On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Matthias Johnson < [email protected]> wrote:
> Jack, > > The backup disks may be creating an image or they may simply be the OEMs > restore to factory discs that they no longer send with computers, > Not 100% on this, but I believe it is the latter. The documentation is also pretty clear that the disks cannot be used on any other system, so I anticipated a restore would NOT work on a VM, but figured it was worth a try. I don't know what you are selecting. > Sometimes, neither do i :-) > Assuming you have taken the trouble to setup a profile and remove the > bundled crap software from your PC (no operating system found :-P ) you > will want to make a system image using the Windows backup tool or using > Clonezilla. I have not played with 8 but 7 has a backup feature built in > that makes a system image. In 8 they apparently moved it around. > > > http://www.itworld.com/consumerization-it/333466/create-system-image-backup-windows-8s-hidden-backup-tool > Ahhh... Useful. Will spend some time there shortly. A quick reads seems to offer some promise. I will get back with you on the rest after a bit. JC
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