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    Backup disk to reinstall windows on to my new SSD not working

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by Paddon, May 12, 2011.

  1. Paddon

    Paddon Notebook Evangelist

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    Hello everyone. I am trying to restore windows with the backup disk i made ( system image )

    But i keep getting this message.

    " Your hard drive size is not supported for this process. please use a hard drive at least 465 GB in size "

    this is because i am trying to copy the the system image onto my new SSD. does this mean i Cant do this ?
     
    Paddon, May 12, 2011
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  2. jivemaster

    jivemaster Notebook Consultant

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    Your backup must have been a sector by sector image of your drive, meaning you can only restore it to a drive of the same size or larger. That would be my guess.
     
    jivemaster, May 12, 2011
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