The Backup and Restore Center When you open the Backup and Restore Center, you will notice that the pane on the left contains options to create a system image (a system image is a type of backup that you can use to perform a bare-metal restore of Windows 7) and to create a System Repair Disk http://searchdatabackup.techtarget.com/tip/Creating-a-System-Recovery-Disk-in-Windows-7-A-step-by-step-tutorial