How to make a backup of Windows 7 OS

veii · 27 Nov 2009

BIG4570 said:

Thanks all, its a Gateway NV Series. With Winows 7 Premium 64bit. Just a question about creating a system image. If someday I pick up some kind of funky virus, will it format the drive first then restore the image of my system at the time the image was created?

Yes.

Brink is right if you dig through the start menu there should be a link to make "Recovery DVDs". There has been on all the PCs I've bought in the last few years. They usually pop up the first time you use the computer.

BIG4570 · 27 Nov 2009

Great thanks PhreePhly

Brink · 27 Nov 2009

BIG4570 said:

Thanks all, its a Gateway NV Series. With Winows 7 Premium 64bit. Just a question about creating a system image. If someday I pick up some kind of funky virus, will it format the drive first then restore the image of my system at the time the image was created?

Yes, when restoring the system image, it will format you Windows 7 partition and then restore the image to it to have Windows 7 as it was when the system image was created.

The link below from Gateway will show you how to create a set of Windows 7 Recovery Discs and a Applications and Drivers disc for your computer. These will let you format and restore Windows 7 back like it was the day you first turned on your computer.

Gateway Support - Create System Recovery Discs for the Applications and Drivers External Media in the Gateway Recovery Center