System Image Problem Win 8.1 64b

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I tried creating a System Image and it keeps failing. Is there any good free software I can use to do it? Thoughts appreciated :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP9377
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4810MQ @ 2.80GHz, 2.80GHz
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M's 6GB each in SLI
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD, 2 1TB HDDs

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

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
Thanks for the info guys. Once imaging is done, how do I go about restoring if need be? Can I restore through the Macrium or AOEMI free Programs?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP9377
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4810MQ @ 2.80GHz, 2.80GHz
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M's 6GB each in SLI
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD, 2 1TB HDDs
Both allow you to create a rescu disc/flash drive you boot to restore the image.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro X64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo IdeaCenter K450
    CPU
    Intel Quad Core i7-4770 @ 3.4Ghz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo
    Memory
    16.0GB PC3-12800 DDR3 SDRAM 1600 MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel Integrated HD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP h2207
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050@59Hz
    Hard Drives
    250GB Samsung EVO SATA-3 SSD;
    2TB Seagate ST2000DM001 SATA-2;
    1.5TB Seagate ST3150041AS SATA
    PSU
    500W
    Keyboard
    Wired USB
    Mouse
    Wired USB
    Internet Speed
    3GB Up, 30GB Down
    Browser
    SeaMonkey
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender; MBAM Pro
    Other Info
    UEFI/GPT
    PLDS DVD-RW DH16AERSH
I just finished creating a System Image, but am confused about how to restore it if need be. I created a Macrium Recover Flash Drive, and also another Flash drive with Windows 8.1 Recovery options. Lets say there is nothing on my computer, how would I restore from Flash drives? Can computer boot with 2 Flash drives at same time?: Start with Windows 8 recovery options, then boot the Macrium Recover drive and from there restore from portable USB HDD where I have the System Image? Confused about this and thoughts appreciated :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP9377
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4810MQ @ 2.80GHz, 2.80GHz
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M's 6GB each in SLI
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD, 2 1TB HDDs
Both Macrium and Windows 8/8.1 Recovery are built with WinPE. Macrium has their Backup/Restore application running to allow you to Backup/Restore the system image created by their software while Windows 8/8.1 Recovery serves different functions such as troubleshoot, startup repair, command prompt etc... in case your Windows fails to boot.

To restore the system image, you need to plug in the Macrium Recovery USB, power up your Laptop and keep tapping the key for Boot Menu, this key such as <ESC>, F2, F10, F12 ... is specific to different manufacturers, You need to find out what key to use from the user manual to display the boot menu then select to boot from the USB. Once booted, Macrium will run their application and give you the choice to backup/restore etc... You then need to maneuver to where you stored the system image then click on restore, follow the screen to select the destination disk to restore to. Be careful not to restore to the wrong disk !!!
 

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
My System Image is on my portable USB HDD and has 3 drives, 1 SSD and 2 HDD's... I have to select which disk to restore to? How do I restore all of my disks? Lets say everything went bad and need to restore, how would I do that if there is no OS or anything?
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP9377
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4810MQ @ 2.80GHz, 2.80GHz
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M's 6GB each in SLI
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD, 2 1TB HDDs
My System Image is on my portable USB HDD and has 3 drives, 1 SSD and 2 HDD's... I have to select which disk to restore to? How do I restore all of my disks? Lets say everything went bad and need to restore, how would I do that if there is no OS or anything?
Macrium Recovery is itself a small Windows PE (Windows Preinstallation Environment) OPERATING SYSTEM developed by Microsoft.
 

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
Macrium winpe does not also contain the windows system repair tools.

Aomei winpe includes both Aomei recovery program , and windows system repair tools, which you can access via command prompt.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Macrium winpe does not also contain the windows system repair tools.

Aomei winpe includes both Aomei recovery program , and windows system repair tools, which you can access via command prompt.
I am not sure what repair tools you are refering to ? Macrium does have the option to run Command Prompt and File Explorer to do the basic repairs provided by WIN PE.
 

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
Does the macrium created winpe have windows system recovery options? Not the last time I looked.

Windows system recovery tools are:

Refresh pc , Reset pc, system restore, startup repair, windows system image restore, etc.

