Hello Teresa, A system image will restore your system to the state it was in when the image was created. Anything added or deleted since the time of the image creation would be lost. It is also a good idea to create the system repair disk as it contains necessary boot files and Windows recovery files that can be used to recover Windows from a serious error or to restore from a system image.
A scheduled backup simply means that a scheduled day and time is established for when a backup of files will happen. If you use DVDS then you would want to have them in the computer prior to that set time for each time the backup runs. If you set up the schedule and have an external hard drive attached to your system then the backup will run at each scheduled time without you needing to install disks each time. Windows 8 also keeps track of your scheduled backups and lets you restore to a backup you choose. This feature is also found in the window that appears when you run the SDCLT.EXE program. Take care. Brian Lee [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Teresa Arroyo Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] computer backup Hello Brain, Thank you very much for your instructions. Just two questions, When you mention a system iamge, does this mean that if my computer breakd down, the back up disk would install everything again? When you talk about a scheduled back up, what does it mean? Thanks again. Regards, Teresa Arroyo -----Mensaje original----- From: Brian Lee Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 4:21 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] computer backup Hello Teresa, In Windows 8 you can press the Windows key and type in SDCLT. When you hear SDCLT.EXE announced press enter key. In the resulting window you can tab to choices for creating a system repair disk and creating a system image. You might want to create the system repair disk first and then create the system image. When you press enter on the "create a system image" link you will have choices of saving to DVDS or to a hard drive. If you use a hard drive you should have it attached before starting the image creation process so it will be recognized as a possible destination. Choose where you want the image saved and use the Next button. In the window that appears you will have a Start Backup button that you can use to start The backup. The initial window that has choices for creating a system image and a system repair disk also has a link for setting up scheduled backups. Press enter key on the link, pick where you want backups to go and then use the Next button. In the resulting window choose the appropriate radio button for either letting windows pick what to back up or choosing yourself what you want backed up on a schedule. If you let Windows decide the backup will consist of All users, default Windows folders and local files in libraries. If you choose to let Windows decide then tab to the Next button and press spacebar. In the following window you can use the change settings link to make changes to the scheduled time for backups or save settings and start the backup. If you choose to not let Windows decide what is backed up then after selecting the appropriate radio button to make your own choices for what is backed up tab to the Next button and use spacebar. You will then be in a tree structure and can make your selections for what you want backed up on a schedule. Using the Next button should take you to a window where you can use a link to change the current scheduled times or save settings and start backup. You can also use File History in Windows 8 to set up a backup schedule. If you use File History you can also choose to back up to a network place. Take care. Brian Lee [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Teresa Arroyo Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 9:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [JAWS-Users] computer backup Hello, Running Windows 8 and Jaws 15 Beta. I think this subject has been discussed before, but I am not sure about it. I am using a Dell Inspiron, don’t remeber the model, and I would like to, ideally, backup the whole system. If this is not possible, at least I would like to back up Windows 8. My computer came with it installed, but I didn’t get a DDBD for the case it broke down. Every now and then a window emerges with the message ‘dell backup and recovery button’, but I don’t know what thi does and how it works. Could some one please give me step-by-step instructions as how to back up either the whole computer, or Windows 8 to a DVD disk? Thank you in advance. Regards, Teresa Arroyo For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
