hello
i am using windows 8.1 and i want to copy my windows 8.1 in the cd or dvd so that i can format my laptop when i need it if something goes wrong in my laptop.
anybody please tell me how to copy my os with my license in my cd? and how much time it takes to copy it with license?
Create a image of the drive.
There are many applications that can do so and there are free ones.
how to create image?and which image i have to create?
if it is iso image then where i have to create?
Get and use drive image software and use it.
i searched http://www.drive-image.com
what i do after downloading it?
how to copy my windows 8.1 os in my cd from it
If you buy a system, you pay for it.
If the system has a OS installed, you also paid for that.
That means the seller must give you a cd/dvd with the os, or the system must have a “recovery” option as well as a option to create a install cd/dvd.
The best thing you can do is restore the laptop to factory default.
Install all applications you normally use.
Make changes to settings and such to your wishes.
Create a image of the drive.
And after that, backup data daily en create a new image of the drive each month.
Maybe this will help you:
http://youtu.be/m5h9Kug5HTI
Windows 8/8.1 has an auto function for “Refresh” and “Reset”.
Refresh doesnt touch personal files, reset wipes it. I do NOT believe (according to THIS Article) that you require a product key.
A product for Backing Up/Image: http://www.aomeitech.com/download.html
As Bob’s video will show windows 7 and 8 has perfectly fine imaging software included which works great, you just need a second hard drive or external hard drive to put the image on.
thank you everybody for this video help and for support.
how much time it takes to make cd of my windows 8.1 license?
i asked my computer engineer and he said it takes about more than 3 hours to make cd because it also needs internet connection while making cd of windows 8.1.
i want make cd because it is helpful when my laptop gets slow or infected or some files corrupted then it may not work or start.so with help of cd it will be easy to reinstall os.i bought laptop with windows 8.1 license key so i do not have dvd with it so i want create it.
how much time it takes to copy my licensed windows os in my cd and if i copy image backup as described in bobs video then is it contains whole windows 8.1 os in it or only license key in it?
A full drive image takes 15-60 minutes to create.
It depends on the speed of your system, image software used, size of the drive, how much data is on the drive etc etc.
There is only one way to find out, create a image.
If you have a working system all you need extra is image software and a medium to put the image on.
HD, cd, dvd, flash drive or…
I think you’re talking about this function:
http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/screenshots/u/Lh/1416661951885-64460.png
This is different from creating an Image backup of your system which is the topic of the video.
yes rite.i am talking about it.to make recovery drive in my cd to refesh my laptop as a factory setting if sometime my laptop gets slow or face any problem.
same as that u said now bob.
Do you still have a question ???
hmm yes bob.i just want to make cd of recovery.how to make? :-\
Look at the screenshot.
You’ll find it in Control Panel under Recovery.
ok i will try it but sometimes i get confuse if something gets wrong then i will loose my license of windows.
how much time it takes to copy or to make recovery windows in cd?
3 hours?