Question

I am almost done creating a program using visual c# to gather everything I need in preparation for a system backup image.

Now, First, I would like to know how to create an image file.

Secondly if someone knows how to use or call Windows 7 “Backup and Restore” functionality rather than creating it from scratch will be very much appreciated.

I try to go and search for creating an image backup BUT come out nothing since the search engine shows an “image” topic literally.

Answer 1

Windows Backup and Restore can be invoked from the command line, so, failing all else use this.

Here’s a command line invocation I use on a server of mine:

WBADMIN START BACKUP -backupTarget:\\leahyfs\J$\DCBackups\New1\ -allCritical -quiet