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From: felmon on 30 Jun 2010 03:03 greets! just got a Samsung N150 Plus netbook with Windows 7 Starter. I wanted to back up the Windows recovery partition to be able to re- install it if it gets corrupted or if I remove it. what is a good way to back it up with an eye on certainty and ease of reinstallation? the N150 doesn't have a dvd. I suppose I could purchase an external one and will do so if that is necessary or if other methods are terribly complex or uncertain but would rather avoid that. I have tried googling around but so far I haven't stumbled on anything useful. felmon
From: Parko on 30 Jun 2010 08:27 On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:03:11 -0500, felmon wrote: > greets! > > just got a Samsung N150 Plus netbook with Windows 7 Starter. > > I wanted to back up the Windows recovery partition to be able to re- > install it if it gets corrupted or if I remove it. > > what is a good way to back it up with an eye on certainty and ease of > reinstallation? > > the N150 doesn't have a dvd. I suppose I could purchase an external one > and will do so if that is necessary or if other methods are terribly > complex or uncertain but would rather avoid that. > > I have tried googling around but so far I haven't stumbled on anything > useful. > > felmon Clonezilla installs onto a USB flash drive http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/ You may need to use gparted to unhide the recovery partition. Installs to a USB flash drive too http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php This assumes, of course, that the Samsung N150 Plus netbook will boot off a USB drive -- Where's the cursor? Where's the eraser? Where's the cursor? Where's the eraser? G-O-H-O-H-O-9-O G-O-H-O-H-O-9-O G-O-H-O-H-O-9-O H-O-9-O-G-O-H-O
From: felmon on 30 Jun 2010 12:20 On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:27:20 +0000, Parko wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:03:11 -0500, felmon wrote: > >> greets! >> >> just got a Samsung N150 Plus netbook with Windows 7 Starter. >> >> I wanted to back up the Windows recovery partition to be able to re- >> install it if it gets corrupted or if I remove it. >> >> what is a good way to back it up with an eye on certainty and ease of >> reinstallation? >> >> the N150 doesn't have a dvd. I suppose I could purchase an external one >> and will do so if that is necessary or if other methods are terribly >> complex or uncertain but would rather avoid that. >> >> I have tried googling around but so far I haven't stumbled on anything >> useful. >> >> felmon > > Clonezilla installs onto a USB flash drive > http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/ You may need to use gparted to > unhide the recovery partition. Installs to a USB flash drive too > http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php This assumes, of course, that > the Samsung N150 Plus netbook will boot off a USB drive very nice! I will give it a try later today. I have clonezilla on a dvd but hadn't used it much so I forgot about it. the netbook does boot off a usb drive. gparted shows all the partitions, no problem. thank you! Felmon
From: AJL on 30 Jun 2010 12:29 felmon <nemo(a)nowhere.INVALID> wrote: >just got a Samsung N150 Plus netbook with Windows 7 Starter. >I wanted to back up the Windows recovery partition to be able to re- >install it if it gets corrupted or if I remove it. >the N150 doesn't have a dvd. I suppose I could purchase an external one >and will do so if that is necessary or if other methods are terribly >complex or uncertain but would rather avoid that. Buy the self powered DVD. They're very cheap, my local Target store has em for under US$70. Very small and handy. I not only use mine for my netbooks but it's also handy for DVD to DVD copies using my larger laptops that have a built in DVD.
From: Gene E. Bloch on 30 Jun 2010 14:28
On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 02:03:11 -0500, felmon wrote: > greets! > > just got a Samsung N150 Plus netbook with Windows 7 Starter. > > I wanted to back up the Windows recovery partition to be able to re- > install it if it gets corrupted or if I remove it. > > what is a good way to back it up with an eye on certainty and ease of > reinstallation? > > the N150 doesn't have a dvd. I suppose I could purchase an external one > and will do so if that is necessary or if other methods are terribly > complex or uncertain but would rather avoid that. > > I have tried googling around but so far I haven't stumbled on anything > useful. > > felmon Ask the manufacturer to send you a restore disc. -- Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch) |