Reformating computer with two Hard Drives.

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  1. Posts : 10,994
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #11

    You can backup/system image Drive C: to Drive D: as long as Drive D: has enough free space. After the backup/system image finishes Drive D: will contain the original 200gb of data plus you'll see a new file called WindowsImageBackup.
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  2. Posts : 679
    Windows 7 professional X64
    Thread Starter
       #12

    marsmimar said:
    You can backup/system image Drive C: to Drive D: as long as Drive D: has enough free space. After the backup/system image finishes Drive D: will contain the original 200gb of data plus you'll see a new file called WindowsImageBackup.
    Ohhhhhhh...
    And here I was thinking backups were stored in the hard drive like some sort of partition and not just a simple folder
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  3. Posts : 10,994
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #13

    Erick Aguilar said:
    marsmimar said:
    You can backup/system image Drive C: to Drive D: as long as Drive D: has enough free space. After the backup/system image finishes Drive D: will contain the original 200gb of data plus you'll see a new file called WindowsImageBackup.
    Ohhhhhhh...
    And here I was thinking backups were stored in the hard drive like some sort of partition and not just a simple folder
    Just to add to the mix, the WindowsImageBackup file is what's created when using the native Windows 7 backup/system image utility. If you use Macrium it creates a unique file name with a bunch of random letters and numbers. If you want to save more than one Windows 7 image the easiest thing to do is rename each WindowsImageBackup to something else. I rename my Windows 7 images to WIB122712 (the date it was created.) If I ever need to restore my computer using a particular image I rename it back to WindowsImageBackup.
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  4. Posts : 679
    Windows 7 professional X64
    Thread Starter
       #14

    marsmimar said:
    Erick Aguilar said:
    marsmimar said:
    You can backup/system image Drive C: to Drive D: as long as Drive D: has enough free space. After the backup/system image finishes Drive D: will contain the original 200gb of data plus you'll see a new file called WindowsImageBackup.
    Ohhhhhhh...
    And here I was thinking backups were stored in the hard drive like some sort of partition and not just a simple folder
    Just to add to the mix, the WindowsImageBackup file is what's created when using the native Windows 7 backup/system image utility. If you use Macrium it creates a unique file name with a bunch of random letters and numbers. If you want to save more than one Windows 7 image the easiest thing to do is rename each WindowsImageBackup to something else. I rename my Windows 7 images to WIB122712 (the date it was created.) If I ever need to restore my computer using a particular image I rename it back to WindowsImageBackup.
    Alright. I think the road I'll take is save and backup all my personal folders, and application installers to start a new to avoid any sort of.. shennanigan.
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