- Oct 9, 2016
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Hi
I do not have one yet but planning to.
Although I know it's useful for people who frequently test software or malware but I think I need one for complete clean system backup/restore.
Just some questions.
Do I install the disk imaging software on the PC or onto the external USB stick/SSD?
For the former, if I make a backup onto an external USB stick/SSD can I restore if my PC hangs i.e. if all the icons on the screen are not working (some showing white squares etc). In short, I have no access to the disk imaging software on the PC although I can boot up from the USB with the backup image stored in it. Is the stored image an executable which can work (restore) without the disk imaging software?
How about the latter case if I install the the disk imaging software onto the external USB stick/SSD? Shouldn't be a problem if I make the USB stick/SSD bootable and restore the image from here, right?
Thanks
I do not have one yet but planning to.
Although I know it's useful for people who frequently test software or malware but I think I need one for complete clean system backup/restore.
Just some questions.
Do I install the disk imaging software on the PC or onto the external USB stick/SSD?
For the former, if I make a backup onto an external USB stick/SSD can I restore if my PC hangs i.e. if all the icons on the screen are not working (some showing white squares etc). In short, I have no access to the disk imaging software on the PC although I can boot up from the USB with the backup image stored in it. Is the stored image an executable which can work (restore) without the disk imaging software?
How about the latter case if I install the the disk imaging software onto the external USB stick/SSD? Shouldn't be a problem if I make the USB stick/SSD bootable and restore the image from here, right?
Thanks