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Question

create system image disk windows 7

by Nov 22, 2015 12:43AM PST

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Re: image
by Forum moderator Nov 22, 2015 2:17AM PST

Buy an external disk and use that in stead of DVD's. Backing up to DVD is oldfashioned and cumbersome.

Kees

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Kees
by yasin_kd Nov 22, 2015 4:27AM PST

I do know it is old-fashioned friend, but I am asking for a solution not an alternative. I cannot figure out why it happens!

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Maybe you had a bad batch of DVD's
by itsdigger Nov 22, 2015 5:02AM PST

Been there and done that.
I always keep a set of System Image Disc's on hand.
Ext. HDD's have been known to fail also

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Maybe you had a bad batch of DVD's
by yasin_kd Nov 22, 2015 6:50AM PST

Theres actually nothing wrong with the DVDs or DVD rom
I also cannot make it on my 16 Gigabyte USB 3.0 memory stick, it said it is not NTFS and I formatted but still this option is unavailable

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Even if you get DVDs created, errs likely on reading...
by wpgwpg Nov 22, 2015 7:20AM PST

...due to scratches, dirt buildup, and the like. You can get external hard drives for as little as $50.

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That's nonsense
by itsdigger Nov 22, 2015 8:40AM PST

It's not like you're shuffling them like a deck of cards .I have always made a set of disc's when I purchased computers that didn't come with disc's and they all worked just fine.
I make 1 set for each computer as well as back ups on external HDD's and have never had a failure with the exception of when I tried dual layer discs.

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You're the only one who thinks that.
by wpgwpg Nov 22, 2015 8:47AM PST

Bob has said the same thing about DVDs. What's nonsense is backing up to DVDs when doing it with an external hard drive is so greatly faster and reliable. Do it the obsolete unreliable time consuming way if you must, but there's no logical reason to be so masochistic.

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Nobody's backing up with DVD's
by itsdigger Nov 22, 2015 9:10AM PST

Nobody even suggested that
Read the OP , This person wants to create a set of system image disc's .
Wake Up !

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I re read the post
by itsdigger Nov 22, 2015 9:14AM PST

And he is wanting to back up with disc's but I still think everyone should have 1 set of disc's .

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We're making progress. :-)
by wpgwpg Nov 22, 2015 9:25AM PST

When you get a new computer, you should make the discs the manufacturer recommends to restore to factory settings and install drivers and any other software that came pre-installed. But for backup you need to have a setup for making them automatically to an external hard drive if you have any kind of data you don't want to lose.

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Re: backup
by Kees_B Forum moderator Nov 22, 2015 6:24AM PST

I suggested an alternative, because I don't know a solution. Let's hope that somebody else does.

Kees

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I'm with Kees. Get an extermal HD. Using DVDs is...
by wpgwpg Nov 22, 2015 6:35AM PST

...an exercise in masochism. Sad

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There are so many prior discussions on that error.
by Forum moderator Nov 22, 2015 7:31AM PST

And I'll write the backup you noted is failure prone plus has had issues with restore.

If this is the native windows backup you should be getting advice to use anything else. If you feel that it should work, talk to Microsoft but they charge for the chat and since it's unreliable, you might get it working but find out later the restore problems.

Use anything else.

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There are so many prior discussions on that error
by yasin_kd Nov 22, 2015 8:04AM PST

It should work but I don't think Microsoft would give us a solution for it. It seems it will remain unsolved forever! I may try one of my Drives to keep the backup.

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Not that it hasn't been made to work
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 22, 2015 8:11AM PST

And later folk discover restoring has issues or fails. Microsoft's backup in the past worked for the 80% of folk from my rough count of working vs. issues on restore. Hey if you want to use unreliable, you can google prior discussions about it but my advice is to use anything else. Those that worked this question before usually stop trying to fix it and change their answer as they discover that the backup worked but restore didn't.

As Monty Python goes, run away, run away.

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what dvd
by Nov 22, 2015 11:23AM PST
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what dvd
by yasin_kd Nov 23, 2015 2:33AM PST

Actually I am using DVD-R 16X, shall I use the DVD-RW instead?
The steps are taken correctly by the way

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(NT) sometimes slower dvd speeds are needed
by mejustsayin Nov 24, 2015 2:26AM PST
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Here's what I learned on recording.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 24, 2015 7:18AM PST

"Record at half the media speed or drive speed. Whichever is lower."

For 16X I set it to 8X so to not push my luck.

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DVD+RW
by yasin_kd Dec 14, 2015 2:41AM PST

Just to give my very experience, I used DVD+RW and also DVD 8.7 but none worked!
I HAVE TO go for storing it on External Hard drive!

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Easus Todo
by James Denison Dec 14, 2015 3:23AM PST

It allows for the volume to be spread across numerous DVD's. You create the files from the volume and then burn them one by one.

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win7 system image backup
by Nov 23, 2015 2:17AM PST

1 check disk space and use disk cleanup

use power iso 6.0 ver. to convert cd/dvd images or make usb images

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win7 system image backup
by yasin_kd Nov 23, 2015 2:35AM PST

I really didn't get , check disk space for the DVD Rom?
and I DON'T HAVE any dvd images to convert
I cannot make a backup on the DVDs!!!!

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A short explainer.
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Nov 23, 2015 1:05PM PST

When this backup system runs it seems to take 10 or so GB or more to create the images needed. So if the free space on the volume that we want to backup is over half full you see this sort of error. Remember there are some thousand prior discussions so I keep it short.

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short explainer
by yasin_kd Nov 23, 2015 11:56PM PST

so practically it is impossible to backup a system on DVDs? then what is this option for?

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My curiosity got to me again.
by Oldartq Nov 24, 2015 9:32PM PST

Something is not right here. It failed because not enough space, so did it went through the burn process and tell you or is this before it burn. I asked because I thought you can use as many as it is needed. I am curious as to how you did it (procedure).

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curiosity
by yasin_kd Nov 26, 2015 12:38AM PST

No it happened before the burning starts, this process is something like "checking" and the burning never happens.

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