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Ken RM

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Trying to Image new Laptop onto external 500GB drive. Followed Windows Eight Tutorial Option 2. All went well, but the file created (WindowsImageBackup) is empty?
Please help.
Cheers,
Ken
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro (64bit)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron
    CPU
    I3
    Motherboard
    OKHNVP
    Memory
    4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD Graphics Family
    Browser
    FIREFOX
    Antivirus
    AVG
Instead of using Windows Backup. It is much better to use Macrium and it's free:
Macrium Reflect Free
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
Reboot and run chkdsk /f on the drive to see if the file now has a size. Or better, use something like Image for Windows by TeraByte Unlimited which is much more straight forward and reliable.

Ken RM said:
Trying to Image new Laptop onto external 500GB drive. Followed Windows Eight Tutorial Option 2. All went well, but the file created (WindowsImageBackup) is empty?
Please help.
Cheers,
Ken
Click to expand...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Win7, 8, 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Can I create a system image and keep it on a USB stick?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel Haswell i5 4690
    Motherboard
    Asus Z97-A
    Memory
    2 x 8gb HyperX, by Kingston
    Graphics Card(s)
    None yet
    Sound Card
    Outboard USB DAC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung S24D360
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
The backup apps (MR, AOMEI) compress the backup and store it in a proprietary file format. You can't boot and run from that file -- if that is what you are asking. You can store that file on a USB stick, though.
 

My Computer

System One

please refer to post #2 and yes you can backup to USB as long as it is large enough
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 3.1 > Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 8700
    CPU
    I7
    Memory
    24 GB
The size of your USB stick must be appr. 65% of the size of the data you are imaging.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Vista and Win7
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2xHP, 2xGateway, 1xDell, 1xSony
    Hard Drives
    5 SSDs and 12 HDs
Thanks guys.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom
    CPU
    Intel Haswell i5 4690
    Motherboard
    Asus Z97-A
    Memory
    2 x 8gb HyperX, by Kingston
    Graphics Card(s)
    None yet
    Sound Card
    Outboard USB DAC
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung S24D360
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
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