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Need help using command line to re-image hard drive from system image
I have a Windows 7 32 bit computer with Home Premium installed by someone else. The computer works fine, but I want to explore various ways to reinstall the operating system (in case of serious malfunction) from backup image I made on 2 DVDs. The image backup I made using Backup and Restore (see screenshot1 red circle). The image spanned on 2 DVDs. I know that the mouse could be used from System Repair DVD (see green circle), which I made and boots up the computer and gives the choice "System Image Recovery" to restore backup from the DVDs. However I want to explore the method of using the Command Prompt, (see photo2). I've looked around on the web and found this:When I put that in the command line, I get this:Code:wbadmin get versions -backupTarget:E:
My first question: What would be the exact next command to start the wiping and re-imaging the hard drive? I guess it is this:Code:Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] X:\windows\system32>wbadmin get versions -backupTarget:E: wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool <C> Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp. The times of the backups displayed are based on the time zone of the current operating system that you are using. The time zone being used is <GMT -8:00> Pacific Standard Time. Backup time: 12/24/2024 2:23 PM Backup location: DVD labeled USER-PC 12/24/2024 5:23 PM 1. USER-PC 12/24/2024 5:23 PM 2 Version identifier: 12/24/2024-22:23 Can recover: Volume<s>, Bare Metal Recovery X:\windows\system32>_
Can someone tell me if this is correct, and give me the correct exact command if the above is wrong.Then my second question is: If I put in the above (corrected) command, will the wiping of the hard drive begin immediately, or will there be a warning and last chance to abort the wiping of the hard drive?Code:wbadmin start sysrecovery -version:12/24/2024-22:23 -backupTarget:E:![]()