The above are included in Aomei created winpe, you can navigate to recenv via cmd.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
I just wanted to do a test in case I ever need to do a restore... I created Macrium Recover USB and booted from that. The System Image I created is a Full Restore (Primary SSD drive, 2 HDDs). It asked me to select a disk to restore to, how do I restore full system image and all disks (Primary SSD, and the 2 HDDs)?

I also installed AOMEI Backupper, but have not created a System Image on that. Would I be able to do a complete system backup (Primary SSD, and my 2 HDDs) through AOMEI and restore all Drives and everything?
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP9377
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4810MQ @ 2.80GHz, 2.80GHz
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M's 6GB each in SLI
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD, 2 1TB HDDs
I just wanted to do a test in case I ever need to do a restore... I created Macrium Recover USB and booted from that. The System Image I created is a Full Restore (Primary SSD drive, 2 HDDs). It asked me to select a disk to restore to, how do I restore full system image and all disks (Primary SSD, and the 2 HDDs)?

I also installed AOMEI Backupper, but have not created a System Image on that. Would I be able to do a complete system backup (Primary SSD, and my 2 HDDs) through AOMEI and restore all Drives and everything?

To be honest, I've never done what you did before. However, it is not a good idea to backup all your HD's into one single backup image:
  1. Since the restore can only take one destination disk at a time, therefore you have to select the appropriate source to restore
  2. Will take longer to restore since it has to sort out what portion of the backup image to use for restore.
  3. If you make a mistake selecting wrong destination then you have to start it all over again.

Both Macrium and AOMEI are good and free so it is your choice to use whatever.
 
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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
Those options are very useful. Also, you don't need 2 separate winpe media. Sometimes ( though rare) a restore can go wrong, and a quick go with windows startup repair will be useful.

I put a lot more in my own handmade winpe media.

Windows recovery options x:\sources\recovery\recenv.exe

Just type it at cmd prompt, or navigate to it with notepad.

aomeipe.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
My own pe are a bit fancier. I include wireless,browser,audio,flash,explorer,mmc,etc as well as Aomei Backupper,PartitionGuru, Paragon ,partitionwizard, eset a/v, and a couple of little things what I wrote myself.

I have just remade my win7x64 pe with the newest kernel.

Screenie from my Vistax64pe:

backupper-amsys.jpg


Here is where I forgot to put a driver in to win7x64 pe ,lol:

pecmd-drivers.jpg
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    7/8/ubuntu/Linux Deepin
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
Ok, here is what I did:
I created System Image of Windows Disk and also created bootable USB using AOMEI. Lets say there is nothing on my computer, no OS or anything... Would I still be able to use the bootable USB and then connect and restore the Image that I created on my portable USB HDD (Both bootable USB and USB HDD would be connected)? Also, where is BIOS stored, is that on Windows Disk?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP9377
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4810MQ @ 2.80GHz, 2.80GHz
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M's 6GB each in SLI
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD, 2 1TB HDDs
Those options are very useful. Also, you don't need 2 separate winpe media. Sometimes ( though rare) a restore can go wrong, and a quick go with windows startup repair will be useful.

I put a lot more in my own handmade winpe media.

Windows recovery options x:\sources\recovery\recenv.exe

Just type it at cmd prompt, or navigate to it with notepad.

View attachment 47615

What do I do with that and how do I get it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP9377
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4810MQ @ 2.80GHz, 2.80GHz
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M's 6GB each in SLI
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD, 2 1TB HDDs
Those options are very useful. Also, you don't need 2 separate winpe media. Sometimes ( though rare) a restore can go wrong, and a quick go with windows startup repair will be useful.

I put a lot more in my own handmade winpe media.

Windows recovery options x:\sources\recovery\recenv.exe

Just type it at cmd prompt, or navigate to it with notepad.

View attachment 47615

How do I put that on a USB Flash Drive and how do I use it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Sager NP9377
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4810MQ @ 2.80GHz, 2.80GHz
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    2 Nvidia GeForce GTX 870M's 6GB each in SLI
    Screen Resolution
    1920*1080
    Hard Drives
    256GB SSD, 2 1TB HDDs
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