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Hello Patrick,
Sorry, I was referring to trying to manually delete the backups instead of through that. Deleting them from there is fine. :)
Hello Patrick,
Sorry, I was referring to trying to manually delete the backups instead of through that. Deleting them from there is fine. :)
Ok I used the system image backup in windows 7 home premium.
btw i backed it up to an external HD
It made a folder with several subfolders after the backup and was about 55gigs
Now it is next month and i added programs, updates etc and i want to make another image
does it go over the existing image backup or does it create a new folder with new subfolders?
I would like to understand this because i plan on purchasing a bigger HD and want to estimate how much I need
Also when i get the bigger external HD and do another backup image since it will not see the first one will it make a new beginning one? or will it have a fit and look for the old one on the other smaller external HD- then what would I do?
I did the first one just so i could see how it is done and to have something until I get a bigger external HD
thanks
robin
Last edited by robinb9; 23 Dec 2009 at 11:14.
so can I use this to clone my current (win 7) 300gb hard drive on to a 500gb drive which is blank but formated then use the new cloned drive as my boot drive?
You should be able to make an image of the drive with any imaging app. , then restore that image to another drive.
That is a 2 step process, but should work fine.
Many apps . have a clone feature , which copies one drive to another in 1 step.
3rd party apps all have a GUI which allows you to restore an image anywhere.
Restore from a system image backup
Alternatively , you could use e.g. the free Partition Wizard and simply use the Disk Copy feature - will be quicker.
Partition Wizard Copy disk
Last edited by SIW2; 25 Dec 2009 at 11:11.
does creating an image backup on a external hard drive with saved music, documents, etc...erase any of the saved music, documents etc?
Hello Gabriel,
No, not at all. The system image will just be saved into a folder (see NOTE box at top of tutorial) on the external drive, and will not affect anything else on the drive. :)
i just found out that i can't create a system image on my external hard drive because it is not in NTFS format, it is in FAT32, how do i get a external hard drive that is already NTFS, I don't wanna format mine from FAT32 to NTFS because then i would loss all my saved stuff right?
Yea that looks good but it says their is still a minimal chance that it could get corrupted by using the command prompt way and i don't have any other external hard drive to resave the backed up files, so I can't take that chance...thx for your help though! looks like im going to have to buy another hard drive
That is probably the best solution.. I just bought a 500gb external drive for $75.00 new so you shouldnt get hurt too bad, just remember to format it to NTFS first....![]()