I think this may be of use to other newbies, like me, who have laptops/PCs without Microsoft disc(s). The Supplier provIded a partition with an area, 6.6GB, to be used in the event of a re-install. The downside of doing that is that all Windows updates would need to be re-done, all programs re-installed and all personal configurations would need to be re-done. A daunting task. I decided to experiment after I spotted that Windows can make an image.
Using the wizard I created an image on an Expansion drive. That was simple. The image was 31GB. The daring thing was to restore the image. Again using the wizard made it simple. In total it took about 25 minutes, with a lot of time spent reading and re-reading the instructions. It worked beautifully and all tests were ok.
The only issue, minor, was that my Ubuntu dual boot was not restored – I should have assumed it would be “dropped”. This will be a benefit to me as I can now remove the current Ubuntu and install the next.
Any one wanting to see what I did can look at https://sites.google.com/site/brian4mswebsite/Home/windows7—restore-an-image
Brian
