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" 

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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.