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Thread ID: 119938	2011-08-17 11:50:00	Cloning WIN7 Home Premium OEM	urbanguerilla (16164)	Press F1

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1224087	2011-08-17 23:14:00	Cheers for the replies people... now i live in hope that my current C:drive will last the duration of the cloning process!! gah!	urbanguerilla (16164)
1224088	2011-08-18 02:15:00	I do actually use Ghost 2002 to carry out a weekly clone of the C: partition on a sata 500GB Seagate to an identicle drive using a sata caddy. However the system is Win7 Home OEM 32 bit, maybe it wouldn't like 64 bit. The transfer speed varies as it copies but 3GB/minute would be average. Have you tested any of these backups to see if they work Terry as Wainui told me that some of the earlier versions while appearing to work and make a backup actually fail when you go to restore them? You might be OK but always pays to check	gary67 (56)
1224089	2011-08-18 02:30:00	Ghost 2002 can clone the Win partition, it wont restore a bootable Win7 system . May be wrong, but most of the older cloners arnt 100% Win7 compatable - leaves with a win that wont load.	1101 (13337)
1224090	2011-08-18 03:05:00	Yes which is why I use active@ and also since home premium will not backup over a network	gary67 (56)
1224091	2011-08-18 05:35:00	Reply to Gary and 1101. There isn't really any 'restore' operation as such, but that is a matter of semantics I suppose. My main hard drive and the one I back up to by sector by sector cloning, not imaging, are both in caddies. I can remove the main hard drive and plug in the back up drive, and that will run with a minor adjustment to the boot process using the OEM disk, because the change in hardware is detected. I do this periodically just to make sure everything is ok. I can also clone back, ie restore or copy from the back up drive to the main drive. I test this also periodically. Either way, Ghost 2002 loaded on a Win98 boot CD works ok with 32 bit Win 7.	Terry Porritt (14)
1224092	2011-08-18 05:53:00	Good oh still within edit time just put back up drive in, booted off OEM disk, clicked on repair computer, did I want to repair ? yes, clicked on repair and restart....bingo drive boots I was within 15 minutes, but it ran out of time whilst typing this :) So this is posted with the main hard drive replaced by the back up I'll now put the original drive back because my Data partition is not up to date....	Terry Porritt (14)
1224093	2011-08-18 06:07:00	In simple non technical English --- You'll find one reason its asking to repair windows is because the cloning software is not actually cloning the boot section of the OS correctly. Windows 7 has a hidden 200-300MB partition and if that is not cloned correctly , which a lot of the older cloning software cant do, then you get boot errors and asked to do a repair. If a drive has cloned correctly, you should simply be able to clone,and it boots straight away into windows esp if its back to the same hardware, then install any new updates etc since the original clone. Active@ does this, some software doesn't. ;)	wainuitech (129)
1224094	2011-08-18 06:14:00	Active@ does this, some software doesn't. ;) wahh! I need not hear that!! Currently sitting @ 18% of the cloning process using Seagate Disc Wizard. I can hear my lil old drive sputtering away.... cmon lil buddy you know you can!!:stare:	urbanguerilla (16164)
1224095	2011-08-18 06:17:00	cmon lil buddy you know you can!! :lol: Nice way to put it :thumbs: Yes you can, yes,:wub you can do it, c'mon yes you can :D	wainuitech (129)
1224096	2011-08-18 06:21:00	In simple non technical English --- You'll find one reason its asking to repair windows is because the cloning software is not actually cloning the boot section of the OS correctly. Windows 7 has a hidden 200-300MB partition and if that is not cloned correctly , which a lot of the older cloning software cant do, then you get boot errors and asked to do a repair. If a drive has cloned correctly, you should simply be able to clone,and it boots straight away into windows esp if its back to the same hardware, then install any new updates etc since the original clone. Active@ does this, some software doesn't. ;) Thanks for the heads up. As long as the repair process restores bootability then I'm happy.....I think....generally speaking....	Terry Porritt (14)
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