If so, you'll be glad to know that the tried and true System Image
tool still exists in Windows 8 and as long as you have created a system
image of your hard disk,
you can use the System Image Recovery tool to recover your entire
system in the event of a hard disk failure.
In other words, if your hard disk goes south, you can purchase a new
hard disk and use the System Image Recovery tool to restore your system
to the state
it was in at the time that you created the image.
Now, keep in mind that for this type of backup to be truly effective,
you need to regularly create new System Images so that in the event of a
recovery,
you will have a recent version of your system.
I'll show you how to use System Image Recovery tool from the Recovery
Drive to restore your hard disk. As I do, I'll also show you how to
create a System Image on a set of optical discs.
What you need
In order to run the System Image Recovery tool as I'll describe in this
article, you'll need to have created a Recovery Drive as I showed you in
the article Create a Recovery Drive in Windows 8. You'll also need a set of optical discs or on an external drive on which to create a system image of your hard disk.
Creating a System Image
As I mentioned, in order to use the System Image Recovery tool you must
have created a system image of your hard disk. As such, I'll begin by
walking you through the steps required to create a system image.
To create a system image in Windows 8, you'll start by accessing the
oddly named Windows 7 File Recovery window. (Why not just call it File
Recovery or Windows Backup and leave it at that?) To do so, use the
[Windows] + W keystroke to access the Search Settings page. Then, type
Windows 7 File in the text box and click Windows 7 File Recovery, as
shown in Figure A.
Figure A
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Shutdown Your Computer or a Remote PC via Command Prompt
Most of us shutdown our computers using the power button given in the Start menu.
Some of us use the physical power button on our machines.
Very few people actually use other means of shutting down a computer and even less is the number of people who use the command prompt to shutdown a computer. A reason for this is that most of us don't know that the command prompt can be used to not only shutdown, restart or log off our computer instantly but also to shutdown a remote computer provided you have administrative access.
It can also be used to hibernate a computer and give a comment containing the reason for shutdown.
Some of us use the physical power button on our machines.
Very few people actually use other means of shutting down a computer and even less is the number of people who use the command prompt to shutdown a computer. A reason for this is that most of us don't know that the command prompt can be used to not only shutdown, restart or log off our computer instantly but also to shutdown a remote computer provided you have administrative access.
It can also be used to hibernate a computer and give a comment containing the reason for shutdown.
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