Question about Restoring from System Image?

Hi :) i want to know i had created a System Image of my Windows in which i included only Drive C: and System Reserved by default and i have'nt included any other drives at that time coz all other 4 drives were empty at that time. Now i want to know if i will restore my PC from the Image i created before .... will it erase all the data on other 4 drives as well other than C: ? I'm asking coz i tried to restore my system today and it gives a pop up warning something like "All the data on drives will be replaced with the data in the system image" before starting the process so i cancled it coz i have tons of data on other drives which i have'nt backuped yet will it delete data on my other Drives as well? sorry if it's a noob question

boogieboy said:

Hi :) i want to know i had created a System Image of my Windows in which i included only Drive C: and System Reserved by default and i have'nt included any other drives at that time coz all other 4 drives were empty at that time. Now i want to know if i will restore my PC from the Image i created before .... will it erase all the data on other 4 drives as well other than C: ? I'm asking coz i tried to restore my system today and it gives a pop up warning something like "All the data on drives will be replaced with the data in the system image" before starting the process so i cancled it coz i have tons of data on other drives which i have'nt backuped yet will it delete data on my other Drives as well? sorry if it's a noob question

You didn't say what software you used to make the System Image, but if you backedup only C:, then when you restore the image, it will only affect C:. What software did you use to make the Image?

I used Windows 7 Backup & Restore

boogieboy said:

I used Windows 7 Backup & Restore

It will only affect C: if you have backed C:. It won't affect the other drives. A lot of guys on here, myself included use free Macrium to backup. Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - Information and download It does a good job and I have heard others say that they have run across problems with the Windows Backup. It is easy to use and you can backup each drive independently.

bigmck said:

boogieboy said:

I used Windows 7 Backup & Restore

It will only affect C: if you have backed C:. It won't affect the other drives. A lot of guys on here, myself included use free Macrium to backup. Macrium Reflect FREE Edition - Information and download It does a good job and I have heard others say that they have run across problems with the Windows Backup. It is easy to use and you can backup each drive independently.

Thanks bigmck for the Help... i will try Macrium instead :)

boogieboy said:

Thanks bigmck for the Help... i will try Macrium instead :)

One thing to note when you are installing it. It gives you an option of Linux or something else. Check the Linux option even though you don't use Linux.

There is one other thing that is strange that you need to watch out for, but it is no big deal. == I will give you the example using my setup. -- My C: is named OS / Programs and my D: is named Documents. I backup C: to F: OS Backups and I backup D: to G: Doc Backups. == When you go to restore a drive, the letters are not the same. The way Macrium loads, it shuffles the drive letters. You have to refer to the names you have assigned, not the letters. In my case I would just make sure I am restoring Doc Backups to Documents regardless of what the drive letters said. Just thought I would warn you about that.

If you use MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials) I'd lean towards Macrium!

mjf, that is interesting. What is the reason?