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[shreader]

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.

[JabbaPapa Profile]

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.

[khonjo Profile]

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.