Upgrading Laptop to Windows 7 - drive imager

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justin

I have a full copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
Since I'm old school I am going to wipe the drive and upgrade it from
scratch. Before I do that I would like to back up the entire drive in
case something goes wrong and I have to go back to Vista.
What is the best free Drive imager out there?
My plan is to back up the entire drive onto a network drive or external
USB2/Firewire/esata drive.
I would rather not have to install the OS to restore - but if I have to
I'll do it.

J
 
If you can get Acronis True Image from somewhere such as giveaway of the
day, it's great. I have also had good luck with Macrium Reflect.
 
Acronis True Image work great
also if you buy another HD a lot of them come with cloning software
or downloadable from the manufacturers website.

peter
 
What is the best free Drive imager out there?


Hi,

If it's for an image backup, there are tools provided by drive
manufacturers:

Seagate:

http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support/downloads/discwizard/

As far as I know, Seagate also uses Acronis's engine, and for more
information: http://www.seagate.com/support/discwizard/dw_ug.en.pdf

Western Digital:

Acronyms True Image WD Edition:

http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&type=download&wdc_lang=en

Hope this helps and good luck,
 
I have a full copy of Windows 7 Ultimate.
Since I'm old school I am going to wipe the drive and upgrade it from
scratch. Before I do that I would like to back up the entire drive in
case something goes wrong and I have to go back to Vista.
What is the best free Drive imager out there?
My plan is to back up the entire drive onto a network drive or external
USB2/Firewire/esata drive.
I would rather not have to install the OS to restore - but if I have to
I'll do it.

J
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True image has saved me many times. It may be worth the money as it's
really something good to have. I have all three of our machines backed up
to a usb drive. Well worth the money and it's not very expensive anyway.

Thomas
 
Just watch out for the 2009 version--The later version or earlier version
seems to be better.
 
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