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Windows 7 restore specifics: more info please

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From the ATIH FAQ

5. Windows 7 restore specifics. In order to restore an image of Windows 7, make sure that the 100 mb System Reserved partition is backed up and then included in the restore. Please note, that it is not always present, depending on how Windows 7 was installed.

Can someone please explain this a little more? My questions are in the context of wanting to do a backup of the main Windows 7 system partition.

1. How do I identify the "100 mb System Reserved partition"

2. When I select the principal partition I want to back up, do I also select this other partition to be backed up in the same backup file? Or do I backup the System Reserved partition in a separate backup and restore that to the target at the same time I restore the principal partition?

Thanks.

- Jev McKee

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Open you Windows Disk Mangement options and look at your disk iin graphical view. This will show how many partitions and where located. You will also see their size.

Depending upon the type of Windows install, you may or may not have such a partiton. If you upgraded your Win7 install from the Vista or XP install, you probably do not have such a partittion. If you have a factory installed Win7 installation, then you probably do have such a partition.

Anyway, the type of backup which will be the most benefit to you is the one where you checkmark the disk so that all partitions are included in the backup. Such a backup gives you the opportunity to restore only a single partiton or you have everything you need to restore to a new disk should yours fail or want a larger disk. If you have not assigned names to your partitions, most certainly do so.

Which version of TrueImage Home are you using?

GroverH wrote:

Open you Windows Disk Mangement options and look at your disk iin graphical view. This will show how many partitions and where located. You will also see their size.

Depending upon the type of Windows install, you may or may not have such a partiton. If you upgraded your Win7 install from the Vista or XP install, you probably do not have such a partittion. If you have a factory installed Win7 installation, then you probably do have such a partition.

Anyway, the type of backup which will be the most benefit to you is the one where you checkmark the disk so that all partitions are included in the backup. Such a backup gives you the opportunity to restore only a single partiton or you have everything you need to restore to a new disk should yours fail or want a larger disk. If you have not assigned names to your partitions, most certainly do so.

Which version of TrueImage Home are you using?

Thanks, Grover. This is a fresh install of Windows 7-64. I have ATIH 2011 latest release. Attached is a pic of the disk info in the Disk Management tool.

- Jev

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Jevon,

I see you are using a Mac, that complicates things somewhat.

I'm not sure how TI will work if you need to restore just the W7 partition. Imaging just this partition is OK, but to image the complete disk you will need to use sector by sector imaging, the restore CD will have no problem restoring a complete disk.

Thanks, Colin. I just read this post from DwnNDrty which suggests that the Reserved partition doesn't get created if the disk has already been formatted before installing Windows 7. What I got from that thread is that unless you have some specific need for the Reserved partition, it appears that it's unnecessary. And, as far as I know, all of the necessary boot information is on my C: partition.

- Jev