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| From | Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. |
| Date | 2025-02-16 11:21 +0000 |
| Organization | NOYB |
| Message-ID | <vosl8o.5m8.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <23vvqjhl2mi34qvo5cfsucuhhn67608dcn@4ax.com> <voq7el$2coa$1@dont-email.me> |
Cross-posted to 2 groups.
Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> wrote: > On 2/14/2025 10:27 PM, micky wrote: > > > > https://knowledgebase.macrium.com/display/KNOW80/Cloning+a+disk#Cloningadisk-0 > > says "Important > > Windows cannot boot from a USB-connected drive. This is a restriction > > imposed by Microsoft. If you clone your system disk to a USB-connected > > external drive then, to boot your clone, the physical disk must be > > removed from the USB caddy and attached internally." I can't very > > easily do that with a laptop, especially with a 5 1/4" drive. Is this > > actually true? Still true?? The page that says it was "Last modified > > by Macrium Software on Dec 05, 2022" Was it true 2 years ago? > > I don't understand the issue here. Whatever imaging program > you use should be on a CD or USB stick, from which you boot, > writing the image to a non-C:\ partition or disk. So why do you > need to boot Windows from a USB caddy? micky is mixing up cloning with (image) backup (and restore). In his subject he (correctly) talks about "going to backup first", but in his text, he's talking about cloning (which he should *not* be doing). Which of the two - image backup or cloning - he is *actually* doing, we can only guess. Normally, image backup is the common use and cloning is a rare exception. (In my 10 years of using Macrium Reflect (Free), I've never cloned a disk (or partiotion).) [...]
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Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-14 22:27 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-15 03:06 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-02-15 04:51 -0600
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-15 08:42 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-02-15 10:58 -0600
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-15 23:34 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-15 23:46 -0700
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-16 09:21 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-04-01 18:08 -0400
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-02-15 09:14 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-16 11:21 +0000
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-16 13:45 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-16 13:14 -0700
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-02-16 17:53 -0600
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-17 00:49 -0700
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-10 10:33 -0400
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2025-03-10 13:24 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-03-10 10:38 -0400
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-18 20:54 +1100
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-18 11:53 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-20 20:04 +1100
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-20 09:07 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-02-21 18:25 +1100
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-21 09:21 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Mark Lloyd <not.email@all.invalid> - 2025-02-21 18:06 +0000
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-21 16:16 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. eternal@notreally.com (Juancho) - 2025-02-16 18:31 +0100
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-02-16 19:51 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-17 06:48 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-17 15:06 +0000
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-17 10:58 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-02-17 16:38 +0000
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. ...w¡ñ§±¤ñ <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2025-02-17 12:49 -0700
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-02-17 22:05 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-28 00:16 +1000
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-05-27 10:34 -0500
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-27 14:31 -0400
Re: Convinced me, going to backup first. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-28 20:12 +1000
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