Create a Windows 10 system image from the command line

 

You can create an image of Windows 10 from the command prompt:

From the start menu, in Windows System, right click on Command Prompt

 

 

Then More and Run as administrator

 

 

Click on Yes

 

The Command Prompt

 

Type:

wbAdmin start backup -backupTarget:G: -include:C: -allCritical -quiet

And hit the Enter key


-backupTarget:

Where do you want to save the backup

-include: C:

Instructs the utility to take an image backup of your computer's primary partition that stores the operating system, settings, applications, and in most cases, personal files.

-allCritical

Be sure to include all values ​​inside the hard drive.

-quiet

Runs full backup without asking users for additional input.

 

Image creation begins

At the end, you will see the message that the backup operation was successful

For more information about the wbadmin.exe command
In the command prompt, type wbadmin /?