Copy the OS drive


  1. cheerful
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    Windows 7
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    Copy the OS drive


    I've a single partition for the OS (w/o that extra 100MB).

    I used to run Ghost to copy the OS partition to another hard drive so that I can boot to the other one in case of the regular one breaks. However, I've heard Ghost is not ready for Windows 7 64 bit.

    Any suggestion on what to use to do that? Thanks!
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  3. theog
    Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
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    If you mean Norton Ghost, use v15.

    OR

    System Image Recovery
    Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup
    Restore Backup User and System Files
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  4. Ztruker
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    Windows 10 Pro X64
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    Acronis True Image or the free Macrium Reflect. Both work well with Windows 7. I use ATI at home and Macrium at work.
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  6. cheerful
    Posts : 16
    Windows 7
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    One more thing:

    The way I used to have is XP on C:. The copy is on another partition and I actually mount it as E:. I have scheduled folder/file copying from C: to E:

    1. Once drive copying is done, and system boot to the copy, the drive letter will be wrong: the backup OS drive remains as E: and the original is C:. I have to manually change that. Is there any way to fix it?

    2. How good is the Win7's built-in set up? Should I just use that instead of 3rd party software which does mostly copying?

    Thanks!
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  7. Beckyj636
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    Windows 7 ultimate 64bit
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    Norton Ghost 15 is windows 7 64 bit compatible.
    I have and just copied my c: to a 1tb drive and that is my boot drive.

    it worked nicely
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