I gave my son my 32Gig Thumbdrive to make recovery device for his new HP machine....
I tried on my Mac, I also tried with Ghost, but I cannot make a good disk image that I will be able to use later.
Any advice?
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64/Windows 8.1 Pro x64
CPU
AMD FX 8350
Motherboard
Asus M5A88-M
Memory
16 Gigs [1 Gig for Shared Vid mem]
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4250 GPU
Sound Card
ALC892 8-Channel High Def Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
VGA main, HDMI to TV
Screen Resolution
VGA Screen: 1440 x 900 TV Screen: 1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
120 Gig SSD
150 Gig HDD
~2TB on server. [My Docs, Photos, My Music, dedicated drives, Desktop is a folder. All on the server. Used by both Win7/Win8.1, and other machines in the house]
PSU
850 Watt
Case
Smilodon Raidmax
Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper212EVO
Keyboard
[2,] Wireless
Mouse
[2,] Wireless
Internet Speed
Broadband
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
IE, Chrome, Opera
Other Info
Blue-Ray DL drive Z:\
Server: 2.4Ghz Dual core, with about 2TB on it. WinServ2003Enterprise x32 w 8Gigs usable RAM [YES]
MacBook: 2Ghz Core2Duo, 2Gigs, Snow 160Gigs
Acer AspireOne: 1.6Ghz, Dual-Core, 1 Gig, XP Home
6 Android Devices
iPod Touch
I recommend trying Macrium Reflect - its recommend and used here extensively.
Download this WinPE ISO, unzip it, and write it to a CD/DVD or separate USB thumb-drive. Use it to create the image to the 32GB USB you purchased for your son.
This WinPE cannot reside on the same 32GB thumb drive which will hold the Macrium image.
1*Samsung 840 EVO 120GB SSD;
1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
1*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB;
2*Western Digital 1TB External USB 3.0
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0
PSU
Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W
Case
Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z
Cooling
Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans
The USB Drive is not an option on making the backup from
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64/Windows 8.1 Pro x64
CPU
AMD FX 8350
Motherboard
Asus M5A88-M
Memory
16 Gigs [1 Gig for Shared Vid mem]
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4250 GPU
Sound Card
ALC892 8-Channel High Def Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
VGA main, HDMI to TV
Screen Resolution
VGA Screen: 1440 x 900 TV Screen: 1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
120 Gig SSD
150 Gig HDD
~2TB on server. [My Docs, Photos, My Music, dedicated drives, Desktop is a folder. All on the server. Used by both Win7/Win8.1, and other machines in the house]
PSU
850 Watt
Case
Smilodon Raidmax
Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper212EVO
Keyboard
[2,] Wireless
Mouse
[2,] Wireless
Internet Speed
Broadband
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
IE, Chrome, Opera
Other Info
Blue-Ray DL drive Z:\
Server: 2.4Ghz Dual core, with about 2TB on it. WinServ2003Enterprise x32 w 8Gigs usable RAM [YES]
MacBook: 2Ghz Core2Duo, 2Gigs, Snow 160Gigs
Acer AspireOne: 1.6Ghz, Dual-Core, 1 Gig, XP Home
6 Android Devices
iPod Touch
You need to have TWO USB drives -- one containing Winpe (which you use to boot) and once booted into MR, insert the OTHER USB drive and write the image to that.
Mark, does it matter how the USB thumb drive is formatted? i.e. FAT32 vs. NTFS? is one better than the other when it comes to storing MR images in the way JosesMorgue is looking to do?
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Studio XPS 8100
OS
Windows 8.1 Pro with Media Center
CPU
Intel Core i7-860 processor, (8MB Cache, 2.80GHz)
Motherboard
Dell (Chicony - DH57M01)
Memory
8GB DDR3 SDRAM at 1333MHz-4x2GB
Graphics Card(s)
nVidia GeForce GTS240, 1024MB GDDR3
Sound Card
OEM Integrated
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell ST2410, 24" Flat Panel Monitor
Hard Drives
256GB Samsung SSD 840 Pro, MZ-7PD256BW
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Blue, WD10EALX
Seagate Baracuda 750GB, ST3750528AS (OEM)
Western Digital 2TB Black, WD2003FZEX
You need to have TWO USB drives -- one containing Winpe (which you use to boot) and once booted into MR, insert the OTHER USB drive and write the image to that.
No, I have a bootable thumbdrive that want to make an image of. I want to store the image of the thumbdrive on the harddrive, not make an image of a harddrive onto a thumbdrive.
My Computer
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom Build
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64/Windows 8.1 Pro x64
CPU
AMD FX 8350
Motherboard
Asus M5A88-M
Memory
16 Gigs [1 Gig for Shared Vid mem]
Graphics Card(s)
Integrated ATI Radeon HD 4250 GPU
Sound Card
ALC892 8-Channel High Def Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
VGA main, HDMI to TV
Screen Resolution
VGA Screen: 1440 x 900 TV Screen: 1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
120 Gig SSD
150 Gig HDD
~2TB on server. [My Docs, Photos, My Music, dedicated drives, Desktop is a folder. All on the server. Used by both Win7/Win8.1, and other machines in the house]
PSU
850 Watt
Case
Smilodon Raidmax
Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper212EVO
Keyboard
[2,] Wireless
Mouse
[2,] Wireless
Internet Speed
Broadband
Antivirus
Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser
IE, Chrome, Opera
Other Info
Blue-Ray DL drive Z:\
Server: 2.4Ghz Dual core, with about 2TB on it. WinServ2003Enterprise x32 w 8Gigs usable RAM [YES]
MacBook: 2Ghz Core2Duo, 2Gigs, Snow 160Gigs
Acer AspireOne: 1.6Ghz, Dual-Core, 1 Gig, XP Home
6 Android Devices
iPod Touch