Back up image of ssd
Greetings everyone..I just made the jump to a ssd in my system.I did a clean install of windows 7 and have all the updates and files .Now I want to make an image of my ssd to save on my back up drive to have in the event the ssd dies.So that I can get the new ssd and just restore the saved image to it and be functioning again . Can I do this ? I saw the clone drive option but I thought that was to clone your existing drive to a new one .I just want to have an image in the event it the ssd dies I will have all the info to make the new one work without having to redo the install of windows and all the updates ect ..So am I right in thinking just make a back up image ? I have Acronis True Image HD 2013 that I got when I got my OCZ Vertex 450 .. Thank you in advance for any info.
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Thank you Tuttle for your response :) I wasn't sure if I would be able to .So this would be a complete image of the current drive ? When I made the image , the file was just 9.33 GB is this smaller due to the better compression Acronis uses ? And if the ssd kicked the bucket,I would just put the new ssd in and do the recover and all would be good again ? I wouldn't have to reactivate windows ? Sorry for sounding like a broken record, and thank you again for your time with this :)
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Yes, yes and yes, as long as you create a full disk mode backup. See the guides I linked.
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