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Well, as a science experiment I restored an image to my SSD only and it worked just fine. I left the HDD attached too with the image on an external eSATA drive in an enclosure.

Gary, I have no idea why you would need this HDD if the image is properly restored on the SSD. There must be some catch 22.

Maybe I said that wrong Wolfgang. I have the OS on SSD, Users folders on a HDD. I left both attached to the motherboard.
The image I restored is on an external eSATA HDD. I successfully restored only the SSD OS image. I didn't need the HDD but was trying it since it was said the HDD should be disconnected. No BIOS changes for boot priority, the SSD has been first.

OK, understand.

Just spent 6 hours installing my updates 1 by 1 since my OCD kicked in and had to successfully install all the updates. Question. I'm currently backing up to an External HD. If I need it, can I restore from this and be to where I am currently? With all the Updates installed successfully, IE10, etc.

EchoX860 said:

Just spent 6 hours installing my updates 1 by 1 since my OCD kicked in and had to successfully install all the updates. Question. I'm currently backing up to an External HD. If I need it, can I restore from this and be to where I am currently? With all the Updates installed successfully, IE10, etc.

Yes, that is the purpose of n image. I assume that means you are making an image.

I'm currently backing up to an External HD

Britton30 said:

Maybe I said that wrong Wolfgang. I have the OS on SSD, Users folders on a HDD. I left both attached to the motherboard.
The image I restored is on an external eSATA HDD. I successfully restored only the SSD OS image. I didn't need the HDD but was trying it since it was said the HDD should be disconnected. No BIOS changes for boot priority, the SSD has been first.

So are you saying that the HDD wasn't the original source of your image that contained the OS? If so then I guess I wouldn't expect a problem. Your HDD contains your user folders?

What I do is still keep my user libraries on my SSD but simply have user data folders on an a couple of internal HDDs. I back these up independently. These contain things like videos and a large photo collection. I see no great value in libraries as opposed to standard folders. Now I'm sure I'm overlooking some advantages of libraries but I don't simply need to use them.

Michael here is my layout:

SSD - w7 and programs
HDD - Users, (Docs, Video, Music, Picture),Temp browser files

I used Reflect to make an image of each drive separately and these were stored on a 3rd, external HDD. I really don't know where my Libraries (junction points) are stored, I think on the SSD C:\ though.

I did finally find a good use for libraries by creating one for a single file I keep images in for graphics work. That way it shows in the file tree and it opens without drilling down through a lot of folders.

Britton30 said:

Michael here is my layout:

SSD - w7 and programs
HDD - Users, (Docs, Video, Music, Picture),Temp browser files

I used Reflect to make an image of each drive separately and these were stored on a 3rd, external HDD. I really don't know where my Libraries (junction points) are stored, I think on the SSD C:\ though.

I did finally find a good use for libraries by creating one for a single file I keep images in for graphics work. That way it shows in the file tree and it opens without drilling down through a lot of folders.

This tells you where they are stored Libraries Under the Hood
They are NOT junction points!

Kaktussoft said:

This tells you where they are stored Libraries Under the Hood
They are NOT junction points!

Do you always have to rudely use exclamation marks!?! Your link told me nothing.!