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Old 28-10-2012, 11:25 AM
Barrykgerdes
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Before you try out any new O/S on your main computer two essential programs you need are Drive Image and Partition Magic. However when they were taken over by Norton there were no more up updates. Consequently they to not work on Win 7 and later.

The best Win 7 replacements are Acronis and Easeus. I found Acronis not quite so easy to use as Drive Image but still an excellent program

If you have a multiboot system with Win XP you can still make images of Win 7 drives using Drive Image

Another program essential if you use Win 7 is "easyBCD2.1.2.exe" other than the one included with Win 7. to correct any problems that can occur when replacing Win 7

Barry
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