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want to make bootable image of window 7 home premium 32bit
Does Micorsoft provide a way in the os mentioned above that will make a bootable image of the hard drive
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When you say bootable image of the hard drive -- do you mean the OS disk or the exact image of the hard drive contents to be imaged?
If the latter of the two then, yes... it is called Windows 7 Backup and Restore Center.
This allows for a backup of your files and (optionally) a copy of your system disk.
http://lifehacker.com/5144757/first-look-at-windows-7s-backup-and-restore-center
Many people also will sometime use third party software such as Symantec Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image to achieve a hard drive "image" backup in lieu of this new capability.
The choice is yours!
If the latter of the two then, yes... it is called Windows 7 Backup and Restore Center.
This allows for a backup of your files and (optionally) a copy of your system disk.
http://lifehacker.com/5144757/first-look-at-windows-7s-backup-and-restore-center
Many people also will sometime use third party software such as Symantec Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image to achieve a hard drive "image" backup in lieu of this new capability.
The choice is yours!
Virux-Infiltrator: This doesn't answer the question, as it only makes a bootable DVD of the installation DVD. The question was to make a bootable image of the hard drive.
This sounds like you are trying to make a Live CD - such as found in many Linux distributions?
Microsoft does provide a way to do this called WinPE - it can also be found in the WAIK. But it's not as straightforward as taking an image of your existing hard drive. Instructions can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766066(WS.10).aspx
There are several Windows 7 Live images out there in the wild - google is your friend. I have also seen various non-Microsoft methods of how to make such an image - BartPE, Winbuilder, etc. I would advise caution when considering any of this as they're all unofficial, unsupported and probably violate license agreements, terms of use, etc.
This sounds like you are trying to make a Live CD - such as found in many Linux distributions?
Microsoft does provide a way to do this called WinPE - it can also be found in the WAIK. But it's not as straightforward as taking an image of your existing hard drive. Instructions can be found at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766066(WS.10).aspx
There are several Windows 7 Live images out there in the wild - google is your friend. I have also seen various non-Microsoft methods of how to make such an image - BartPE, Winbuilder, etc. I would advise caution when considering any of this as they're all unofficial, unsupported and probably violate license agreements, terms of use, etc.
I figured out how to inject my custom .WIM image into a windows 7 oem DVD, repackage the .ISO and burn it to have my own....Custom Bootable Windows 7 DVD.
Please let me know if this is of use to any members.
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matthew goodwin
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Please let me know if this is of use to any members.
thank you
matthew goodwin
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