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| Thread ID: 106288 | 2010-01-03 20:25:00 | Win 7 Image Backup | bk T (215) | Press F1 |
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| 845334 | 2010-01-03 20:25:00 | Some of you guys maybe aware that I've got a faulty HDD to be replaced and am now temperorarily using an old HDD to host my Win 7 and all the essential applications/ device drivers, etc. I have created and Image Backup using Win 7's built in Backup & restore utility (stored in another backup HDD. Question: When I get my 'new' HDD back, can I just restore the image created from the backup file to my 'new' hdd rather than going through the installation process all over again? Or, I have to clone it to the new hdd? Cheers |
bk T (215) | ||
| 845335 | 2010-01-03 20:26:00 | You should be able to that's what an image is for | gary67 (56) | ||
| 845336 | 2010-01-03 20:38:00 | I have not tried the Win7 image backup. It may be that you have to install Win7 for it to work unless the resultant image can boot and run direct from CD or DVD. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 845337 | 2010-01-03 20:49:00 | Don't know about Win7, but with Vista you re-install then install the image. Pain in the butt, so I use DriveImage XML. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 845338 | 2010-01-03 20:52:00 | Yep. I use the Seagate image for the same reason. | Sweep (90) | ||
| 845339 | 2010-01-03 21:12:00 | I have not tried the Win7 image backup. It may be that you have to install Win7 for it to work unless the resultant image can boot and run direct from CD or DVD. It has got a system repair disk which is bootable. Yep. I use the Seagate image for the same reason. Is that the True Image which can be downloaded from Seagate you're referring to? Can it be used for HDDs other than Seagate? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 845340 | 2010-01-03 21:24:00 | Yep easy as and it works fine with W7 Image. Boot from the windows 7 DVD, go through the process of doing an install to the point of actually installing - BUT select Repair my computer ( bottom Left), once in the recovery options select System Image Recovery - follow the prompts - navigate to the location of the backed up image, ( works well over a LAN as well) Once finished -- working PC, all data programs the lot. If you want a graphical instructions, have a look at This first (www.sevenforums.com) - then This one (www.sevenforums.com). I have a image on an external USB HDD for one of the workshop PC's and its never failed to work. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 845341 | 2010-01-03 21:27:00 | windows.microsoft.com Also, with the Seagate Image tool, one of the drives must be either Seagate or Maxtor. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 845342 | 2010-01-03 22:08:00 | Yep easy as and it works fine with W7 Image. Boot from the windows 7 DVD, go through the process of doing an install to the point of actually installing - BUT select Repair my computer ( bottom Left), once in the recovery options select System Image Recovery - follow the prompts - navigate to the location of the backed up image, ( works well over a LAN as well) Once finished -- working PC, all data programs the lot. If you want a graphical instructions, have a look at This first (www.sevenforums.com) - then This one (www.sevenforums.com). I have a image on an external USB HDD for one of the workshop PC's and its never failed to work. Thanks wainutech for the info and links.:thanks That will save me hours precious time! |
bk T (215) | ||
| 845343 | 2010-01-03 22:25:00 | It has got a system repair disk which is bootable. Is that the True Image which can be downloaded from Seagate you're referring to? Can it be used for HDDs other than Seagate? You need to have at least one Seagate or Maxtor drive. In my case I clone one 200Gig hard drive with two partitions to another 200Gig drive. This means that if one drive dies I simply unplug it and boot off the other. |
Sweep (90) | ||
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