Restore from full image just one drive.. Possible? Windows Backup tool


  1. vlsi99xx
    Posts : 17
    win 7 64
       New #1

    Restore from full image just one drive.. Possible? Windows Backup tool


    Hello: newbie here

    I looked but I couldn't find the answer. I had made a full image of 3 drives using Win 7 backup tool. However, since then, I have removed 2 of the disks but I want to restore just one of the drives where the OS was installed (these are physical HDD= 3). Windows restore CD does not let me restore just one drive since the image is for all 3.
    Is there any way that I can force windows 7 to restore just one of the drives from the the full image with 3 drives? Unfortunately, the drives that I removed already have new data in another PC and pretty big (2T each). I don't to buy 2 drives just to install the OS image.

    thank you
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. Brink
    Posts : 72,043
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #2

    Hello vlsi99x, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    If the two HDDs that you removed were only data drives and not system drives, then yes you could use step 8 or 9 in the tutorial below to only restore the system drive (step 8 easiest way) or exclude the drives you don't want restored (step 9).

    System Image Recovery

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. vlsi99xx
    Posts : 17
    win 7 64
    Thread Starter
       New #3

    Brink said:
    Hello vlsi99x, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    If the two HDDs that you removed were only data drives and not system drives, then yes you could use step 8 or 9 in the tutorial below to only restore the system drive (step 8 easiest way) or exclude the drives you don't want restored (step 9).

    System Image Recovery

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
    Hi thank you for the quick response. I noticed that I do not get the option "only restore system drives" The image says drive G;E;C. C was the drive the OS was installed (there were backups of the OS in the data drives G and E). Do you have an idea why I don't get the option to install "only restore system drives". Is it possible because I have one application that got installed in the data drive?



    thanks again (long time reader of this forum by the way).
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  6. Brink
    Posts : 72,043
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #4

    Does it allow you to exclude them using step 9 instead?
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  7. vlsi99xx
    Posts : 17
    win 7 64
    Thread Starter
       New #5

    No, it only shows the drive that I want to install the OS

    thanks
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  8. Brink
    Posts : 72,043
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       New #6

    Well, unfortunately it appears that the system image backup will require 3 HDDs to be able to restore it. It must have been 3 system drives that were included in the image backup.

    If you decide not to restore the image and to do a clean install instead, then you could also use the tutorial below to manually extract any files and folders you want from the image backup afterwards if you like.

    System Image - Extract Files Using Disk Management
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
Hi, I believe the following statements are true for win7 image backup. 1) The win7 image is for the entire HDD (or SSD). That is, you cannot make an image of just one partition. 2) When you restore the image, there is no option to restore a single partition. That is, you have...
Hi, I was wondering if I can get some advice on how to add drivers to the Recovery Disc (DVD). My hard drive is acting up lately and I wanted to make a clone of it. so I made an image backup of it on a external hard drive. Now I want to restore that backup image to a new hard drive (same size and...
Right now I am backing up all my files and folders through SyncToy (for easy access) but I'd like to also back up my entire Windows image with the same kind of automatic method (only transfers changes from the previous backup). Is there a free or paid program that does this?
just as the title indicates, i have one hard drive that is partitioned 3 times for a tri OS boot. window 64bit, 64bit and 32bit all window 7, for my personal reasons. now i just found out today window 7 image backup tool backs up the entire hard drive, and can not seperate partitions therefore...
Is it possible to resotre individual files from a full Image Backup? I Created a System Image. If this is possible, how is it done?
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 01:02.
Find Us