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How do I restore my Dual-Boot Win7 setup from backups, to a new HD?
My old HD worked fine as a dual-boot HD: whenever I started the computer, I would see Windows Boot Manager, allowing me to specify which system drive I wanted to boot into (Drive C, or drive Z).
I carefully made three separate NTFS partition backups of my HD before it crashed:
(1) I backed up the 100MB "System Reserved" partition;
(2) I backed up the Drive C (800GB) Win7 Pro 64 partition with various applications;
(3) I backed up the Drive Z (77GB) Win7 Pro 64 partition with various other applications.
I now have a brand new 1TB HD - How do I restore it to a dual-boot HD from my 3 partition backups?
I tried doing it manually (re-partition the new HD to three partitions sized as described above, format each partition for NTFS, then restore each individual partition from its respective backup.) But when I rebooted, I was no longer getting Windows Boot Manager, and the drive would only boot from the restored Drive C partition. It didn't even recognize the Drive Z at all, despite its having a fully restored Win 7 system on it. HELP!