In order to run the system image recovery tool as i'll describe in this article, you'll need to have created a recovery drive as i showed you in the article create a recovery drive in windows 8. Image for windows is an affordable and reliable drive image backup and restore utility. drive imaging from windows backup all your hard drive's data and operating system partitions.image for windows it creates snapshots of. To restore using the recovery control panel (recommended): if your computer is working and you can access control panel, or if you want to restore your system image backup onto a different computer, follow these steps: a. open recovery by pressing windows key + c, and typing control panel. in the search box, type recovery, and then click.