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Installing and deploying Windows 10 Ghost is similar to installing Windows 10, but the ghost version offers superior advantages. You can optimize the operating system, install software, and store data within the ghost version. Windows 10 comes with a built-in tool called System Image Backup that allows you to create a Windows 10 Ghost file backup and restore your computer without installing any software. Let's explore further in this article by Mytour.
How to create a Windows 10 backup file
If you don't want to spend time creating a Windows 10 Ghost file, you can use the Ghost File below:
GUIDE TO CREATE A WINDOWS 10 GHOST FILE
Step 1: Click on Start Menu and type Control Panel then press Enter.
Step 2: When the Control Panel window appears, choose Small icon display mode and click on the File History section
Step 3: In File History, click on the System Image Backup option at the bottom left corner of the window.
Step 4: Click on the Create a system image and select the drive where you want to save the Ghost file, then press Next
Step 5: Here, choose the drives with (System) as these are the system drives that must be backed up. Additionally, you can select other data storage drives for backup, then click Next
Step 6: A confirmation window for creating the Windows 10 Ghost file will appear, press Start Backup to begin
The process of creating a Windows 10 Ghost file takes about 5-10 minutes depending on your computer's configuration and data.
Step 7: Once the process is complete, press Close to close the window.
Restore the partition just Ghosted from Windows
Here, we'll divide it into 2 cases: one where the computer can still boot into Windows, and two where it cannot.
1. In case your computer can still boot into Windows
You perform similar steps as when creating, within File History, click on the Recovery option
Next, select Open System Restore
In System Restore, check the box next to Show more restore points and select the System Image Restore Point you want to restore
A confirmation window for restoration appears. Note that this restoration will revert your system drive to the state it was in when you backed up all data files. Therefore, if you have new data, you must copy it to other drives to avoid data loss.
Press Finish to complete. The computer will restart automatically, and the restoration process will commence.
2. In case Windows cannot boot
To restore the Ghost image when Windows fails to boot, follow these steps:
Step 1: Prepare a Windows installation disc or create a Windows 10 installation USB, then proceed with the normal installation. At the Install window, select Repair your windows
Step 2: Select Troubleshoot
Step 3: In Troubleshoot, click on Advanced Options
Step 4: Choose System Image Recovery
Step 5: Check the option Use the lastest available system image (recommended) to select the most recent backup you've created to restore Windows, then click Next.
After successful confirmation, you'll be able to easily restore Windows from the Windows 10 ghost file you created earlier. Additionally, you can also ghost Windows 10 using Onekey Ghost, USB, Norton, which is simpler and faster.
- See more: How to ghost Windows 10
Here is the guide to creating a Windows 10 Ghost file with the System image backup feature. In addition, similar to previous Windows operating systems, we can also create Ghost files using other tools such as creating ghost files with Norton Ghost, which is very easy. Wish you success!
- Check out more: Creating a Ghost file using Norton Ghost
