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  1. billzant

    Windows 7 system image recovery

    Dear Forum, I have long been aware of drive imaging. I once used Acronis, had a "starter disc" and drive images, but the restore was erratic so I gave up. I am wondering if someone will help me through setting up imaging or point me somewhere.. I have 3 partitions:- C contains windows and...
    • billzant
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    • acronis backup customization data data backup drive imaging external hard drive laptop partition recovery reliability restore process snapshot snapshot backup system image tech support windows windows install windows recovery
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  2. B

    Windows 7 About Disk Images

    After reformatting and reinstalling W7 Pro and getting it all set-up and updated i am going to do an image ( with one of the tools on UBCD). But it occurred to me that in the near future i am going to be upgrading my system entirely and am curious, what happens if i take the image of my current...
    • Brando
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    • backup solutions component recognition disk images drive imaging driver installation drivers hardware compatibility image tools operating system reformatting reinstallation system migration system setup system upgrade technical support ubcd upgrade process windows 7 windows issues
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: General Computing
  3. P

    Windows 7 How to create an USB stick image (like ISO for DVD)?

    Assume I created a bootable USB stick with some additional software on it. Now I want to backup the whole stuff into an archive file on my hard disc. If I would have an CD/DVD I could create a well known ISO file for it which contains everything. How do I do this for an USB stick? If I just...
    • pstein
    • Thread
    • archive file backup method backup software boot sector bootable media bootable usb data recovery disk copying disk management drive imaging file transfer hidden files image backup iso file mbr management re-burn system files usb stick windows explorer
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  4. R

    Windows 7 trying to image drive with issues

    i have "imaged" my system drive using DriveImage XML I set it as active with windows disk manager. but when I try to boot it tells me that BOOTMGR is missing. however, bootmgr exists on the system reserved partition it is also in windows\boot\pcat and under windows\winsxs\......... so what is...
    • ruggb
    • Thread
    • active partition boot configuration boot issues bootmgr data backup disk management disk recovery drive imaging driveimage error messages imaging tools partition storage solutions system drive system reserved troubleshooting windows 10 windows 11 windows boot windows manager
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
  5. J

    Windows 7 Pleasant Surprises

    I just installed a WD Caviar Black last week as a second internal HD. I've had a couple of pleasant surprises. The first was moving my virtual machines there improved the performance of them. The second was making a drive image with Acronis there it takes about half the time of doing on one of...
    • Joe S
    • Thread
    • acronis drive imaging external storage installation internal hard drive performance surprise usb 2.0 virtual machines wd caviar
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  6. P

    Windows 7 legal to use validation crack while owning a valid license?

    If your wondering why, its inconvenient to image drives across multiple computers because the only thing different about them is windows key, and if your restoring drives constantly it can be a real pain. So whats microsofts stance on this, if i have a valid licenses x computers can i just use a...
    • poof
    • Thread
    • activation computer crack drive imaging hacking inconvenience key management legality license microsoft ownership restoration software support user rights validation windows
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
  7. C

    Windows 7 Transferring a Windows 7 installation from one drive to another

    Hello there, My Uncle bought a new HDD and wanted to migrate his Windows 7 Installation from its original HDD to the new one (Maxtor to Hitachi). A tech friend of mine recommended CloneZilla, a freeware imaging program which would allow me to make an image of the HDD and transfer it to another...
    • Chamenas
    • Thread
    • alternative software backup clonezilla data recovery disk cloning disk management drive imaging hdd transfer hitachi imaging maxtor migration os transfer repair storage drive system migration tech advice tech support windows 7
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Windows Upgrade and Installation
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