Restore System Image - Works Great

DirtRider

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Well I needed to do a bit of messing around with some old hardware and drivers today. So I did a system image using the W7 option in Backup and restore. As it turned out I ended up having to do a restore of the system image, not that I was expecting anything else. :p Put it my repair disk booted up selected the image restore options and off it went. It did take a bit of time around 2 hours but all is back to what it was before I started.

The only thing I did not like is the fact taking so long it is a bit hard to actually know if the operation is still running or not. It does have the progress bar but you really need to watch that to see if progress is being made at all :D
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Proline
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard
H55-G43(MS-7638)
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Proline LCD 19 inch
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024
Hard Drives
2 x SATA 250 Gig 1 x External 2TB
PSU
RX 730 SS
Case
Proline
Cooling
Standard
Keyboard
PS2
Mouse
PS2
Internet Speed
To embarrassed to tell lol
2 hours :rolleyes:

I use a program called Spotmau and it takes exactly 8 minutes to restore my 128GB image


Steve
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Over Clockers Ultima Viper 2.80Ghz
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 - OEM Service Pack 1
CPU
Intel Core i7 930 2.80Ghz Bloomfield Socket LGA 1366
Motherboard
Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Intel X58 Socket 1366 DDR3
Memory
Patriot Viper 6GB 3x2GB DDR3 PC3-1200C9 1600Mhz Tri Channel
Graphics Card(s)
Asus ATI Radeon HD 5770 CuCore 1024MB GDDR5 PCI Express
Sound Card
Realtek ALC889 @ Intel 82801JB ICH10 - High Definition Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Samsung SyncMaster 920N 19"
Screen Resolution
1280*1024
Hard Drives
1 x OCZ Vertex2 Series 120GB 2.5" SATA-II SSD
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB SATA-II 32MB Cache
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB SATA-II 64 MB Cache
PSU
Corsair TX 650W ATX SLi
Case
Antec 902 Ultimate Gaming Case Black
Cooling
Prolimatech Megahalems Rev B CPU Cooler Socket 775/1156/1366
Keyboard
Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard
Mouse
Microsoft Optical USB
Internet Speed
ADSL24 FTTC 34.2 Mbps Down 7.1Mbps Up
Other Info
OcUK 22x DVDSATA ReWriter Black
Akasa AK-FN058 Apache Black Super Silent 120mm Fan
Printer Epson Stylus Photo R300
Scanner Canon Canoscan 8000F
A Macrium restore is a lot faster too.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops
OS
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
CPU
from 1.6GHz Duo to i7
Monitor(s) Displays
2x HP w2207
Hard Drives
5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals
Keyboard
with trackball - no mices
Mouse
Trackball mice
Internet Speed
DSL 6000
I have loaded up Macrium and done an image with it so I will see how that goes on my next restore
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Proline
OS
Windows 7 Pro 64 bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz
Motherboard
H55-G43(MS-7638)
Memory
4GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
Sound Card
Onboard
Monitor(s) Displays
Proline LCD 19 inch
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024
Hard Drives
2 x SATA 250 Gig 1 x External 2TB
PSU
RX 730 SS
Case
Proline
Cooling
Standard
Keyboard
PS2
Mouse
PS2
Internet Speed
To embarrassed to tell lol
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