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  1. Dave76
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    Good idea, better safe than sorry.
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  3. whs
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    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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    Frequent imaging is a good practice. Saves your bacon. Hopefully you did not use Windows7 imaging because that is iffy.
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  4. OppfinnarJocke
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    whs said:
    Frequent imaging is a good practice. Saves your bacon. Hopefully you did not use Windows7 imaging because that is iffy.
    Oops... yes I do... Not a good idea?
    During early installation of my system, I once did restore from an image made by W7, and that worked fine. Are you saying it cannot be trusted?
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  6. whs
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    Many people had problems with it. You may want to make a backup image with free Macrium. But do not forget the 100MB partition - if present. Imaging with free Macrium
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  7. Dave76
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    Windows 7 Ult x64 - SP1/ Windows 8 Pro x64
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    Agree with whs, use Macrium Reflect.

    Many problems with windows backup. Backup is not something you want to risk.
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