Playing with windows 7 is really nice and easy,but what if you some how messed with the windows 7 operating system?

With the above lines said,We will see in this post how you can make image of your windows 7 installation.

This feature is present in all the versions of windows 7 (unlike windows vista).

Note:-You should try to make an image of your windows 7 installation as soon as possible after the installation as this will make your image small and fresh when ever you use it.

How to create an image in windows 7

Open your start menu and type backup.

Click on the Backup and restore option and then a new window will open up.

In this window,click on  Create system image.

Now you will have to decide where do you want to save your windows 7 installation image.

In my case I have chosen to save the image to one of my external hard drives (you can burn these images in multiple DVDs  as well)

Images of drives other than your windows 7 installation can also be made but then it will add up to your image size.

In the next windows you will get confirmation about how much disk space may be used to make your windows 7 image,if something does not look right you can still go back and change what ever you want to change.

Once you have confirmed the image to burnt,a progress bar will appear while the image being created.

In my case i had to burn make an image of 18GB and it took around 22 minutes,this time may vary according to your system configuration.

Once the image has been made you will be asked whether you want to create a System Repair disk or not?

I would recommend to make a system Repair disk and to save it in a safe place.

Once that is done you are now set to play with your windows 7 with much more freedom.

When you want to restore the system image,simply go to system Recovery options when your computer starts and restore your system,with the image that we created earlier.