So I thought I'd use the MS Windows 7 USB/DVD installer tool to make a bootable flash drive of the .IMG file. Unfortunately, the tool only works with ISO's not IMG's. Next I tried Win32 Disk Imager.

When you create a Windows image backup, the data is stored within a .VHDX file. To access your data, open the backup volume and then open the WindowsImageBackup folder.

Learn how to add an Image Preview command to File Explorer to quickly view any image. For anyone who often works with images in Windows, the ability to quickly preview an image without having to ...