Re: Image backup

[Jeff Crosby <jlcrosby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Windows 7 has image backup built in.  I've used it many times.  Make sure
you have a repair disk as well.  If you need to restore the image you've
got to boot from the repair disk.


On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 1:49 PM, Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm going to make an image backup of my Win7 PC before I upgrade to Win10.
> I've been pruning files, about 60GB worth.  Normally, I'd wipe deleted file
> space with blanks so that the image backup could compress that space
> easily, but this is the first time I've done an image backup of an SSD
> drive.  So, I am wondering whether anyone can recommend a free image backup
> that ignores unallocated disk space.  I am backing up to DVD.
>
> - Dan
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