[Durham] Backing up and resorting a Windows7 install using Linux boot media

Andrew Glass andrewglass3 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 4 07:39:04 UTC 2013


Did you want a copy of spinrite?

I have it on my server if you would like a copy?

Cheers

Andy


On 2 December 2013 20:34, Dougie Nisbet <dougie at highmoor.co.uk> wrote:

> On 02/12/13 19:39, Richard Mortimer wrote:
>
>> It isn't clear just how "valuable" the data is on the existing drive. You
>> did mention a re-install so maybe you'd live with losing it. But just in
>> case it has something that you care about I hear a lot of good things about
>> SpinRite, https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
>>
> In this particular case, the answer is 'not very'. But I'm interested in
> running with the clone/copy idea and using this machine a little like a
> test bed so that if it happens again in future I have some idea about how
> to go about things. I could certainly just do a re-install but I'm going to
> run with the clone idea so that I'm familiar with the process and options
> if and when a similar situation arises in future.
>
> Dougie
>
>
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