How can you create an image of your system?

im trying to figure out how to create an image file of your whole system? in order to have my whole system backed up in case i ever need it

Acronis true image is the one most recommended i think:- http://www.acronis.co.uk/homecomputing/

but there are others out there,

here's an open source program, clonzilla, that will do the job too :- http://www.clonezilla.org/

Hello,

I have used DriveImage XML before. It is a completely free data recovery program that you can use to create images and backups of logical drives and Windows partitions. Here are a couple of the major features of this program:

* Quickly backup logical drives and Windows partitions to image files without having to restart Windows (you can remain logged in)
* Easily browse, view or extract files from the images
* Restore the images to the same drive or to a different drive
* Copy data directly from drive to drive
* Schedule automatic backups and image creations with Task Scheduler

http://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-t…our-hard-drive/