image or clone HDD to reinstall later???

danhasmail

danhasmail

danhasmail

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Hi everyone, HAPPY NEW YEAR
I'm in the process of reloading my computer AGAIN!!!
Windows 7 Pro 64bit is already reloaded which was easy and fast enough, but downloading and installing all the windows updates takes my slow wireless connection a very long time.
When it's done and maybe after i install MS Office and its updates, i would like to save it all at that point.
That way, if i need to reload again, it would be a lot faster to use the image file or clone file.
I would be putting the image or cloned file on my WD external drive.
I have the True Image program, not installed yet, but i have it. I was thinking of using that.
If i need to reload again using one of these methods, just how do i go about that ???

Any thoughts or sugestions would be greatly appreciated.
 
Get your windows installation set up the way you want it
Install acronis true image
Connect your external WD drive + create a folder called acronis_backup
Load acronis go to backup plans and tasks and create a new backup task:-

For source un-select everything except your system reserved + your windows 7 installation partition

For destination select your WD drive and the acronis_backup folder

You may want to set the compression to maximum in settings

Save the job off with a suitable name

Run your newly created job and let acronis do its thing
 
I went with the reply I got from overclockers, not overclockers uk.
I created a Windows Repair Disk on a CD, then I used win 7's create an image tool and put the image on my external drive.
I'm gonna make another image after I install office 2010.
thanks for your suggestion though.
it would've worked either way.
do you see any downside to the way I did it ???
respond if you do.
thanks
danny
 
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