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What's the OS?<br />
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W7 and 8 have a built in image based backup that can be used for what you want.
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What's the OS?

W7 and 8 have a built in image based backup that can be used for what you want.

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win 7. &nbsp;How do you use that? &nbsp;Never heard of it. &nbsp;Can it be sent to a NAS?
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win 7.  How do you use that?  Never heard of it.  Can it be sent to a NAS?

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You can make recovery disks with Windows 7 (admin tools, backup) to DVD and hard drives. I have not tried NAS. I like Ghost better for generalized backup.<br />
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.... Thinkpads_User
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You can make recovery disks with Windows 7 (admin tools, backup) to DVD and hard drives. I have not tried NAS. I like Ghost better for generalized backup.

.... Thinkpads_User

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In win 7 pro I don't see admin tools backup. &nbsp;I see admin tools but no backup. &nbsp;Is this under control panel?
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In win 7 pro I don't see admin tools backup.  I see admin tools but no backup.  Is this under control panel?

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Sorry, I thought it might have been. <br />
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Go to Control Panel, Action Center and select Backup and Restore (bottom left).<br />
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.... Thinkpads_User
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Sorry, I thought it might have been.

Go to Control Panel, Action Center and select Backup and Restore (bottom left).

.... Thinkpads_User

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Not entirely.<br />
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Under Action Center, you can see File History and back up your files, but that is not an image. <br />
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Under Action Center, Recovery, you can create a Recovery Drive to refresh or to troubleshoot problems.<br />
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... Thinkpads_User
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Not entirely.

Under Action Center, you can see File History and back up your files, but that is not an image.

Under Action Center, Recovery, you can create a Recovery Drive to refresh or to troubleshoot problems.


... Thinkpads_User

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How to W7 legacy tools in Win8:<br />
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<a href="http://www.itworld.com/consumerization-it/333466/create-system-image-backup-windows-8s-hidden-backup-tool" rel="ugc">http://www.itworld.com/consumerization-it/333466/create-system-image-backup-windows-8s-hidden-backup-tool</a>
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How to W7 legacy tools in Win8:

http://www.itworld.com/consumerization-it/333466/create-system-image-backup-windows-8s-hidden-backup-tool [http://www.itworld.com/consumerization-it/333466/create-system-image-backup-windows-8s-hidden-backup-tool]

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you can go for acronis<br />
it provides what you are looking for<br />
even you can schedule it to send email alerts about successful or unsuccessful tasks<br />
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Rather than going for complete backup i would recommend, create one complete backup and then schedule incremental backups<br />
It will save space and will increase efficiency<br />
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you can even control the data transfer speed via software in case you have lots of tasks running
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you can go for acronis
it provides what you are looking for
even you can schedule it to send email alerts about successful or unsuccessful tasks

Rather than going for complete backup i would recommend, create one complete backup and then schedule incremental backups
It will save space and will increase efficiency

you can even control the data transfer speed via software in case you have lots of tasks running

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@mkramer777 - Thank you and I was happy to help.
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@mkramer777 - Thank you and I was happy to help.

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Is there any software that you would recommend for creating an image/iso for desktops and laptops within our network? &nbsp;Want to be able to nightly take a snapshot of about 10 desktop and 4 laptop computers and save it on a NAS in another location. &nbsp;Not sure the price but the cheapest is always best unless there is a free way to do this.
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Is there any software that you would recommend for creating an image/iso for desktops and laptops within our network?  Want to be able to nightly take a snapshot of about 10 desktop and 4 laptop computers and save it on a NAS in another location.  Not sure the price but the cheapest is always best unless there is a free way to do this.

iso for computers on network

The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.

Storage Software

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