simonb
Active Member
I decided to join Neosmart Forums, (also as one of your fabs fans on Farcebook!) after inadvertently stomping one of the windows recovery posts earlier in march, discovered and learned many things, on Vista and on my newly bought HP (OEM)...which is included with the HP Recovery partition drive...to my surprise, it's actually much more tricky and complicated to just "recover" your laptop with that kind of partition. So i did, as any BetaTester would do...Bypass the problem and try to get around the issue rather than running thru it...I D-loaded the x64 Windows Vista Recovery as a torrent. Burned a DVD copy. (not tested yet) Then i realised i'm running the SP1 Vista, 32 bits Family Premium Edition. (any concerns with the recovery Dvd on that issue, if any...???) I have yet to test the DVD i burned, though my laptop is running well, and have no problems with it whatsoever, but the fact that i had no recov disc made me anxious at times, and wanted to resolve that as quick as possible. The End result i really deeply wanted, Hard disc image backup...and fast. This is what i did, please feel free to advise me if i'm not going to right way...!
1) I bought a 320 G USB 2.0 Portable Drive
2) Backuped the Windows Recovery x64.ISO file to it.
3) Downloaded this neat trial version software named Paragon Drive Backup...Paragon Drive Backup: system backup system restore and hard disk imaging
4) took the C: and backed up cluster by cluster at the best performance ratio setting the whole of my Disk onto the F: - total bake time 140G and 4 hours later...
***5) Fomat Hp Recovery Partition Drive for personal use and free up space...(11.7G)
I'm at the step 5 right now, and feeling pretty comfortable in the driver seat, as you guys permitted me to have a recovery Vista Disc of my own, which did not come with my initial 4 digits purchase HP laptop??? and now, a DVD burnt backup, another backup on my Portable Flash Drive, (in case) plus a 140 G backup cluster by cluster, (and this is important) of my Hard drive. Thus delivering me to format my HP Recovery Partition. Leaving my laptop with more space, as i am well over 250G of free space. My Killer Question??? Can you Boot from a External 2.0 USB Drive??? I don't know if my laptop can, or if it's available to do so, but if affirmative, that would be the sweets of the sweetiness...
Thx Neosmart, (as opposed to Neocons) and all the dev. team, Great job. :??
1) I bought a 320 G USB 2.0 Portable Drive
2) Backuped the Windows Recovery x64.ISO file to it.
3) Downloaded this neat trial version software named Paragon Drive Backup...Paragon Drive Backup: system backup system restore and hard disk imaging
4) took the C: and backed up cluster by cluster at the best performance ratio setting the whole of my Disk onto the F: - total bake time 140G and 4 hours later...
***5) Fomat Hp Recovery Partition Drive for personal use and free up space...(11.7G)
I'm at the step 5 right now, and feeling pretty comfortable in the driver seat, as you guys permitted me to have a recovery Vista Disc of my own, which did not come with my initial 4 digits purchase HP laptop??? and now, a DVD burnt backup, another backup on my Portable Flash Drive, (in case) plus a 140 G backup cluster by cluster, (and this is important) of my Hard drive. Thus delivering me to format my HP Recovery Partition. Leaving my laptop with more space, as i am well over 250G of free space. My Killer Question??? Can you Boot from a External 2.0 USB Drive??? I don't know if my laptop can, or if it's available to do so, but if affirmative, that would be the sweets of the sweetiness...
Thx Neosmart, (as opposed to Neocons) and all the dev. team, Great job. :??
