Recreating/restoring my Desktop after a system crash?
I want to be ready for a worst-case scenario in case my pc hard drive dies.
QUESTION 1: I want to be able to quickly recreate/restore my desktop after the hard drive dies. Is there software that can take a snapshot of my current image (data and apps) and restore it so that when I purchase a new hard drive I can quickly get back to a working state?
QUESTION 2: If the drive I originally had in my desktop is brand X and I replace it with brand "Y" which is larger, will the t accept the image
Please recommend various solutions, brands, anecdotes, links to articles on the subject..
QUESTION 1: I want to be able to quickly recreate/restore my desktop after the hard drive dies. Is there software that can take a snapshot of my current image (data and apps) and restore it so that when I purchase a new hard drive I can quickly get back to a working state?
QUESTION 2: If the drive I originally had in my desktop is brand X and I replace it with brand "Y" which is larger, will the t accept the image
Please recommend various solutions, brands, anecdotes, links to articles on the subject..
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I replace it with brand "Y" which is larger, will the t accept the image
You can do this with both Ghost and Acronis. We use Ghost at clients.
You can do this with both Ghost and Acronis. We use Ghost at clients.
Or Macrium Reflect (free) http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
That's on my test list for the end of the month.
That's on my test list for the end of the month.
I am in the process of cloning my HDD and I am planning to use AOMEI Backupper Standard Edition 3.2―http://www.backup-utility.com/download.html
I found several FREE cloning tools including Easus and Clonezilla.
The reasons I chose AOMEI Backupper are:
Good luck.
I found several FREE cloning tools including Easus and Clonezilla.
The reasons I chose AOMEI Backupper are:
1 - I have a dual boot drive with several partitions
2 - It can run while Win10 is running
2 - It can run while Win10 is running
Good luck.
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Hi John Hurst:
YES. I like the larger disk capability on system restore.
Three questions:
1. Can my new destination drive be a SSD drive using Ghost or Acronis?
2. Why did you choose Ghost over Acronis? I really need reliability.
3. Does Ghost work on Win 7 professional 64 bit?
YES. I like the larger disk capability on system restore.
Three questions:
1. Can my new destination drive be a SSD drive using Ghost or Acronis?
2. Why did you choose Ghost over Acronis? I really need reliability.
3. Does Ghost work on Win 7 professional 64 bit?
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@brothertruffle880 - Thanks and I was happy to help.
Once the drive dies you can replace the drive with new one - then boot the machine from Recovery Media made by Backup & Recovery and perform restore to new drive. If the new drive is bigger - then you can check the checkbox - resize proportionally. And that will do the trick automatically.