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    Imaging/Cloning a Drive.

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Aznkorealee, Aug 28, 2012.

  1. Aznkorealee

    Aznkorealee Notebook Consultant

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    Hello everyone,

    So I have a weird OCD :p on re-installing fresh Win7 OS on my laptop every 4 to 5 months. And instead of having to re-download/re-install drivers and games.... I want to image/clone my main drive (with fresh installation of Win7 with stupid updates and drivers installed and what not) to a separate drive which i can just copy the stuff over.

    Now there are software that image and clones drives... but don't they require a separate computer to do so? :confused:

    Is there a way to do it without using 3rd party software?

    Ultimately I just want to have my main drive (SSD) with fresh installation of OS, drivers, and games to be "cloned" to a separate HDD which i can later on just copy the stuff in the HDD over to the SSD.

    Thank you,
    :)
     
    Aznkorealee, Aug 28, 2012
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  2. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    Windows has a backup utility that can do this...

    Also you don't really need to reinstall 7 every half a year, but old habits die hard I suppose.
     
    Kuu, Aug 28, 2012
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