"Extracting" a recovery partition for seperate install

GroggyTech · 8 Feb 2014 at 16:24

So my family bought a PC with windows 7 already installed. they have a recovery partition but i want to install it on a separate hard drive (an ssd to improve performance over the 5400rpm drive they currently have installed)

How can i go about doing this?

nightmare99 · 8 Feb 2014 at 17:00

Clone the drive using ghost or a Windows backup system image.

Swarfega · 8 Feb 2014 at 17:20

System Image Backup gets my vote too being that it's pre-installed.

GroggyTech · 8 Feb 2014 at 17:49

I want to actually do a clean install; ie not just copy the existing OS. So can i back/restore on the SSD from the RECOVERY partition?

Also any way to have a 100% clean windows install ie without all the crapwere they pre install?

Thanks

KIA · 8 Feb 2014 at 18:36

Yes. Use one of the official ISOs.

http://forums.mydigitallife.info/th...t-links-Multiple-Languages-X86-amp-X64/page60