Backup Complete Computer - Create an Image Backup

Brink said:

Hello Greg,

Yes that would be the correct folder to best leave untouched. :)

Thank you!

Edit: Oh Brink from Texas, Longhorn fan?

hi brink,
i have made a clean install of windows 7 on my hard drive. now i have "c:" and "d: recovery of vista". I now want to make a system recovery of win 7. Will I be able to make a system image of win 7 and retain the system image of vista? one more thing, is it possible to make a system image in portable hard drive with my other files? thanks

Brink said:

Hello S7ven,

Yes, you can create a system image backup of all of the selected partitions and drives that you want included in the system image backup. Just do not select the drive or partition that you want to save the backup to. It can be saved to portable hard drive, but just make sure it's plugged in before creating the backup so it will be detected.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

thanks what would happen if i didn't select the recovery d: when i made a system image? and after that i tried to recover it,, what would happen to the d: recovery? will it stay on my hard drive or not? do i need to include it on making a system image? i still want to have that vista image around with me. thank you. also in that portable hard drive, is it okay to have some other files in it? thank you very much.

Hi,

You need to make an image of the Vista recovery partition as well. Otherwise, if you restore using Windows system image it will delete all the partitions on the drive.

It will only restore the partitions you have backed up.

In your situation , you are much better using a free 3rd party app. Much more flexible, quicker, smaller backup sizes - and most importantly - you can use them to restore just a single partition - leaving the others untouched.

SIW2 said:

Hi,

You need to make an image of the Vista recovery partition as well. Otherwise, if you restore using Windows system image it will delete all the partitions on the drive.

It will only restore the partitions you have backed up.

In your situation , you are much better using a free 3rd party app. Much more flexible, quicker, smaller backup sizes - and most importantly - you can use them to restore just a single partition - leaving the others untouched.

thank you that really helped. that was the exact question in my mind, okay so all i have to do now is to include the vista image right? and when i recover my computer i will still have c: and d: recovery? what if i use the vista image to restore my computer? will i still have the d: recovery? thanks