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recImg

[WHAT]

  1. ] recImg - is a windows 8.x utility that you can use to create a custom "system refresh image" of "your computer", you can then use the windows refresh feature to "refresh" your PC back to the state it was in*, when you created the custom Refresh image
    1. ] IMPORTANT - the custom refresh image does NOT contain your user data. BUT When you perform a "refresh", the system will attempt to copy the user data from the PC at the time of the refresh and add that Data to your custom Refresh image.

[WHY]

  1. ] creating a custom system refresh image that include everything that is installed on your computer,
    1. ] the base win 8x. operating system,
    2. ] ALL OS updates that have installed to date (the date you create the image),
    3. ] ALL programs (that you have added to the PC)
    4. ] ALL apps that you may have installed

[WHERE]

  1. ] creating a custom image will take a long time, do not restart the computer while you are doing this
  2. ] creating a custom image will take a fair bit of disk space, > 5 GB, obviously the more programs that you have installed on your machine the more disk space you will need
  3. ] known issue with printers not working after refreshing with a , see REF # 1 below
  4. ] if you MOVE or RENAME the location of the folder that the image is created on, you need to re-register
  5. ] you can create it on the same disk (C:\) but its probably a better idea to create it on a removable disk or external drive
  6. ] about YOUR DATA
    1. ] Refresh with your Custom System Image - the image DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OF YOUR USER DATA. It is my understanding, that when you perform the Refresh, the system copies the User/Data that is on the system at the time of the refresh.

[WHEN]

  1. ] your system is experiencing problems (malfunctioning) but is still booting into windows or the windows startup repair options screen 

[EXAMPLE]

  1. [05:46] VIDEO - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X56eAGFzoYg by
    1. [05:46] VIDEO - demonstrates the process of creating refresh images, also registering which refresh image to use ( if you have multiple OR if you move/rename your image) and how to refresh  

[HOW-TO]

  1. ] From the Start screen, type "cmd",
    1. ] then right-click the "Command Prompt app" that appears
    2. ] and click "Run as administrator" option
    3. *] the UAC prompt will appear
  2. ] Click through the UserAccessControl(UAC) warning prompt
    1. ] YES - you do want to allow this program
    2. *] a command prompt window will appear
  3. ] at the command prompt type
    1. ] recimg -CreateImage C:\CustomRecoveryImage
    2. *] where "C:\" is the "drive letter" of where you want to save the system image
    3. *] where "CustomRecoveryImage" is the name of the folder where the image will be saved in

[REFERENCE]

  1. ] how to create a system image to refresh your Windows 8 PC 
    1. ] msft support article on procedure, details intructions as noted above, also notes KNOWN issue of printers may not work after refresh with custom image, solution remove
  2. ] this article - description, includes troubleshooting some recImg errrors, links to more win recovery options
    1. ] http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/create-custom-refresh-image-in-windows-8/
  3. ] this article - description, includes command to register the new location of your custom system image (if you move it, or rename it)
    1. ] http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/how-to-use-recimg/1d6b1684-8d04-4835-9fae-963ca891c029
  4. ] research article indicates that using recImg to create a system image, DOES NOT include the user DATA on the system
    1. ] when you perform a "system refresh" using the custom system REFRESH image, it copies the data on the system at the time of the refresh, the custom image includes windows at the time of image creation(any updates from baseline) and any programs you have installed
  5. *] custom refresh would be a great OPTION - assuming
    1. ] the HDD has not failed or - in which case - see my HDD has failed, Has my HDD failed?, Is my HDD failing?
    2. ] the OS(win 8) is not so "foo barred" that the system repair / recovery options are still functioning correctly
      1. ] if it is foo barred - hopefully you have already
      2. ] create a bootable usb - windows 8 repair tools - drive -
      3. ] how to use your bootable - windows 8 repair tools drive, to (try to) repair windows
  6. ] NEXT = use windows-7 recovery tools
    1. ] to create custom system image OR user third party image creation tool(s)
  7. ]

 

 

 

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DESCRIPTION: recImg - is a windows 8.x utility that you can use to create a "custom refresh image" for your computer, you can then use that custom refresh image to restore your PC back to the state it was in*, when you created the image

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