In Windows 7 you have the ability to do a system image
I know how to do this and it works great on all my machines, in fact one of my hd failed and i used the image to put it all back so I know it works.
I have upgraded 2 window 7 computers to windows 8 Pro and the system image works fine
I just got a new latpop running Windows 8 Pro and when running the system image to the external HD it came up with an error msg that there is not enough space on the external hd to run the image. Now this is impossible because it says it needs 36gis and on this external hd there is 250 gigs free.
I thought maybe it was the external HD so I tried it with another one I have. I even rebooted just in case something hung up,
It came up with the same message, this HD has 500gigs free
What could be causing Windows 8 to think these drives are full?
I used one of these HD's as a test on my upgraded Windows 8 pro desktop just to see if it was the hd, and there it made the image with no complaints at all so it is not the external hds
Maybe one of you can give me a suggestion? btw it makes the system repair disk fine with no problems at all
I know how to do this and it works great on all my machines, in fact one of my hd failed and i used the image to put it all back so I know it works.
I have upgraded 2 window 7 computers to windows 8 Pro and the system image works fine
I just got a new latpop running Windows 8 Pro and when running the system image to the external HD it came up with an error msg that there is not enough space on the external hd to run the image. Now this is impossible because it says it needs 36gis and on this external hd there is 250 gigs free.
I thought maybe it was the external HD so I tried it with another one I have. I even rebooted just in case something hung up,
It came up with the same message, this HD has 500gigs free
What could be causing Windows 8 to think these drives are full?
I used one of these HD's as a test on my upgraded Windows 8 pro desktop just to see if it was the hd, and there it made the image with no complaints at all so it is not the external hds
Maybe one of you can give me a suggestion? btw it makes the system repair disk fine with no problems at all
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- 4 Windows 7 Pro Sp1- 4 Win 8 Pro, 1- xp pro sp3
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Optiplex 390, 380, 3 Vostro Laptops (7 computers in all)
- CPU
- desktop/laptop
- Memory
- 4gigs
- Graphics Card(s)
- atm randioum
- Hard Drives
- 350,250