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Imaging when system folders are on seperate drives
Hey guys, this is my first post on the Seven Forums. Seems like a really helpful and positive place so I thought I'd sign up and ask!
I'm formatting and reinstalling Windows on my build for a clean-slate start. I just need some aid when it comes to imaging the new installation. What I'll be doing is installing Windows 7 x64 Home Premium on my 60GB SSD using Kari's tutorial which details how to move the ProgramData and User folders to another disk using the installation's Audit Mode. From there, it's the usual driver installations, Windows Update and upgrade to Windows 7 x64 Ultimate. The drives will be set-up as such:
- 60GB SSD (1x OS Partition + that 100MB System Reserved thing)
- 1TB HDD (1x Windows System Folders partition [User/ProgramData folders], 1x Data Partition, 1x Partition where backups will be held)
When imaging this setup, I want to image seperately the Data and the OS so that if I do have to reimage my drives, all that will be put on there is the OS and it's programs. However, as my System Folders are on seperate physical drives, how do I approach this?
Do I just image as per usual and the program (undecided on which I'll use, but I'm leaning towards Macrium) will detect this anomaly and act accordingly? The optimal result I see is a reimage that will result in:
- 60GB SSD (1x OS Partition reimaged + that 100MB System Reserved thing reimaged)
- 1TB HDD (1x Windows System Folders partition reimaged, then the rest is unallocated space)
Can anyone aid with this? Thanks in advance!