How to backup your System drives on external HDD

Hi. Last days I made an update to my system, I replaced my HDD with an SSD. After a couple of days I decided to keep my old HDD into the laptop as a storage drive. Therefore, I found an awesome solution, using and HDD Caddy/adapter, I was able to replace my optical drive (never used it in the last year) with my old HDD.

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Also, I have an external drive that I want to use it as an backup (not a big fan of storing all my personal data on cloud services).

In conclusion my system is composed from: Drive C (SSD, system), Drive D (local HDD, storage), Drive G: (external HDD, backup).

I searched for some solutions to do the backup and I think the best one is to create a “System Image Backup“. To do this you have to:

1. Search for Backup using Windows Search

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2. From “File History” window go to “System Image Backup”

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3. Select your drive where the backup is created

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4. Select drives that you want to include into the backup

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5. Start backup and take your time…

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6. Enjoy!

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