Can I have many image backups on windows 8.1?

I am using the image backup feature in windows 8.1 to create a
backup of my system. However. If I try to create a new one, the first
one is overwritten. So i create a new one, rename it and create a second
one. However, when I want to restore an image, I have only one image
avaiable, the image that is not renamed.

So my doubt is, can I have multiple images on windows 8.1?

thank so much.

March 5th, 2015 7:35am

Hi ComptonAlvaro,

The answer is: yes, you can.

But it depends on your storage device.

when a new system image is created, older data will be moved to the shadow copy storage area if its available. NTFS formatted internal or external hard disks supports Volume Shadow Copy, hence they support storing multiple versions of backup image. We recommend that the size of the target disk should be at least 1.5 times of the size of the source drive(s) to allow enough space for storing older versions of backup.

But for network share and optical media, on the other hand, do not support shadow copy. Therefore only one system image per computer can be stored at a time (as the .vhd file). Any newer backup created will replace the older backup.

Regards,

Alex Zhao

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March 6th, 2015 2:57am

Well, what I have is a 1Tb hard drive, 200GB for Windows in the C: partition and 800GB in the D: partition for data. I am storing my backups in the D: partition. In my D: partition I have about 750GB of free space.

In  this scenario, can I have multiple image backups? How?

Because if I try to crate the first partion and later I try tu crate a second partition, I am said that the image first image can be overwritten.

There are any manual or tutorial when is explained how to do this? or could you explain a bit more how could I do it?

Thank you so much.

March 6th, 2015 3:03am

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