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Backing up my entire Windows OS and then booting from restored backup [duplicate]
Have just been coming up with a new backup strategy for my Windows systems, as previously i would use the Windows System Image tool very occasionally, however this is quite clunky, and i have heard it ...
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Replacing small HDD with Win 7 OS with larger HDD using Backup & Restore
I'm in the middle of replacing a small hard drive with Windows 7 installed on it with a larger hard drive. I've created a system image to an external hard drive. I've created a System Repair disk and ...
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How do I create an automatic, bootable backup of Windows 8 that only backs up changes, like Mac's Time Machine?
I have a Mac (running Mountain Lion) and a Windows 8 computer. I use Time Machine for my Mac, which has saved me a few times when my HD dies, by allowing me to simply restore my entire computer and ...
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How to clone a Win7 boot partition onto the SAME hard drive?
I want to have two or even three clones of my operating system partition on the same hard drive. No I don't want the clones on different hard drives. I want three partitions on one hard drive, two of ...
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Restore system disk to a larger drive failed to boot
I used DriveImage XML to backup a 40GB IDE system disk (Windows XP) and restore it to a blank 80GB IDE. After the restoration, I switched the IDE cables and made sure the system will boot to the 80GB ...
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Is it possible to copy all Windows 7 files from one HD to another and boot from the new HD?
Well, the hard-drive on my laptop died (it was displaying "SMART failure prediction -- Hard-disk Drive dailure might be imminant).
So I took it out and hooked it up to an external enclosure and ...
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Make an exact copy of my current Windows 7 partition bootable on another HDD?
I have 2 HDDs:
Drive A = 80GB SSD with my Windows 7 x64 and a 100MB System Partition that Windows made. Both NTFS.
Drive B = 1TB HDD with a NTFS data partition.
Here's what I've done so far:
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add files to a bootable dvd
I have a restore cd image that is roughly 200mb. The restore cd takes a disc image and copies it back unto a hd. I would like to put my 3gb image with it and hope it is found.
How do i modify an iso ...
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