Personal computing discussed
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frumper15 wrote:Macrium and/or the built in "Windows 7" full system backup built into W8
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... -whole-pc/
churin wrote:frumper15 wrote:Macrium and/or the built in "Windows 7" full system backup built into W8
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... -whole-pc/
I assume that the image has to be created on the W8 whose image is to be created. Can the image be restored on any primary partition?
flip-mode wrote:churin wrote:frumper15 wrote:Macrium and/or the built in "Windows 7" full system backup built into W8
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... -whole-pc/
I assume that the image has to be created on the W8 whose image is to be created. Can the image be restored on any primary partition?
From what I hear - not personal experience - you have to be careful when restoring after using Windows 8's Windows 7 (ugh, the absurdity) image backup. It is apparently a file-based restore and will not automatically reformat the partitions for you. Do your reformatting manually ahead of time.
But really, the availability of Macrium Reflect Free (this is what I use) should make anything else a moot point. In my opinion. It's an excellent solution with many features, reliable, easy to use, very straightforward. And free.
flip-mode wrote:churin wrote:frumper15 wrote:Macrium and/or the built in "Windows 7" full system backup built into W8
http://arstechnica.com/information-tech ... -whole-pc/
I assume that the image has to be created on the W8 whose image is to be created. Can the image be restored on any primary partition?
From what I hear - not personal experience - you have to be careful when restoring after using Windows 8's Windows 7 (ugh, the absurdity) image backup. It is apparently a file-based restore and will not automatically reformat the partitions for you. Do your reformatting manually ahead of time.
Flying Fox wrote:That's how .wim restore works. OTOH, the advantage is you can restore to any sized partition as long as it is large enough to hold all the files. No need to worry about alignment and all that going from HDD <-> SSD (since you format beforehand with a proper OS, at least that is the assumption).
Ryu Connor wrote:Just sysprep the system before you image it.
You don't need Macrium to get that feature.
Ryu Connor wrote:http://tsmithjr-it.blogspot.com/2011/01/sysprep-cannot-run-on-computer-that-has.html