Imaging with free Macrium


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       #1180

    If you mean the size on the DVD Mike it is less than 200MB.
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       #1181

    whs said:
    You worry too much. setting Secure Boot and Legacy mode is a 2 minute affair. There is really nothing that can happen and setting it back is another 2 minutes. I have done that already several times on my UEFI systems.

    But if you are happy with your old laptop, that's OK too and you do not have to power off your main system.

    Now that you are a Pro, try this one.
    I'll take a look at that Wolfgang the machine I have it running on is an oldish desktop I use for testing software on and has the older legacy BIOS. I was just thinking on the cautious side re the EUFI to Legacy and back as I saw some comments regarding that it could be a catastrophic problem etc but if you have done it then it makes me feel a bit more at ease doing it myself. But I do have a problem with that machine (Ivy Bridge) as it is and I don't want to compound it with a BIOS issue.
    The Sandy Bridge running 8.1 I cannot get the legacy BIOS to start - have no idea why being a Gigabyte board it says at the POST BIOS = DEL but holding it down and powering on or tapping it while powering on doesn't get it to go or I would use that machine.

    Now the "tester" as I call it has like I said a Q9650 CPU 4GB DDR2 RAM (custom build I was given) and an SSD running 7 it is slow to boot into the Linux but once in it flies:) but I think most of the slowness is due to the machie only having 2.0 USB
    But I can see why you prefer it to the Ubuntu boot I used before because of the storage capability of the stick and even a SSD which I think I might use - there are some really good deals on them at the moment out here ie a 256GB SanDisk Ultra Plus for $119!!

    I have to thank you (and the others) for putting up with my persistent griping and apologise for being such a pain too - my only excuse being that I have been really tired and run down just lately - and it hasn't been easy especially with the forum posting problem causing so much grief.
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       #1182

    kado897 said:
    If you mean the size on the DVD Mike it is less than 200MB.
    Yep I usually just make mine on a CD it it is the system repair disk feature from the Control Panel.:)

    As Kado says the data is really not that much and when I make that after a clean install I always back up the registry as well - as I have dropped the ball on a few occasions back in the past through not doing that.
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       #1183

    ICit2lol said:
    kado897 said:
    If you mean the size on the DVD Mike it is less than 200MB.
    Yep I usually just make mine on a CD it it is the system repair disk feature from the Control Panel.:)

    As Kado says the data is really not that much and when I make that after a clean install I always back up the registry as well - as I have dropped the ball on a few occasions back in the past through not doing that.
    it is not the same as the Windows repair disk John. It is a Macrium recovery disk.
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       #1184

    kado897 said:
    ICit2lol said:
    kado897 said:
    If you mean the size on the DVD Mike it is less than 200MB.
    Yep I usually just make mine on a CD it it is the system repair disk feature from the Control Panel.:)

    As Kado says the data is really not that much and when I make that after a clean install I always back up the registry as well - as I have dropped the ball on a few occasions back in the past through not doing that.
    it is not the same as the Windows repair disk John. It is a Macrium recovery disk.
    Sorry mate my mistake
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  6. Posts : 20,583
    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #1185

    Thanks you for confirming Keith and John which yep Macrium
    Windows keeps giving me a "Insert a blank disk" Yuck :/
    Had no idea on what size the recovery disk for a system image would be using the above or with windows,
    Cheers.
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       #1186

    Don't forget Mike. The recovery disk is just the program. The image is located elsewhere.
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  8. whs
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       #1187

    The last WinPE .iso that I uploaded to my OneDrive is exactly 173MBs
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  9. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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       #1188

    ICit2lol said:
    whs said:
    You worry too much. setting Secure Boot and Legacy mode is a 2 minute affair. There is really nothing that can happen and setting it back is another 2 minutes. I have done that already several times on my UEFI systems.

    But if you are happy with your old laptop, that's OK too and you do not have to power off your main system.

    Now that you are a Pro, try this one.
    I'll take a look at that Wolfgang the machine I have it running on is an oldish desktop I use for testing software on and has the older legacy BIOS. I was just thinking on the cautious side re the EUFI to Legacy and back as I saw some comments regarding that it could be a catastrophic problem etc but if you have done it then it makes me feel a bit more at ease doing it myself. But I do have a problem with that machine (Ivy Bridge) as it is and I don't want to compound it with a BIOS issue.
    The Sandy Bridge running 8.1 I cannot get the legacy BIOS to start - have no idea why being a Gigabyte board it says at the POST BIOS = DEL but holding it down and powering on or tapping it while powering on doesn't get it to go or I would use that machine.

    Now the "tester" as I call it has like I said a Q9650 CPU 4GB DDR2 RAM (custom build I was given) and an SSD running 7 it is slow to boot into the Linux but once in it flies:) but I think most of the slowness is due to the machie only having 2.0 USB
    But I can see why you prefer it to the Ubuntu boot I used before because of the storage capability of the stick and even a SSD which I think I might use - there are some really good deals on them at the moment out here ie a 256GB SanDisk Ultra Plus for $119!!

    I have to thank you (and the others) for putting up with my persistent griping and apologise for being such a pain too - my only excuse being that I have been really tired and run down just lately - and it hasn't been easy especially with the forum posting problem causing so much grief.
    I understand that you are just careful. And there is no need to disturb your Ivt Bridge system if you can test it on the Q9650 system. After all this is not a system with which you would operate all day but rather use it in emergencies for recovering files.

    And you do not need to apologize for your interactions. That's what the forum is designed to be and I for my part I have no problem to interacting with you. Bring up any problem and ask any question - if I can answer it, I am happy to do so.
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    Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
       #1189

    Yep image will be allot bigger than that :)
    Thanks guys I hate buying just cd's when I have plenty of good dvd -r's already :/
    Cheers.
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