Complete image backup in windows 8.1

Mutant_Guy

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I want to backup my whole primary drive (Only one partition) to external hard drive.

I would like to restore it to a new hard drive from the backup drive in the event of current primary hard drive failure. I want to achieve this with out reactivation or windows DVD/Flash

How can i achieve this on windows 8.1 with our 3rd party software.. if there is any stable freeware which work better than build in solution let me know/

 

DarkDubzs

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http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/12/using-windows-8s-hidden-backup-to-clone-and-recover-your-whole-pc/
There it will tell you step by step how to make a system image of your pc. It will clone your hard drive, or a partition if you wish. Make sure you get an external HDD atleast the same size of the disk you will be creating an image of, ex. 1TB system hdd=1tb external hdd for system image and basic backup files.