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Restoring Windows System Image Backup to a different hard disk

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Mar 15, 202610518 views
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My SSD died. Fortunately, before the crash, I made a System Image backup (to a USB hard disk) using Windows 7's built-in backup tool. The SSD has been replaced (with exactly the same model and capacity), and now I'm ready to restore my system! However, the Windows Recovery tool tells me that it won…

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Fix for: Restoring Windows System Image Backup to a different hard disk

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I just got this figured out. Under Recovery Options, select Command Prompt. Type DISKPART and press Enter. Type LIST DISK to make sure the disk is available, then select it. Type LIST PARTITION or LIST VOLUME to make sure there aren't any volumes/pa…

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