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Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience

From	"s\|b" <me@privacy.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11
Subject	Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience
Date	2025-08-15 17:26 +0200
Organization	XXII
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On Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:46:04 -0400, Paul wrote:

> You should have a backup image, anyway. Right ? :-)

I regularly make backup images using Macrium Reflect.

> Having a backup is a good computer practice, as is using
> a separate external drive to store the backup.

I have two external drives and one somewhere else (in case the house
burns down).
 
> As long as your "excess materials" are in a separate partition,
> it should not take long to back up C: . Maybe ten minutes is enough
> time to do that. It takes an entire day, to back up everything in my room.
> But to protect an OS install, that should be about ten minutes.

10 minutes to make the backup image, an hour or so to install W11 and
then maybe restore the backup image. I used Rufus to upgrade a laptop
(refurbished, older type) and the process took more than an hour and
then it started to download and install updates.
 
> The Download folder on this OS, might be 30GB. The separate partition
> with the majority of files, is over 600GB, and backing that up takes
> a bit longer. I do not store backups in that partition either, the
> backups are on another drive (a drive not normally connected to the PC).
> I have more than 35 hard drives (but the vast majority, are "junk").

And here I was, bragging I have _three_. (-:
 
> And please please, do not use Windows 7 Backup for this task.
> That's about the worst product possible, as we're not sure that
> restores ever work when using that! I have no positive reports of success.
> Your files are stored in VHD or VHDX containers, but it would be
> a rather lengthy process to manually put the materials back on a hard
> drive later (convert VHD to physical, transfer physical with "dd.exe).

Macrium Reflect FTW.

-- 
s|b

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Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-09 16:39 -0700
  Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-10 09:52 -0400
    Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-08-10 09:37 -0500
      Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:14 -0700
    Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-10 18:03 +0100
    Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 18:05 -0700
  Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-10 14:35 +0000
    Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:44 +0200
      Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 18:09 -0700
      Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-12 07:03 +0000
        Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-12 14:31 -0400
          Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-12 17:02 -0700
            Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 06:47 +0000
          Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-13 06:47 +0000
            Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-13 03:21 -0400
  Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:50 +0200
    Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:56 -0400
      Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-11 15:10 +0200
        Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-11 17:34 -0400
          Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-13 21:33 +0200
    Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 18:11 -0700
      Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-10 23:08 -0400
        Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-10 20:37 -0700
          Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-11 04:27 -0400
        Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-11 02:46 -0700
      Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-11 15:13 +0200
        Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-11 17:46 -0400
          Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-15 17:26 +0200
            Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-16 00:21 +0100
              Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2025-08-15 19:29 -0500
                Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-16 15:27 +0100
                Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-08-16 23:44 -0400
                Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-17 13:19 +0100
                Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-08-18 13:38 -0400
                Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-18 15:58 +0200
                Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-18 12:58 -0400
              Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-08-18 15:56 +0200
          Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2025-08-15 21:38 +0000
            Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-15 18:16 -0400
            Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-25 07:02 -0400
              Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2025-08-25 16:14 +0100
              Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-08-25 19:09 +0000
                Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-25 16:52 -0400
                Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-08-25 22:23 +0000
                Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-25 23:26 -0400
                Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-08-26 08:46 -0400
  Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Windows X-Lite <Windows-X-Lite@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-19 04:50 +0000
    Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience T <T@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-18 22:21 -0700
      Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Windows X-Lite <Windows-X-Lite@invalid.invalid> - 2025-08-19 12:40 +0000
        Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2025-08-19 12:02 +0000
        Re: Tip: w10-->W11 unsupported hardware experience Daniel70 <daniel47@somewhere.someplaceelse> - 2025-08-19 23:46 +1000

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