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    Windows 7 Windows Backup & Restore Questions

    1) I just ran BU and created a system image. I told it to put the image on "one or more DVDs". It prompted me to insert a DVD--I did so. It ran for about 30 min. Then it prompted me for another DVD. I put another blank one in and it asked me if I wanted to format the disk. I told it to do...
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    Windows 7 How to create a full system backup for Windows 7?

    I have a Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit with SP1 (OEM). I have already installed the Windows and activated online. Also i have installed all my motherboards drivers such as audio, lan, raid and gpu. The whole process took me around 1 hour 30 mins. Next month i'm planning to format my hdd and...
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    Windows 7 Convert dynamic disc back to basic on the only system disc

    Hey guys, I would like to post my question here.I wanted to make a new partition on my hp laptop on the only disc it has.Unfortunately,because it came with already 4 partitions I accidentally turned the disk into a dynamic disk.Now its booting normally but I cant load the system Image that I...
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    Windows 7 Resore system image from network storage drive

    Hello - I have a HP Pavilion with Windows 7 Premium 64, and have my computer back up daily, with weekly system image back ups using the Windows back up utility. This backs up to a DLink DNS 323 network storage device. Last Friday my hard drive failed, and I didn't feel too bad becuase of my back...
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    Windows 7 New 64 gb SSD

    On my 80GB HDD I had 48GB of data. I cloned the data from my HDD to a new 64GB SSD using free EaseUS ToDo Backup 4.0. It came out perfectly with the correct partition alignment. I have over 6GB still available. It couldn’t have gone smoother. I did not have to first install the original...
  6. Backup fails in Windows 7 when trying to create a system image

    Consider the following scenario: You are running Windows 7 In the Backup and Restore Control Panel applet, you click on the link to "Create a system image". The source volume that you are imaging is 2 terabytes in size or larger. In this scenario, after... More...
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    Windows 8 How-To Create a System Image Backup

    Windows 8 Consumer Preview System Image Tutorial: Step 1. Whether your on the Desktop or the MetroUI, mouse over the bottom right corner to expand the Menu and select "Search", then select "Settings" and type in "File Recovery" and select "Windows 7 File Recovery" Link Removed This will open...
  8. Windows 7 WIN 7 system Image

    I have 6 new laptops all the same unit If I remove all "bloatware " and then generate a system image from within Win7 can that image be used to retore to the rest of these units (essentially clone from the first image) thanks [email address removed]
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    Windows 7 Strange Error doing Windows 7 Backup

    I have Win 7 Home Premium SP1. For the past year and a half, I've been using the Win 7 backup about once a month without any problems. My hard drive is partitioned into drives C and D, and I back up onto an external hard disk, which appears as Drive I when connected. (The external hard disk is...
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    Windows 7 P.E. install ?

    Hi all, I own a copy of W7U, and when i boot get offered the option of; 1 : Earlier version of Windows 2 : Windows 7 3 : Recovery Console I would be very grateful if someone could tell me if i need to install a P.E. as it seems to me that i have this option in the recovery console? If i ever...
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    Windows 7 Deploying W7 ??

    I have a learning center with 12 systems that I need to make identical. There also needs to be an easy plan to update OS & software to keep things identical. I need some opinions and direction to figure out best way to do this. Choices: Windows AIK - sysprep and imagex process using a winpe...
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    Windows 7 Windows Backup on Mirrored Drives

    I have a new computer build where I have Win 7 Pro 64-bit installed on a SSD. Then I have a pair of 1TB drives that I setup as mirroring drives in Disc Management. I proceeded to setup my windows backup to the mirrored drive, but it is giving me the warning: When restoring a system...
  13. Windows 7 Insufficient diskspace?

    Hi, I just finished running chkdsk with switches /f and /r on an external drive because Windows backup/restore couldn't use it to store a system image and recommended that I run it. It took a couple of hours and then the program exited with the message 'Insufficient diskspace to fix volume...
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    Windows 7 system image restore error 0x80042407

    I am trying to restore a bran new install of win 7 with a sytem image created previously before a hardware failure. The machine is a lenov think center Clean install installed and the image is about 70 gig It is house on a 1tb external drive The internal drive on the machine is 160gb I get to...
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    Windows 7 System Image

    I have a couple of questions on Win7 (Home Premium SP1) System Image. Not sure if this is right place to post this but the primary question is around System Image. Currently running Windows 7 on a Gigabyte GA-A75M-UD2H with RAID Option ROM Version 3.3.1540.11 . I have had some "challenges"...
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    Windows 7 System image back up problem

    I am have a major issue backing up my computer. I have tried many things, here is the scoop It is a win 7 machine attemping a system image backup. It is being backed up to a HORNETTEK JBOD 3.5 Enclosure with a 1TB western Digital drive in it. I can see and access the drive as normal. When i...
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    Windows 7 Questions on Re-install Windows 7

    Hello- I have to re-install Windows 7 because I had some problems with my computer due to loosing my password and having to go through the back door to enable the administrator and create a new log in. It ended up causing problems with some of my documents and other things. Also, I got it when...
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    Windows 7 Why does Windows7 create two partitions?

    [SOLVED] Why does Windows7 create two partitions? Hello I installed Windows7 Ultimate from scratch, and it warns that it might create a 100MB partition before creating a second one where the real stuff lives. This makes imaging more complicated. # fdisk -lu Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB...
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    Windows 7 Backup to BlueRay

    I'm thinking of doing a system image of Windows 7 to blueray disk, could anyone advise on whether the Windows 7 backup facility would support this? The Image would be around 49 GB, thanks for any advice offered, Jack.
  20. Windows 7 System Image

    I Have my laptop currently with it personalized to my liking, I'm going to build a gaming pc, is it possible to use a system image, to copy my settings/preferences, and tweaks, to my new computer, and not have to painfully re-install, change, and personalize everything again? or do you know...