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Image your system with free Macrium
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New #1742
Initial Install
I always create an initial install image (OS, Updates and Macrium).
Then I install an AV and other programs and then I create another image.
The other day I had to uninstall Avast (so that I could use an installer to do a clean install, since the in-place upgrade seemed to be corrupted).
Whilst my PC had no AV I took the opportunity to create an image, so that if I decide to replace Avast, I can use that image and install a different AV. :)
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well my images will soon get bigger. As now I will be keeping games on my new C: drive. I dont want multiple backups of the games, and games are getting big now days, e.g. FF13 is 60 gig alone. I will definitely think about differential tho.
I think what seems most likely is every time I install a new big game, I do a new full backup and wipe the older full backup but otherwise do differential's in between which then should be small files.
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Between here and Tom's Hardware, I've been a big sponge lately; just asking constant questions and sopping up the knowledge. Both places have been very patient with me and I thank you for that.
So...
Is there any way to tell how big an image will be before creating it?
Edited to add a second question:
Can the image be put on a drive with other files?
In other words can I put on my external HD with regular files and videos on it?
Thanks.Last edited by hawgwash; 20 Nov 2014 at 17:34.
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Don't know and can't check ATM but I think my images are about 70% of the total used space of all drives/partitions I select.
From a previously asked question at Macrium support:
It depends on the type of data on your disk, MP3's and video files don't compress much, if at all. Generally the image file size will be around 60-65% of the size of the used space on the partition.
Macrium Support Forum - I need a compression estimate
Additional info: Advanced Settings - Compression
Question 2: Yes. The image will be one single (large) file.
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My Macrium images are about 40 to 45 percent of the size of the occupied space on the partition in question. That's using default settings---medium compression. I've never tried another setting.
An image file is just a file like any other. You can store it anywhere EXCEPT on the partition that it represents. Although you could store it on a separate partition on the same drive, it's a better practice to store it on a completely different drive.
I put mine in an "images" folder, but you don't even have to do that. You just have to be able to find it when you need it.
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The size of an image of an OS partition (C partition) will be appr. 60% of the size of the data in that partition. The size of the total partition is not relevant.
Yes you can put the image on an external disk together with other files. I suggest you make a seperate folder e.g. called IMAGES and navigate to that folder in Macrium when you setup the image. Without the folder the image will get to the root of the disk and that may be a bit messy. Macrium images looke like this in the root of the disk or in the folder:
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Ok, caught my breath.
So, since there is no personal data on C,or anywhere for that matter, the 20GB of “used space” will be just the OS?
I’ve installed W7 and there is a hidden OEMpartition with a couple GB of, I’m guessing, old XP stuff. Will that be in theimage as well?
I guess where I’m headed here is, I want totry deleting the OEM leftovers but think maybe I should do an image first?
Makesense?
Playball..
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