How to back up windows update?

mahmed244 · Oct 11, 2013

Hi, is there a way to back up windows update so that I do not have to download it again after a clean install (in case windows crashes). I have a slow internet connection and its a headache to re download all the updates.
I am running windows 7 ultimate 32 bit.
Please help..

neieus · Oct 11, 2013

There might be a way but I'm not aware of it. You could download each update individually from Microsoft site by searching for the Knowledge Base article associated with it.

hang-the-9 · Oct 11, 2013

Take an image of your drive after everything is installed. You won't even have to re-install Windows, just dump the image back onto the drive and you're done. Try this program, it's free and got good marks for ease of use http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx I use clonezilla but it's a bit more complex to work.

BrainY · Oct 11, 2013

Can't you make an image with your windows itself? Or is that crappy?

hang-the-9 · Oct 11, 2013

BrainY :

I think Win 7 and 8 do have their own imaging options, but I like using 3rd party utilities and boot off an external disk to run the image.

I have not tried the built-in Windows recovery tools for imaging.

mahmed244 · Oct 11, 2013

BrainY :

I know how to backup windows but not sure if the updates are included in that.

ex_bubblehead · Oct 11, 2013

The first thing Windows Backup does is create a system image (unless you explicitly turn it off) that can be used to restore the system back to that point in time. A new image is created every so often. It's no speed demon however (6-8 hours on a 400GB drive only half full).

hang-the-9 · Oct 11, 2013

mahmed244 :

Use a cloning/imaging utility, setup the system how you like it, then clone it. Put the backup away, next time you need to revert back, image the system with the image. Use a file backup procedure to backup any new files you create so when you re-image the drive again you can also copy back any new files.

I like to do a base system clone with the operating system and all my programs, then do a separate backup of my files to keep the image size down and also to easily make changes to the file backups without the need to re-image every time you save something.

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