How Set up a Windows Disk Imaging Backup Task
In the video below, we set up disk imaging backup task in Windows. Disk imaging creates a container file where the disk contents are stored. That’s different from disk cloning, where disk contents are copied directly to another disk, without having to restore anything later. If you are interested in disk cloning instead of disk imaging, please check the disk cloning video.
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