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How to create a system image in

Windows 10
System image is still alive...for now, anyway.

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March 1, 2015
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One thing that's
noticeably missing
from the new
Windows 10 Settings
by Sarah menu is the system
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image backup utility. A
system image backup
is basically an exact
copy ("image") of a
drive -- in other words,
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you can use a system
image to completely
restore your computer,
settings and all, in the event of a PC disaster.

Microsoft introduced the system image utility in Windows 7, and then tried to hide it
in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. It's still hidden in the Windows 10 Technical
Preview, but the Recovery section of the Update & recovery tab does mention
system images (under "Advanced startup"), so I hope that the system image utility
will remain a backup option when Windows 10 officially launches.

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The Windows 10 Settings menu does mention

system images...
Screenshot by Sarah Jacobsson Purewal/CNET

At the moment, this is how you can create a system image in Windows 10:

1. Open Control Panel and go to File History.

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2. At the bottom of the left pane, you should see a link to System Image Backup,
under "See also." Click this link.

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3. The System Image Backup utility will open. Pick a place to

save your system image backup (on a hard disk, on one or
more DVDs, or on a network location), and click Next. Confirm
your settings and click Start backup.

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To use your system image to restore your PC, open up the new Windows 10
Settings menu and go to Update & recovery. Under Recovery, find the Advanced
startup section, and click Restart now. When your PC restarts, go to Troubleshoot,
Advanced Options, and then choose System image recovery.

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Internet outage swoops across the US

Attacks against a core internet firm play havoc with some of the world's most popular
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Across the US on Friday, people screamed at their phones

and computers and went a little crazy trying to figure out which of their favorite
websites were still working.

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Spotify, Etsy, Netflix and software code-management service GitHub were knocked
for a loop. Hackers had flooded Dyn, one of the biggest internet management
companies in the country, with junk traffic -- effectively shutting down services and
websites throughout the region.

The outages eased after two hours but returned with a vengeance at midday,
affecting areas across the US and parts of Europe.

"The earlier issues have resurfaced & some people may still be having trouble
accessing Twitter," the company tweeted. "We're working on it!" Meanwhile, the US
Department of Homeland Security said it was "investigating all potential causes."

It wasn't until late in the day that Dyn said

the issue had been resolved.

Hackers had used what's known as a

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Based in New Hampshire, Dyn is both a
DNS service provider -- translating URLs into
IP addresses -- and an internet management
company, helping website customers get the best-possible online performance. It
also filters out bad traffic headed to the websites, and that's where things fell apart
Friday. By overwhelming Dyn, the attackers were able to overwhelm many of its
customers.

Last month, noted security expert Bruce Schneier said core

WAIT, WHAT JUST HAPPENED? internet companies were seeing people probing their
That massive internet outage, networks to learn how well they could respond to DDoS
explained attacks. The title of his blog post: "Someone is learning how
to take down the internet."

DDoS attacks have been around since the dawn of the

modern internet, but they've been getting more powerful. Last month, the website
of security expert Brian Krebs was hit with 620 gigabits per second of traffic.

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Cybersecurity company Flashpoint said Friday the botnet attacking Dyn was built
with the same malicious software that launched the attack against Krebs and
French website OVH -- the two most powerful DDoS attacks on record. Called
Mirai, the malware works by "enslaving vast numbers of these devices into a
botnet, which is then used to conduct DDoS attacks," Flashpoint researchers said in
a statement.

Until now, successful attacks on sites as large and popular as Twitter, Reddit and
Netflix have been rare.

"Given the drastic increase lately in the size and scope of

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DDoS attacks, DNS providers [like Dyn] are scrambling to
increase bandwidth capacity to withstand the latest attacks,"
said Jeremiah Grossman, chief of security for cybersecurity
company SentinelOne. "They are attractive targets for large-
scale DDoS attacks."
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of computers to launch their attacks. Now they have
potentially millions of smart TVs, refrigerators, home routers,
security cameras -- even baby monitors -- at their disposal.

Given how easy these devices tend to be for hackers to

compromise, researchers like Shankar Somasundaram of
Symantec think DDoS attacks will just get worse.

"There will be more of these attacks," he said.

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various background information, this story was recast
Saturday to reflect that the outage had been brought under
control.

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