Something you should do every few months
How to Create a Microsoft Windows 10 System Image Backup in 9 Easy Steps, Plus the Restore Process.
Windows 10 is probably the most stable and usable operating system Microsoft has released since Windows 7. However, that doesn’t mean you won’t run into serious problems at some point. I always make sure to create a full system image of my Windows 10 PC every few months.
When you create a system image, you can restore your entire operating system to the same hard drive or a new one and it will include all of your installed programs, settings, etc. While Windows 10 is a nice improvement over Windows 7, it still uses the same Windows 7 image creation option! Windows 10 has a new feature called Reset this PC, but it is not as versatile as a system image backup.
You can choose to keep your personal files or delete everything, but either way you will lose all your programs and apps. Additionally, this assumes that the current hard drive is still working fine. If the drive fails completely, you are out of luck, because you will no longer have access to the Reset this PC function.
