restoration from systems image will it effect the non back up drives


  1. Posts : 3
    windows 7 Professional 32 bit
       #1

    restoration from systems image will it effect the non back up drives


    Hi all,

    I have dual boot windows systems (windows XP in c: drive and windows 7 in d: drive) and e,f,g and h drives (all are type basic ) are for my personnal data (not concerning with Operating systems) now i want to make systems image of c and d drive.

    but i dont know what will happen when i try to restore the systems using this systems image. I mean will it effect the data in e,f,g or h drive or just re-format the c and d drive and restore the systems image from DVD.

    does anyone has a concrete answer. i dont want to loose my data in e,f,g or h drive.

    thanks in advance.
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  3. Posts : 8,398
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64/Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64/Ubuntu 11.04
       #3

    Hi dazzlerboy,

    Are these separate hard drives or partitions? Anyway, restoring your drives from a CD shouldn't mess with your other drives if you do i correctly. But if these other drives have important files on them, I recommend backing up onto an External HDD before restoring to the image.

    Hope this helps,
    Jaidyn
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  4. Posts : 10,200
    MS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-bit
       #4

    Please post diskmanagement snapshot. Procedure follows:


    HOW TO POST A SNAPSHOT OF DISK MANAGEMENT DISPLAY

    Run disk management:
    WIN | type DISKMGMT.MSC | ENTER
    WIN is the key with the wavy flag.

    Maximize the output of Disk Management:
    ALT-Spacebar key combo (this pops up a menu) |
    X key (selects Maximize) |
    Drag the field separators (such as between Status and Capacity) to show entire field. This is very important, otherwise, needed info is not visible.

    Make a snapshot:
    WIN | type SNIPPING | ENTER
    Click the New button.
    Drag the cursor around the area you want to snip.
    File | Save as | select save location and name | Save button

    Post the snapshot:
    · Click on the paperclip icon in that row of icons at the top of the message box.
    · Click on a BROWSE button. There are 5 of them.
    · Navigate to the folder containing the snapshot.
    · Click on the snapshot.
    · Click on the OPEN button.
    · Click on the UPLOAD button adjacent to the 5th BROWSE button.
    · Close the MANAGE ATTACHMENTS window.
    · Position the cursor at the spot in the message where you want the
    snapshot to appear.
    · Click on the PaperClip again.
    · Click on the file which you want to insert
    · Attach code will be inserted into your message.
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  5. Posts : 3
    windows 7 Professional 32 bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Hi
    I have 6 partition on one HDD.
    With dual boot (WIndows Xp and Windows 7 professional ). I will backup only c and d drives as only these two derive has the OS.
    Screen shot is attached for your reference
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails restoration from systems image will it effect the non back up drives-disk_manager.png  
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