Mark Litin
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cloning from an identical machine
Hi, and thanks for any insight
I have a client who had a computer with a very nasty infection that brought the computer down. The malware and subsequent cleaning destroyed the OS, so I copied the data attempted a restore from the restore partition. But the restore fails with a bad-system-config error.
My client has a number of identical machines used for various purposes. I was wondering if I simply cloned one of those to the disk from the infected computer whether the recovery partition from that clone would operate normally, and once the recovery is complete, whether the restored partition would run as the correctly licensed OS.
Any knowledge of the anticipated results would be helpful. I'm thinking it would not be a problem, but I'm not sure.
The machine is a HP/Compaq 6000 PRO Microtower with Win 7 Pro.
Thanks in advance for your insights.
I have a client who had a computer with a very nasty infection that brought the computer down. The malware and subsequent cleaning destroyed the OS, so I copied the data attempted a restore from the restore partition. But the restore fails with a bad-system-config error.
My client has a number of identical machines used for various purposes. I was wondering if I simply cloned one of those to the disk from the infected computer whether the recovery partition from that clone would operate normally, and once the recovery is complete, whether the restored partition would run as the correctly licensed OS.
Any knowledge of the anticipated results would be helpful. I'm thinking it would not be a problem, but I'm not sure.
The machine is a HP/Compaq 6000 PRO Microtower with Win 7 Pro.
Thanks in advance for your insights.
If you have the Recovery Discs from another identical machine just use them. Boot from Recovery Discs and rebuild the entire machine.
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Neglected to say, I can't find any recovery disks. Wish I could, as it would be a snap. If I do, that would be my MO. Thus the process I have mentioned.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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Thanks for your input.
I cloned using my Acronis license and restored successfully with the restore partition. All is good.
I cloned using my Acronis license and restored successfully with the restore partition. All is good.