I will be receiving a new laptop shortly, namely the Yoga 13, whose SSD is partitioned into no less than 8 partitions from the factory. I suppose the first thing I'd like to do is backup the entire drive with all its original partitions before I start messing with it. I've heard good things about the free version of Paragon, so I think I will use that with their USB boot key.
Questions:
1. Would I indeed be able to restore the factory SSD *exactly* the way it was prior to backing up the entire disk, partitions and all, from an external USB drive?
2. How is a backup/restore related to the GPT table of the GPT disk? In other words, if I plan to wipe the disk and re-install W8 from media, doesn't this W8 install write to the GPT table? And if so, would a restore of the factory disk also restore that GPT table? Is this even something to worry about, or does the software (Paragon) deal with it somehow?
Thanks for any help.
Questions:
1. Would I indeed be able to restore the factory SSD *exactly* the way it was prior to backing up the entire disk, partitions and all, from an external USB drive?
2. How is a backup/restore related to the GPT table of the GPT disk? In other words, if I plan to wipe the disk and re-install W8 from media, doesn't this W8 install write to the GPT table? And if so, would a restore of the factory disk also restore that GPT table? Is this even something to worry about, or does the software (Paragon) deal with it somehow?
Thanks for any help.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Core
- Computer type
- Laptop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Asus UX302LA