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  1. Posts : 220
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
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    12GB USB Flash Card


    I just purchased the Aspire One 722-BZ1967 with x64 C50 W7 Home Premium at Walmart which will be delivered tomorrow.

    I reviewed the users guide on Acer USA as I was curios about creating a backup of the OS. I was surprised to see that there is a USB Flash Card method for accomplishing this process.

    I intend to use this procedure with a 12GB USB Flash Drive, however, for confirmation I would request opinions pro/con if this is the best way to do it.

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
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    enigma1944 said:
    I just purchased the Aspire One 722-BZ1967 with x64 C50 W7 Home Premium at Walmart which will be delivered tomorrow.

    I reviewed the users guide on Acer USA as I was curios about creating a backup of the OS. I was surprised to see that there is a USB Flash Card method for accomplishing this process.

    I intend to use this procedure with a 12GB USB Flash Drive, however, for confirmation I would request opinions pro/con if this is the best way to do it.

    Thanks
    You may just barely be able to backup win 7 (which version? start, home, pro, ultimate) but far too soon y our win 7 partition will be too large to back up on 12 gigs.

    My win 7 partition is 26 gigs (32 bit) atm so a more long term solution might be a better idea.
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  3. Posts : 6,243
    win 7 ultimate32bit, Win8.1pro wmc 32bit
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    zigzag3143 said:
    enigma1944 said:
    I just purchased the Aspire One 722-BZ1967 with x64 C50 W7 Home Premium at Walmart which will be delivered tomorrow.

    I reviewed the users guide on Acer USA as I was curios about creating a backup of the OS. I was surprised to see that there is a USB Flash Card method for accomplishing this process.

    I intend to use this procedure with a 12GB USB Flash Drive, however, for confirmation I would request opinions pro/con if this is the best way to do it.

    Thanks
    You may just barely be able to backup win 7 (which version? start, home, pro, ultimate) but far too soon y our win 7 partition will be too large to back up on 12 gigs.

    My win 7 partition is 26 gigs (32 bit) atm so a more long term solution might be a better idea.
    I entirely agree with ZigZag, with the price of portable USB HDDs so cheap ,It may be worth investing some cash and buying a decent sized one Using macrium to back up a disc image Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - Information and download :)
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  4. Posts : 11,408
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  5. Posts : 220
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    zigzag3143 said:
    enigma1944 said:
    I just purchased the Aspire One 722-BZ1967 with x64 C50 W7 Home Premium at Walmart which will be delivered tomorrow.

    I reviewed the users guide on Acer USA as I was curios about creating a backup of the OS. I was surprised to see that there is a USB Flash Card method for accomplishing this process.

    I intend to use this procedure with a 12GB USB Flash Drive, however, for confirmation I would request opinions pro/con if this is the best way to do it.

    Thanks
    You may just barely be able to backup win 7 (which version? start, home, pro, ultimate) but far too soon y our win 7 partition will be too large to back up on 12 gigs.

    My win 7 partition is 26 gigs (32 bit) atm so a more long term solution might be a better idea.
    As I stated in my question, this is a dual core x64 W7 Home Premium OS.

    I'm not sure if I really need the SP1 because it will only be used for browsing & Email

    If your partition is 26GB 32 bit to me that means 13GB 64bit.

    I thought the same as you about the 12GB and originally entertained a 16GB Flash Card and I'll probably get it.

    My other laptop is x64 W7 Home and it uses 11.2GB

    Thanks
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  6. Posts : 220
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #6

    theog said:
    A bit more read from Acer.

    Acer Empowering Technology > Acer eRecovery Management.
    Acer Support - Answers, E-Mail, Chat - How can I restore my computer with the backup discs I created?

    Manual how to use Acer eRecovery Management here:
    ftp://ftp.support.acer-euro.com/note...%20English.pdf

    Have you tried pressing <Alt+F10> at boot up, to goto the Acer eRecovery Management.
    Acer Support: Frequently Asked Questions list for How to use Acer eRecovery

    You can Order Acer recovery disks from here:
    https://secure.tx.acer.com/RCDB/Main.aspx?brand=acer

    or from Windows.
    System Image Recovery
    Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup
    Restore Backup User and System Files
    Thanks for the info
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  7. Posts : 22,814
    W 7 64-bit Ultimate
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    It would be very foolish not to install SP 1 no matter what the intended use of the PC is.
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  8. Posts : 220
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #8

    Bare Foot Kid said:
    It would be very foolish not to install SP 1 no matter what the intended use of the PC is.
    Thanks

    I just received this Acer and much to my surprise it has W7 HP SP1 installed.

    After I fired it up I received another 50 W7 updates.

    This netbook has a special recovery procedure whereby you can select between a flash drive or a external USB optical DVD drive. I bought a cheap 16GB flash drive which I used and the total backup was 8.7GB.

    Since this my 1st adventure in the Netbook world I was confused by the operational changes they have versus normal laptop operations.

    Now that I think about it, I don't remember seeing much about Netbooks in this forum or maybe I just missed them.
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  9. Posts : 11,408
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       #9

    NO we get alot, but NO Recovery Disks to work with.

    Well done, you made the Recovery Disk.
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  10. Posts : 220
    Windows 7 Home Premium x64
    Thread Starter
       #10

    theog said:
    NO we get alot, but NO Recovery Disks to work with.

    Well done, you made the Recovery Disk.
    OK thanks

    Case Closed
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