDL Novice

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    You can still perform System image Backup in Windows 8.1 RTM. Just go to Control Panel > File History and find System image Backup option in the lower left corner.
    They managed to hide it well….
     
  16. gdg

    gdg MDL Senior Member

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    Excellent:D Good find!
     
  17. gdg

    gdg MDL Senior Member

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    #38 gdg, Aug 31, 2013
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    Fernando 1 try antifriz suggestion:

    You can still perform System image Backup in Windows 8.1 RTM. Just go to Control Panel > File History and find System image Backup option in the lower left corner.
    They managed to hide it well….
     
  18. Fernando 1

    Fernando 1 MDL Senior Member

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    #39 Fernando 1, Aug 31, 2013
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    Thank you for having found it nevertheless.
    This may be the best option for me, because I have installed Win8.1 in UEFI mode and have a problem to boot any non-UEFI drive.
    By the way: The Win8.1 on-board system backup feature automaticly will include an additional backup of the EFI partition (without drive letter).
    Look here:
    Win8.1 System Backup.png

    EDIT:
    I have just done this way a complete backup of my Win8.1 (drive C: and the EFI partition). It worked flawlessly and was finished within less than 3 minutes.
     
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  19. gdg

    gdg MDL Senior Member

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    That's Great!:biggrin: