How to create disk image for WHS 2011

roachyuk · 6 Apr 2012 at 22:01

i want to make a image of my c: drive with the operating system on ...just wondering what software to use to do this....so i can use the image to put onto another drive thanks.

Skidilliplop · 6 Apr 2012 at 23:04

There are loads. Hiren's boot CD has loads of pre-boot ones.
From within windows you can use Macrium Reflect or something similar.

SoundsGood · 6 Apr 2012 at 23:08

Use the inbuilt backup tool to create a system image?

roachyuk · 6 Apr 2012 at 23:15

i want to be able to make a exact copy and boot from it....ie want to get a new drive but dont want to format...ive tried a few programs it creates a copy but will not boot...i cant seem to find the inbuilt program...i know im a newbie lol

NiCkNaMe · 6 Apr 2012 at 23:24

Disk2VHD and Boot-To-VHD

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd799299(v=ws.10).aspx

Skidilliplop · 6 Apr 2012 at 23:24

SoundsGood said:
Use the inbuilt backup tool to create a system image?

Windows backup with system image included won't clone disk to disk, and you'll need a windows recovery CD.
On top of that it'll take bloody ages compared to most other imaging utils.

One thing I will say is if you clone disk to disk, make sure the new disk doesn't have a drive letter assigned to it. Sometimes windows will keep this mount point when you try to boot from the disk. Which causes all sorts of s***

roachyuk · 7 Apr 2012 at 00:12

i dont mind a recovery cd to do this....i can do it in win 7 but cant work it out in whs 2011
ill go back and look again lol

roachyuk · 7 Apr 2012 at 00:25

ok ive backup using the windows tools...can i make a boot up usb instead of a disc?

Skidilliplop · 7 Apr 2012 at 01:21

roachyuk said:
ok ive backup using the windows tools...can i make a boot up usb instead of a disc?

Probably but not using the built in tools. The built in tools will create a CD, which you could then rip an ISO image off and make a bootable memory stick from that.

But it's a lot of hassle for what is a really simple proceedure.

paradisiac · 7 Apr 2012 at 09:11

acronis is awesome for this

roachyuk · 7 Apr 2012 at 11:35

think ill go try acronis again and find a tutorial this time to follow...

Essexraptor · 7 Apr 2012 at 12:08

Paragon (free version) does much the same job as Acronis

roachyuk · 8 Apr 2012 at 19:48

ok start again lol....what i need to do is clone a hdd....so i can use that to boot from if this makes sense....

tribz · 8 Apr 2012 at 21:01

roachyuk said:
ok start again lol....what i need to do is clone a hdd....so i can use that to boot from if this makes sense....

As mentioned, Hiren CD's. Older ones circa V10 had ghost on it.

TNGL · 9 Apr 2012 at 03:00

I've used Acronis and it works fine using the 'clone' mode.

phill1978 · 9 Apr 2012 at 11:53

recuva is good and simple to use

Destination · 9 Apr 2012 at 12:14

phill1978 said:
recuva is good and simple to use

I don't think they added cloning to its abilities, did they?
Its good for getting back deleted stuff, but thats about it.

roachyuk · 10 Apr 2012 at 11:48

At last i can do them now ...using clonezilla.......clone drives and make images of drives ...thanks for your help on this ....now to get myself a ssd for boot on server ...