Dual Boot Image Backup? Anyone ?


  1. Posts : 30
    winxp
       #1

    Dual Boot Image Backup? Anyone ?


    Existing Dual boot XP/Win7 on same drive.

    In the past, with a single os, i always backed up complete image to separate drive, and it compressed nicely.

    Now, with dual boot, the size of the image is 350G, and includes BOTH XP/WIN7 os.

    Is there a way to backup only the Win7 os, and thus get a smaller footprint on the image? Or is both os needed to actually perform a recovery?

    See attachment image for partition information...
    thanks
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    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
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    What imaging app are you using?

    Windows 7 imaging "works", but has little flexibility.

    Paragon, Macrium, and Acronis should give you more control.

    You should probably make a rescue disk for whatever imaging app you use--and it's probably a good idea to use that disc to restore, even if Windows is still accessible.
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    winxp
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Using R-Drive Image
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  4. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #4

    Absolutely never heard of that one so I can't help with it specifically.

    Paragon and Macrium both have free versions that are well spoken of around here.

    Acronis is a paid program, but if you are restoring to a WD or Seagate drive, you can get a free version from the websites of those 2 drive manufacturers.

    Generally, I would think that an app is worthless if you can't choose the specific partitions to include or exclude in the image.
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    W7 x64
       #5

    Reduce the image size drastically by specifying in both OS's that personal archivage should occur on another physical drive. Turning off system restore will also have an impressive impact.
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    Try this CMD to image only one drive:

    SIW2 said:
    Try running Windows System Image from the command line.

    That way, you can select any partition(s) to image, and any location to store the image:

    I did it like this:

    Open an elevated cmd and type

    C:\windows\system32>WBADMIN START BACKUP -BACKUPTARGET:G: -INCLUDE:C: -QUIET

    That will make a backup image of C and store it on G.

    If you repeat it - or set up a scheduled task - successive backups will be incremental.

    Restore from the boot disc as usual - it will restore to the same offset - you can't restore anywhere else - again , as usual with Windows backup.
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