I prefer image to backup because they backup the OS as well as the data.

Years ago I bought a guitar pedal that had an LE version of Cubase as a freebee. I hadn't tried Cubase in years so I was curious.

I made an image and installed. Or tried to. Mid installation the computer locked up. I waited hours, it wasn't just thinking, it was locked. Ctrl+Alt+Del didn't work so I had to hold the power down to do a forced shutdown.

On rebooting it never got to the point where Windows starts, when it asked to put the disk in and complete the install. Locked up again.

Started in the safe mode. Same problem.

Restored the computer from the image. Fixed.

Notes

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