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With the W7 option you can start the restoration while in Windows. For Acronis you simply boot live from either the software disk or rescue cd made up for the purpose. And if you have a dual boot you can run a restore from the other version.
Here I can start the restoration remotely while on another 7 build using TeamViewer. I don't even have to be sitting at the machine being restored! That can simplify things at times.
Obviously! Just don't forget 8 includes the same option started with Vista as far as being able to create images with the Backup&Restore option in the Control Panel. The one thing I found displeasing about 8's options however was the PC Refresh where you no longer can perform an upgrade to repair install you still have for both Vista and 7 without seeing a total wipe.
The PC Refresh does a fresh clean install while still seeing the Windows.old folder for user files. The WET still has a place however for files and settings to be preserved once a new install goes on for 8 plus programs. The sad part about 8 is you end up losing more then gaining if you replace one of the two previous versions as well as the other not so favorable changes seen.
This discussion shows how important imaging is to users.
Of course MS knows best (giving to middle finger to users once again) and removed it from the W8.1 preview.
Now MS can use their telemetry to "prove" that nobody used that feature anyway.
ZDNet - Ed BottA few features that were in Windows 8 are not in Windows 8.1 at all. Here’s a partial list:
- The legacy Windows 7 Backup program, which allows you to capture an image backup of your system, is gone. The associated executable file and DLL (Sdclt.exe and Sdcpl.dll, respectively) are gone, as is the Windows Backup service. The opportunity to restore a backup created using that tool is still there, but you can’t create a new image backup of your device running the Windows 8.1 Preview.
The missing pieces from the Windows 8.1 preview | ZDNet
Well MS wants everybody to start buying 3rd party options for just about anything if not everything you once saw included. You may find a new tile some time for a 3rd party imaging ware offer. That would be the apparent direction they are going.