Clone windows 7 using windows 7 disk

Here is how to image: Imaging with free Macrium

thanks,
But I just want to figure out how to do it with windows 7 disk, it was very easy and flawless experience,
why using foreign software when you can do that with windows disk...
I am not cloning SSD just HDD.

If you are adventures, you can use the Windows 7 built-in imaging program. But that is a by far inferior to the free Macrium option.

Morph1 said:

whs said:

If you are adventures, you can use the Windows 7 built-in imaging program. But that is a by far inferior to the free Macrium option.

ok I will give it a shot, do you know if I can clone a larger volume drive onto a smaller volume drive
lets say get my OS from 500 gig hdd to a 320 gig hdd, or does my target drive have to equal or exceed the main drive with OS.

With a Macrium image that is possible - provided the original amount of data fits. But then you can also shrink the 500GB to 320GB. That's what I would do - it's safer.

For the shrinking you will need the bootable CD of Partition Wizard because Disk Management probably can't do it (because it cannot move the MFT).

See the last box on this website. Burn this .iso to CD and boot the system with that CD. And here is a video tutorial that shows you how to do it.