Is this possible? I have a spare 3 terabyte drive and two pcs. Can I create two different system images to one drive assuming they are labeled correctly? I have win 10 Home on one and Win Pro on the other. I would be using a usb 3 dual bay docking station to conduct the process. Thanks
creating two separate system images to one drive along with various other files.
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Yes. If you use something like Macrium Reflect the drive image is just a big file that you can store where you like.
interesting. I just read that you have to rename the backups to stop windows overwriting it and then change back to the default to reinstall-unless, of course, Macrium Reflect will automatically alleviate the need for this? Thanks.
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Macrium Reflect will do what you want without any issues. You can tell it what to name the image files and where to write them.
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Are you talking here about "bootable" images or restorable / security backups of a system?
If the latter, I can heartily recommend Acronis True Image (LINK).
If the latter, I can heartily recommend Acronis True Image (LINK).
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Still using True Image? I used it for a few years and found it to be both expensive and unreliable.
Macrium Reflect (both the free and paid for versions) is, in my experience, a much more robust option.
Macrium Reflect (both the free and paid for versions) is, in my experience, a much more robust option.
I'm talking about a complete system image incorporating windows and installed apps. Thanks
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Both Macrium and Acronis will do what you want.