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BackUp for HD Replacement
I used Macrium Reflect in the past to clone and recover my Windows 7 hd successfully.to a new hd. I've got reflect 7, but haven't started to do anything. If possible, I would like more info on what you did. Where is the clone stored ? Does the new HD have to be identical to the old ? Could it be smaller, if large enough to accomodate all the material on the old ? Is it possible to use an image ? What's the difference ? Any comments greately appreciated. |
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I used Macrium Reflect in the past to clone and recover my Windows 7 hd successfully.to a new hd. I've got reflect 7, but haven't started to do anything. If possible, I would like more info on what you did. Where is the clone stored ? Does the new HD have to be identical to the old ? Could it be smaller, if large enough to accomodate all the material on the old ? Is it possible to use an image ? What's the difference ? Any comments greately appreciated. Why not download the manual ? There's a PDF manual. http://updates.macrium.com/reflect/v...df?src=sidebar Date: 04 July 2018 Pages: 422 Cloning is on page 9. And yes, this will be on the final exam. HTH, Paul |
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On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:41:38 -0500, Paul
wrote: http://updates.macrium.com/reflect/v...df?src=sidebar Date: 04 July 2018 Pages: 422 Cloning is on page 9. And yes, this will be on the final exam. Thank you, Paul, for the URL. I have downloaded the user guide. As always, you are a magnificent resource for lesser folk like me. |
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Kirk Bubul wrote:
On Mon, 26 Nov 2018 20:41:38 -0500, Paul wrote: http://updates.macrium.com/reflect/v...df?src=sidebar Date: 04 July 2018 Pages: 422 Cloning is on page 9. And yes, this will be on the final exam. Thank you, Paul, for the URL. I have downloaded the user guide. As always, you are a magnificent resource for lesser folk like me. As manuals go, the manuals for backup software are pretty grim. (Will cure insomnia.) It's as much a standard joke as a solution :-) But, you have to start somewhere. My reason for including the page count, I was hoping for some sort of reaction. The "average" backup software manual is 150 pages. That one is 422 pages! A new record. Once you've got a spare drive, the idea is to *try out* some stuff. Then ask questions about what you see. All the "pre-advice" in the world, doesn't do your first run for you. You still have to take the first step yourself. You don't even have to test restore right away. With your spare drive, try a "backup". Try a "clone". See what happened. "Restore" is the more risky of test cases (depending on how much spare kit you've got). I have to assume a person who has never done a backup before, has no spare drives, and to expect such a person to buy *two* drives, is too much :-) With the two drives, you do your backup onto one drive, then do the "restore" test case onto the second drive. All without messing up the original drive. Then test that the "restore" drive, boots. ******* If you squish down the existing OS, or put a minimal system on your backup drive, the drive can be used in dual roles. As an emergency boot drive, for when you need to Google, after your main drive broke. And also as a container for backups (if the main drive is merely corrupt and not broken). Dual-purpose backup drive setup +-----+----+------------+--------------------------------+ | MBR | SR | Minimal C: | Space for backups goes here | +-----+----+------------+--------------------------------+ I have one poster, who has been very successful with that, because when he gets into a jam (perpetual tipover artist), he pops that into the PC and has something to boot with. That takes some of the "panic" out of being tipped over. It isn't always practical, but it's better than sitting there staring at a black screen. The solution is going to need work, as the size of hard drives go up, as that disk will need to be GPT for drives 2.2TB. Paul |
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Thanks Paul.
Dumb of me not to have found it. |
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