My LG drive has an issue with their CDs and I don't need to waste any more time rushing the process. I will burn a new complete "System Image" backup to a short spindle of DVD+RW as soon as I can buy something besides Memorex. I wanted the first image to be permanent. hint or specification for RW, NOT R blank media disks). To reading helps for hours and find only one relevant statement (that I also did not think would apply yet): "writable disks". (Toshiba NB205, Windows 7 Starter and LG GP08LU11 8x Slim Portable External Super Multi DVD Rewriter with Lightscribe) I have been at it for days and downgraded I'm having the same exact symptoms on a new NoteBook computer, OS and simalar USB DVD drive. I read we must use the RW type of "writable" disks and not the +/-R recordable ones. Computer savy as a hobbyist since 1974, professional builder/assembler in 1979, PC hobbyist since 1990, DOS Guru staus and many other large written manuals. Sithigh - an uncertified tech and computer savy old fart. Refer the link below for more details on System Image backup: Depending on that the number of DVDs required would vary.Ī progress meter is displayed while the images is created and backed up. Once you select the drives you want to back up, you get a confirmation informing you the amount of space required by the image. The number of DVDs required will be equal to the size of the partition that you are backing up. You can also include other drives (apart from the drive which contains Windows 7), but that would add on to the size of the final image. You could also save it on a network drive – which you have already done.
You can create system image either on hard disk, external hard drive or on writable CD/DVDs. System image is supported on internal/external disks, optical removable media, and network locations (Business edition or above).
The image can be used to recover a working Windows if your hard disk ever fails, or if you simply want to re-image your OS to an earlier point in time. The backup is done in block level (as opposed to file level) increments and includes all user and system files, configuration data and applications that are present on the drive, plus information System image is in essence a snapshot of an entire drive(s).
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