Restoring W7 to new physical drive by VHD image
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Re: Restoring W7 to new physical drive by VHD image
I havent tested the Win7 backup/ restore yet but from some research I just did for you, several posts are saying ~use Drive Image or Acronis for back ups. Windows back up just doesn't work~ & ~be very careful about hardware changing if you expect a system image restore to work~.
BTW when one boots from the DVD & chooses the repair option...
With Vista sometimes you have to do this 2x as the repair was a two step
process where one step had to be completed then a reboot was needed before
the second step could take place.
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Re: Restoring W7 to new physical drive by VHD image
khonjo wrote:In your reply as above it is stated as "restore your backup from within the clean W7", but recovery of a complete system from its backup cannot be performed within W7 being up and running. The restore process begins by letting the machine boot from a W7 setup DVD or a W7 Repair Disk and proceeds from there.
I see -- well then I suppose you should try again, given that your hard drive now has working boot data from the current W7 setup.
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Re: Restoring W7 to new physical drive by VHD image
The third party utilities as mentioned in shreader's reply are what I have been using. I just wanted to test the utility which comes with W7.
It appears that I should wait for the finalized version of W7.
It appears that I should wait for the finalized version of W7.
Mobo: GA-790XTA-UD4 with BIOS F2
CPU: Phenom II x4 970 3.5GHz
RAM: 16GB GSkill DDR3 1333 4GBx4
HDD: SATA-300 x2 Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 & HDS721010CLA332
Video: ATI Radeon HD 5770
Audio: Xonar DS
PSU: Corsair VX450W 450W
Monitor: Gateway FPD2485W & Dell UltraSharp U2410, Screen Res.: 1920x1200
OS: W7 x64 Ultimate
CPU: Phenom II x4 970 3.5GHz
RAM: 16GB GSkill DDR3 1333 4GBx4
HDD: SATA-300 x2 Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 & HDS721010CLA332
Video: ATI Radeon HD 5770
Audio: Xonar DS
PSU: Corsair VX450W 450W
Monitor: Gateway FPD2485W & Dell UltraSharp U2410, Screen Res.: 1920x1200
OS: W7 x64 Ultimate
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