On a fresh install of Vista and SP1, all your drivers and software on it
like you want it and DON'T FORGET TO ACTIVATE IT!!!
Here is what you do. Now I'm not spamming, affiliated or making any
money off of what I'm about to tell you, but I do know it is the easiest
way to fix you PC no matter what kind of software issue you have. I've
done this about 10 times so I know it works
You need 2 Hard drives and a copy of Acronis True image home
'_Complete_hard_disk_drive_copy,_cloning_and_image _backup_software:_computer_files_and_disk_copying_ '
(http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...cts/trueimage/)
After you install your new drive and Acronis on your PC ..click on it..
go to.. disk utilities..clone disk.. It will ask you what drive you want
to clone and of coarse you choose the one you have Vista on. It will ask
you to choose the new disk.. and just follow directions. It takes about
45 min for it to copy your current disk. (depending on the speed of your
PC)
When it is finished go to your boot settings and set it to boot off of
the new drive and make sure the new one is the Master and the old one is
the slave.
And Reboot
Now if you ever have a major issue you can set it to boot off the old
disk and and follow the previous directions. IT'S THAT EASY !!!
So how does cloning your hard drive "fix" your PC?
*TimDaniels*
"03hdfatboy" wrote:
> On a fresh install of Vista and SP1, all your drivers and software on it
> like you want it and DON'T FORGET TO ACTIVATE IT!!!
> Here is what you do. Now I'm not spamming, affiliated or making any
> money off of what I'm about to tell you, but I do know it is the easiest
> way to fix you PC no matter what kind of software issue you have. I've
> done this about 10 times so I know it works
> You need 2 Hard drives and a copy of Acronis True image home
> '_Complete_hard_disk_drive_copy,_cloning_and_image _backup_software:_computer_files_and_disk_copying_ '
> (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...cts/trueimage/)
> After you install your new drive and Acronis on your PC ..click on it..
> go to.. disk utilities..clone disk.. It will ask you what drive you want
> to clone and of coarse you choose the one you have Vista on. It will ask
> you to choose the new disk.. and just follow directions. It takes about
> 45 min for it to copy your current disk. (depending on the speed of your
> PC)
> When it is finished go to your boot settings and set it to boot off of
> the new drive and make sure the new one is the Master and the old one is
> the slave.
> And Reboot
> Now if you ever have a major issue you can set it to boot off the old
> disk and and follow the previous directions. IT'S THAT EASY !!!
>
> --
> 03hdfatboy
I shouldn't think you would be making any money from 'what you are about to
tell you.' It isn't actually news! Most users already know how to clone a
drive. Personally all I do is set Vista up how I want it, and 'yes' make
sure it is activated then, using Acronis True Image, I image the contents of
the C: drive to a removable drive. Any problems it is simple to jut image
the 'copy' from the removable drive back to the C: drive/partition.
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Windows Desktop Experience
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"03hdfatboy" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> On a fresh install of Vista and SP1, all your drivers and software on it
> like you want it and DON'T FORGET TO ACTIVATE IT!!!
> Here is what you do. Now I'm not spamming, affiliated or making any
> money off of what I'm about to tell you, but I do know it is the easiest
> way to fix you PC no matter what kind of software issue you have. I've
> done this about 10 times so I know it works
> You need 2 Hard drives and a copy of Acronis True image home
> '_Complete_hard_disk_drive_copy,_cloning_and_image _backup_software:_computer_files_and_disk_copying_ '
> (http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing...cts/trueimage/)
> After you install your new drive and Acronis on your PC ..click on it..
> go to.. disk utilities..clone disk.. It will ask you what drive you want
> to clone and of coarse you choose the one you have Vista on. It will ask
> you to choose the new disk.. and just follow directions. It takes about
> 45 min for it to copy your current disk. (depending on the speed of your
> PC)
> When it is finished go to your boot settings and set it to boot off of
> the new drive and make sure the new one is the Master and the old one is
> the slave.
> And Reboot
> Now if you ever have a major issue you can set it to boot off the old
> disk and and follow the previous directions. IT'S THAT EASY !!!
>
>
> --
> 03hdfatboy
>
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John Barnett MVP;779902 Wrote:
> I shouldn't think you would be making any money from 'what you are about
> to
> tell you.' It isn't actually news! Most users already know how to clone
> a
> drive. Personally all I do is set Vista up how I want it, and 'yes'
> make
> sure it is activated then, using Acronis True Image, I image the
> contents of
> the C: drive to a removable drive. Any problems it is simple to jut
> image
> the 'copy' from the removable drive back to the C: drive/partition.
>
>
> --
>
> --
> John Barnett MVP
>
Well if you know this already, this tip doesn't apply to you, It's for
the ones that don't.
Not sure exactly where this fits into the conversation, but for the
record, couldn't you technically install all of the drivers and such you
needed, run a sysprep and make an image from that? That way you could
"clean install" Vista if something goes wrong and have everything there
waiting for you, short of documents and such, of course.
I also acknowledge that this isn't exactly something you can one-click
and have it done. I also might be slightly delusional.
--
SovietCommissar
-"I will say this - we are soldiers. We know what war is. We can only
share it with each other. In battle, we keep each other alive. After the
years have passed and the weapons are cold, it is our duty, still, to
help each other survive."-
I used Acronis last week to image two of my pc's to a usb drive. I hope
I never have to go through the process of restoring a disk image back to
my computer though. Has anybody had any problems trying this? What is
the success rate? What potential problems are there?
"KCMichaelB" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I used Acronis last week to image two of my pc's to a usb drive. I hope
> I never have to go through the process of restoring a disk image back to
> my computer though. Has anybody had any problems trying this? What is
> the success rate? What potential problems are there?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --
> KCMichaelB
Its all or nothing. You can validate an image but you just don't know if
the restore will be successful short of doing it. The success rate is
certainly high, though.
I back my images up to a USB removable drive and re-imaged back yesterday
without any issue. On average I can re-image my drive from my USB removable
drive once a month or so (due to testing other software) and haven't had any
problems using Acronis.
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--
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Associate Expert
Windows Desktop Experience
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"KCMichaelB" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I used Acronis last week to image two of my pc's to a usb drive. I hope
> I never have to go through the process of restoring a disk image back to
> my computer though. Has anybody had any problems trying this? What is
> the success rate? What potential problems are there?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --
> KCMichaelB
"SovietCommissar" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:026e318c8ab73c3c3e14402f85a844e0@nntp-gateway.com...
>
> Not sure exactly where this fits into the conversation, but for the
> record, couldn't you technically install all of the drivers and such
> you
> needed, run a sysprep and make an image from that? That way you could
> "clean install" Vista if something goes wrong and have everything
> there
> waiting for you, short of documents and such, of course.
>
> I also acknowledge that this isn't exactly something you can one-click
> and have it done. I also might be slightly delusional.
>
>
The advantage to the OP's method is that it preserves the Windows
activation. With a sysprepped image, it will have to be re-activated.
Also, after you apply the sysprepped image to the hard drive, it has to
go through the normal Windows "OOBE" stuff, including the performance
check, so the OP's method would be faster as well.
Dave R.;782225 Wrote:
>
>
> The advantage to the OP's method is that it preserves the Windows
> activation. With a sysprepped image, it will have to be re-activated.
> Also, after you apply the sysprepped image to the hard drive, it has to
> go through the normal Windows "OOBE" stuff, including the performance
> check, so the OP's method would be faster as well.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave
exactly.... you boot from the image and it's like mabe 4 clicks of the
mouse... you get up, fix some coffee, and in about 30 min. your back on
track just like nothing happend.
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