Imaging with free Macrium

Thanks to all of you.
I feel like I have been to the zoo, what with a tiger, an ostrich, and a spectacle-wearing monkey driving a coffin nail.

This bit that kado897 said: "Unfortunately I don't have a setup I can test this on at the moment." : put me to thinking that maybe I should scavenge me some old/inexpensive working HDDs just for playing around with and thus learn how things work.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Emu

My apologies to the big bird; in my defense, all I could see was the face.

Barman58 said:

If it's not broke, Back it up, Break it yourself, and then teach yourself to fix it :)

kado897 said:

I like to test before I use too.

Lady Fitzgerald said:

Emu

If anyone is interested in the rest of the story, click here:

Major StartUp and Performance Problems After Blackout ??? - Page 2 - Windows 7 Help Forums

I was extremely careful in using Macrium to clone the O/S partition from one HDD to another; I don't know what I was doing wrong, but I finally had to use EaseUS Partition Master FREE to fix the mess I was making; with EaseUS, the first attempt was a winner; all of the gritty details are in that thread in the link.

Thanks to you guys for your help and information.

I have a question for you guys about how Macrium Reflect Imaging vs. Cloning handles the Windows Updates History list.

When I restore a Macrium Reflect Image, my Windows Updates History list correctly appears in: Control Panel > Programs and Features > View Installed Updates. But the history list is empty in: Control Panel > Windows Updates > View Updates History.

Does this discrepancy also occur when a disk is Cloned with Macrium Reflect, or is it just a function of Imaging? (Updates are listed in View Installed Updates but not in View Updates History.)

Thanks.