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The backup image is an BigDrive (F) isn't it? YES
Did you make an macrium image of C, system reserved and recovery?
I believe I did.=>open the image(s) in macrium reflect and you seee what's in it.
Partition recovery isn't necessary anymore.
Does this mean I don't have to make a partition in the new disc to put the restored image?=>bigdrive has a partition with the image file(s) already on it. It also has a lot of unallocated space. Restore the image(s) to the unallocated space as told you before
I can do that but why would it not be necessary? You mean just do it when it's connected to the usb enclosure?
- connect new disk to same connector as old disk. (not really necessary I think)
=>just to be sure it boots from the new disk after restoration. new disk may not be external if you try to boot from it. win7 cannot boot from usb drive!
I can do all that -- good explanation and thank you.
- Boot from macriurm recovery CD. Be sure it is the WINPE version!! Only winpe version can resize on restore. And can put it on another place.
- reserved" first. Put in in the unallocated space. A 100MB partition appears
I'm starting to think though that I want to do a clean install as described elsewhere on this forum. I am just so upset with HP that my 1-year-old computer has a failing hard drive and I don't want any of their software near my computer anymore.
When I called them they said they'd be happy to put in a new hard drive for me if I'd ship my computer to them and pay $350 plus $60 for the hard drive. That's no help at all since with shipping costs I can almost buy a new computer at that price.
As a single working mother I don't have the time or money for yearly computer fixes or a new purchase. This is the first and last HP computer I'll ever purchase.
=> just do the restore.. it's quite simple and fast