I will, thanks. Technical support is certainly better than Macrium's.
A propos: I notice the backup file itself is 'Access denied'. I presume it is necessary to keep the 'Access denied' file mediaid.bin on the backup drive?
Unfortunate though, that Win-7's backup doesn't let you choose the folder and filename for your backup.
True that the Access Denied is big brother MS trying to protect us from ourselves. Now I will tell you how to get around that.
One way around is to run the UAC slider all of the way down. Only do this when not connected to the Internet and run it back up to one down from maximum when your finished.
2nd way around is to copy the file and then paste into another folder on another drive, for example, to the \Documents folder.
Now to that folder naming problem: I agree. I would like to change the name before the I make the image backup. What you can do, and what I do to prevent Win7 from overwriting the system image when I make another scheduled backup is to rename the folder which actually contains the VHD file.
It's about 0500 hours here and I can't remember the name and am too lazy to reconnect my usb right now. Tomorrow, after I've slept some I'll get back with the precise folder name.
Use the Snipping Tool or MS Paint make a snapshot of the maximized output of Disk Management (DISKMGMT.MSC) and attach to your next post.
https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...en-forums.html
As promised, here's a snapshot of renaming After the Fact.
You will notice that the older (by about 1 day) of the two system images has been renamed. Thus, I have my original system image backup and the current backup on the same drive.
Inside the WindowImageBackup, be it old or new, is the system image made at that time. The system image file is a VHD file.
Here's a snapshot showing location of latest VHD.
If you would like to examine the VHD, then you can use Disk Management.
In Disk Management you "ATTACH" the VHD and the Virtual Hard Disk will be "attached" (also called "mounted") on a drive which you can open/explore/etc.
Don't know if there is much point. Is there anything in there of any use other than the file itself when re-installing?
It's m:\windowsimagebackup in my case. I'd prefer to take a full backup each time, so I don't suppose there would be a problem with the file being overwritten.Now to that folder naming problem: I agree. I would like to change the name before the I make the image backup. What you can do, and what I do to prevent Win7 from overwriting the system image when I make another scheduled backup is to rename the folder which actually contains the VHD file.
It's about 0500 hours here and I can't remember the name and am too lazy to reconnect my usb right now. Tomorrow, after I've slept some I'll get back with the precise folder name.
That 100 MB partition is used for recovery purposes. You will notice that, from the Disk Management snapshot, that the partition is not empty.
You can live without it or with it. I've deleted it on the laptop I'm using to send this post. I've not deleted from my netbook--just laziness on my part--after all it's only 100 MB. It's only gone from this laptop because I wanted to see if I could delete it.
Google System Reserved Partition for more info.
Not sure I'm following all of that, but it might explain where the provenance of a ghost drive G: which appeared on the system yesterday, but is gone today.As promised, here's a snapshot of renaming After the Fact.
You will notice that the older (by about 1 day) of the two system images has been renamed. Thus, I have my original system image backup and the current backup on the same drive.
Inside the WindowImageBackup, be it old or new, is the system image made at that time. The system image file is a VHD file.
Here's a snapshot showing location of latest VHD.
If you would like to examine the VHD, then you can use Disk Management.
In Disk Management you "ATTACH" the VHD and the Virtual Hard Disk will be "attached" (also called "mounted") on a drive which you can open/explore/etc.
I don't know how it got there, but I didn't mount it deliberately.
Useful if you can explore the backup and select individual files to replace. The Macrium backup allows this. In fact it seems the ghost drive is created when you explore the Macrium backup file.
Yes, some 30M used.
Thanks.You can live without it or with it. I've deleted it on the laptop I'm using to send this post. I've not deleted from my netbook--just laziness on my part--after all it's only 100 MB. It's only gone from this laptop because I wanted to see if I could delete it.
Google System Reserved Partition for more info.
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