Computers have turned out to be an indispensable part of our life, as we heavily rely on this small box for carrying out our day-to-day tasks, such as storing data, banking, shopping, learning, gaming and even more. However, computers are also prone to a variety of problems, from accidental system crash and several errors to unauthorized intrusion. All these problems eventually lead to data loss that would by any means a cause of concern for you. However, consequences related to data losses can be minimized by creating system backup, preferably disk image. Well, in order to create such backup effectively you can try Image for Windows 2.26a. The utility lets you create disk image effectively, for which it provides different backup operations to choose from; either for creating or updating the data backup.

Moving to the backup process, the first step of Image for Windows 2.26a is to select the operation for backup creation. The program enlists the operations named Backup (Full), Backup (Changes Only), Restore, and Validate for selection. These are further accompanied with ‘Settings’ that include features relating volume label, retain failed backup, show entire network, etc along with Partition Selection, PHYLock Settings, and Memory settings to be enabled/disabled or selected by the users, respectively. Making the required selection, move into ‘Next’ step where you have to choose the Hard Drive or Partitions for the backup process by marking the provide checkboxes. On this step, you’re even allowed to Add Virtual Drive and get Information about any drive. Clicking to ‘Next’ step involves the selection of Target Folder for storing backup, followed by the step to specify the backup filename. The further steps in the process include selection of backup options, compression type, password, and file size, along with saving defaults, showing command, and scheduling backup. Click Finish and the backup process would begin.

Image for Windows facilitates creating disk image backup for your entire system data, which can be burned to a bootable disk to support uncomplicated data restoration. The utility, being a combination of easily negotiable steps and features that aid end-users in backing up their data proficiently, is assigned a score of 4 rating points.