System restore & images

System restore writes to hidden System Volume Information files.

System Images you create yourself and store externally: Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup

crgibson said:

gregrocker - thanks for you reply. Info was very helpful.

This brings up another question. I am just now setting up a new laptop. When I go to create a system image, it says that it will use 'system reserve', Drive D (Downloads) and Drive C (Win 7) for the image. How do I get rid of Drive D for this?

Thanks

The System reserved partition is your active system partition (where the BIOS finds the bootmgr to boot up from and also bitlocker information). You cannot make an image backup without it. It is usually not assigned a drive letter, so it is odd you are using this partition for other uses.

Can you snip and post what my computer -> manage -> Disk management Shows?

You should be able to uncheck the D drive in imaging app, unless some of your System files have been derailed to it during install.

Post back the requested screenshot of maximized full Disk Mgmt drive map with listings and we can advise you better.

Right click My Computer -> Manage -> Disk management

then

start menu-> All Programs -> Accessories -> snipping tool

and use it to capture disk management.

Then in the quick reply menu here, select the paper clip to upload the snipped jpg here.

Ah, you have changed the your windows downloads location to your D: drive form its default location on your C: drive. It is considered as part of windows so will get backed up as part of the image. Don't know of a way to turn it off.