Have just installed Win7 64bit Home PRemium on a Samsung 840 Evo SSD drive, GPT. I need to make a disk image of this clean installation. Is there some free software to do it? Have looked on the web and most are MBR, not GPT, and most seem to clone to a new drive, rather than store an image in one big file. I know Acronis do it, but was hoping to get something free!
Disk image of c:\ GPT boot drive
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Windows 7 includes it's own system-imaging utility in "Backup & Restore" though it's lacking in options and won't let you save the image in a folder, it will only save it in the root of the storage medium:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4241/how-to-create-a-system-image-in-windows-7/
Or there's Macrium Reflect Free (supports GPT): http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
Or Paragon Backup & Recovery Free (supports GPT):
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/features.html
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/4241/how-to-create-a-system-image-in-windows-7/
Or there's Macrium Reflect Free (supports GPT): http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
Or Paragon Backup & Recovery Free (supports GPT):
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/features.html
Looks great. Last time I used Windows backup it let me down at the crucial moment (no doubt operator error) so am inclined to try something different. Downloaded Paragon which looks perfect. But for creating a system image (no data) there appear to be three partitions on the SSD.
1) "NO NAME" 100MB (OEM service volume), 25.7MB used
2) "Local disk" 128MB, 0 MB used
3) Win 7 SSD 87GB, 38GB used.
Do I backup all three for when disaster happen and I have to restore from a CD?
1) "NO NAME" 100MB (OEM service volume), 25.7MB used
2) "Local disk" 128MB, 0 MB used
3) Win 7 SSD 87GB, 38GB used.
Do I backup all three for when disaster happen and I have to restore from a CD?
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Yes, include all three partitions in the backup image then you'll be able to restore all the partitions if ever the SSD has to be replaced.
To do a recovery from the image, boot from the CD which your imaging software should have a Windows utility to create. You'll be able to choose which partitions you want to restore (just the 87GB Windows 7 partition, or all three depending on the situation).
To do a recovery from the image, boot from the CD which your imaging software should have a Windows utility to create. You'll be able to choose which partitions you want to restore (just the 87GB Windows 7 partition, or all three depending on the situation).
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