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I backed up the Win7 system partition, and a data partition, to an external HD. The system partition is 150 GB, with about 80GB free.
When I set up my dual-boot system, I had to hide the Win7 partitions from XP because XP was erasing my Win7 restore points. Can you remind me again; how do I permit XP to see and access the Win7 partitions? I did not create a boot disk with EaseUS Todo Backup, which I have installed on XP.
As you can tell from the screenshot, XP cannot see the two Win7 partitions because they both show 100% free space, when I know that there is data on both of them. Also, I labeled them "Windows 7". The Win7 system partition (D:) is marked "Active" and the XP System partition (C:) is marked "System."
I was able to create another option in the Boot Manager - an EaseUS Todo Backup Linux boot option. When I boot into this, and attach my USB external HD, I do have an option for restoring the system image I made 2 weeks ago.
Is a boot disk required? What I have done in the past with other systems is do a fresh install of the OS, load the backup software on the system, and then restore a previously backed up system partition using that software. Thanks again!
Last edited by ConMac; 16 Apr 2012 at 15:56.