Windows 10 Sytem Partition Restore
wimlib-imagex apply D:\Win10.XPC.wim 2 C:
Windows 10 System Partition(s) Backup
2018+
wimlib
CLI tool
Capture/Append the system partition as a .WIM
file.
Supposedly, wimlib
can capture Win10 while OS is online,
but best to do offline, such as from Windows PE OS.
Params
set _WIMdir=%~dp0
set _source=C:
set _wim=Win10.RS4.XPC.M.2-NVMe.wim
set _name=2019-05-05 @ 110GB NVMe SSD
set _descr=[Win10-Pro-x64] [1803.17134.590] +nvm +Yarn +VScode-extensions
set _config=--config="%~dp0wimlib.win10.conf"
Capture
wimlib-imagex.exe capture "%_source%" "%_WIMdir%%_wim%" "%_name%" "%_descr%" %_config%
Append
wimlib-imagex.exe append "%_source%" "%_WIMdir%%_wim%" "%_name%" "%_descr%" %_config%
Info
wimlib-imagex.exe info "%_WIMdir%%_wim%" > "%_WIMdir%%_wim%.log"
Older …
per DISM (.wim
) files
Use the DISM tool.
per Windows 7 method; .vhdx
files
Start Menu -> Settings -> Backup -> "More options" -> "See advanced settings" -> "System Image Backup" -> "Create a system image"
User selects the target drive and source partitions. The application first creates folders ...
`{DRIVE}:\WindowsImageBackup\%COMPUTERNAME%
\Backup YYYY-MM-DD NNNNNN
... and then generates the backup files (.vhdx
and .xml
) thereunder, for all selected partitions. By default, it selects all required partitions, including the boot (EFI) and system (Primary) partitions. Unlike the DISM (.wim
) method, these (.vhdx
) are uncompressed images.