Can Hard Disk Image be copied?

I would say yes, without trying myself. I thought that was the point of the image. You make an image of your HD, it crashes and you buy a new HD. You will not have to reactivate or use your Win 7, DVD because you have the image.

Cluent said:

I've used Backup to create an Image of the hard drive on an external drive. Can I copy that image from one location to another?

I think he's asking if he/she can copy the image to another location. i have never tried this but as long as you point it to the correct location when using the image, you should be able to copy it to another location. Windows 7 imaging might be different than other imaging programs. You should try it, then try restoring it, just to see if it gives you the option to use the new location. I would like to know myself. It should work.

SIW2 said:

Hi Flik,

How does The Restore react to having two copies of the same image- does it list them both as available?

Is it unaware of the copy?

Or were you careful not to let it see the original and the copy at the same time.

Thanks.

When restoring I'm pretty sure it will only see the images that are in the folders that windows puts them in. If they are in another folder then they won't be seen.

Whenever I have copied one over I have always put it in another folder.

*Edit*
Yup, I've just tried it...made a test folder, stuck the image in it and rebooted with the recovery CD - not seen or showing up in the list of images to be restored