Windows 10 Backup

Disk Prep

Remove efi partiton

• deleted an efi partition from my backup disk

Format Backup Disk

SKIP I figured out the problem with using a previous image backup disk - see below. I didn't reformat.

When I tried to use existing NTFS image backup drive, I got an access denied error. I couldn't trace it down so I decided to reformat the backup drive.

• Backup failed with access denied

Chose exFAT so it will work well across platforms

• NTFS
• exFAT
• Use exFAT old advise

Steps

• Windows key + X
• Right-click the E: drive partition
• Selected exFAT format
• Ok
• I think I got an "in use" error and realized that it was cause by exploring the disk earlier. I abort and rebooted.
• How to Format

Backup

References

• Create System Image
• Make a full backup

Steps

• Used exist NTFS backup image
• Control Panel
  • Under "System and Security" click on "Save backup copies of your files with File History"