On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 03:20:52 -0400, Paul wrote:

Peter Jason wrote:
I have the ''pro'' version, and I follow the prompts by typing ''File
History'' into the Windows search box, but there is no ''Create System
Inage'' at the bottom of the File History screen. Do I have to
switch something on?
Peter

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials...ndows-8-a.html

That article isn't all that clear, but the message is that
Windows 7 had the System Image function, but it was gradually
degraded (deprecated), to be replaced by File History.
And as near as I can tell, no one uses File History.

Originally, there was a GUI.

http://www.eightforums.com/attachmen...-a-image-1.jpg

On my Acer laptop, the button on the left was broken, and
so I had to enter a command line replacement, to get to the


MBR and the partition definitions. It is not to your
benefit, to change the partition sizes half way through
a backup set, and then expect something sane to happen
later. Once you start making backups of a 5GB/20GB/17GB
setup say, then keep those sizes constant for each backup.
Then, if you restore, the partitions "fit nicely". If you
insist on squashing all three partitions together and
making a 42GB partition, then you would be advised to make
an immediate backup of the new partition, and any future
backups would align with the 42GB setup. If you ever needed
to go back to the 5GB/20GB/17GB era, then obviously that's entirely
different than what is on the drive now.

It's a backup software, and not a fancy partition manager.
While Macrium keeps adding functions to assist in the
partition area, it's still not intended to take the
place of a partition management tool.

The Macrium site even has tutorials on how to do stuff,
if you get stuck.

Paul

Thanks Paul. I have been using Macrium for a while. Perhaps
Windows10 will have something simpler. Peter