Hi
Got a fairly new system with Win 7 x64.
Hard drive is showing signs of sporadic mechanical failure at bootup. HD and system is 1.5 years old. Vendor will replace HD, that's not an issue.
Windows Backup / restore has been used to create a system image and back up files onto external HDD USB drive.
Windows Backup has been used to create a system repair disk.
Now the question(s):
Using JUST the System repair disk (which I assume is bootable) along with the USB HDD, can a fully working system be restored if a same brand / size HD (new) is swapped in place of the defective drive?
If so, any "gotcha's" dealing with the backup process or recovery process?
I do NOT want alternative software suggestions at this point.
Any and all suggestions would be welcome.
Cameron
Got a fairly new system with Win 7 x64.
Hard drive is showing signs of sporadic mechanical failure at bootup. HD and system is 1.5 years old. Vendor will replace HD, that's not an issue.
Windows Backup / restore has been used to create a system image and back up files onto external HDD USB drive.
Windows Backup has been used to create a system repair disk.
Now the question(s):
Using JUST the System repair disk (which I assume is bootable) along with the USB HDD, can a fully working system be restored if a same brand / size HD (new) is swapped in place of the defective drive?
If so, any "gotcha's" dealing with the backup process or recovery process?
I do NOT want alternative software suggestions at this point.
Any and all suggestions would be welcome.
Cameron