Vista - Dell factory Image

**venom762** · 06-19-2009

Is there a way to remove this, and install it to a flash drive? I have two hard drive c and d and a partition on c that is e and contains my factory image. How can I move this and will it still give me the option to restore it?

06-20-2009

venom762 wrote:

Quote:

>
> Is there a way to remove this, and install it to a flash drive? I have
> two hard drive c and d and a partition on c that is e and contains my
> factory image. How can I move this and will it still give me the option
> to restore it?

Suggestions:

1. Check with Dell about how to create recovery discs from the image. If
possible, do so. Then you can combine partitions if you want.

2. Purchase an imaging program (I prefer Acronis True Image) and image your
operating system (C

. Store the image either on your second hard drive or
an external hard drive. Then you can combine partitions on the main
computer if you want.

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

**venom762** · 06-20-2009

Thank you

06-21-2009

If your computer came with a system restore CD set, you can use that instead
of the image on the HD.

http://support.dell.com/support/topi...346&doclang=en

Tom Ferguson

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Quote:

>
> Is there a way to remove this, and install it to a flash drive? I have
> two hard drive c and d and a partition on c that is e and contains my
> factory image. How can I move this and will it still give me the option
> to restore it?
>
>
> --
> venom762

**dinesh** · 06-21-2009

Quote: Originally Posted by venom762

Is there a way to remove this, and install it to a flash drive? I have two hard drive c and d and a partition on c that is e and contains my factory image. How can I move this and will it still give me the option to restore it?

Its just a 10 MB partition. You can remove it by deleting this partition from disk mgmt. However, you can no more be able to restore your computer to factory reset. Then you can restore system image using Backup and Restore feature within windows.

06-19-2009	#1 (permalink)
venom762 Vista Home premium 32bit, SP2 152 posts	Dell factory Image Is there a way to remove this, and install it to a flash drive? I have two hard drive c and d and a partition on c that is e and contains my factory image. How can I move this and will it still give me the option to restore it?
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06-20-2009	#2 (permalink)
Malke n/a posts	Re: Dell factory Image venom762 wrote: Quote: > > Is there a way to remove this, and install it to a flash drive? I have > two hard drive c and d and a partition on c that is e and contains my > factory image. How can I move this and will it still give me the option > to restore it? Suggestions: 1. Check with Dell about how to create recovery discs from the image. If possible, do so. Then you can combine partitions if you want. 2. Purchase an imaging program (I prefer Acronis True Image) and image your operating system (C. Store the image either on your second hard drive or an external hard drive. Then you can combine partitions on the main computer if you want. Malke -- MS-MVP Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic! http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ
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06-20-2009	#3 (permalink)
venom762 Vista Home premium 32bit, SP2 152 posts	Re: Dell factory Image Thank you
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06-21-2009	#4 (permalink)
Tom Ferguson n/a posts	Re: Dell factory Image If your computer came with a system restore CD set, you can use that instead of the image on the HD. http://support.dell.com/support/topi...346&doclang=en Tom Ferguson "venom762" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message news:30de05226b4c7d88a6df7c655eb62e04@xxxxxx-gateway.com... Quote: > > Is there a way to remove this, and install it to a flash drive? I have > two hard drive c and d and a partition on c that is e and contains my > factory image. How can I move this and will it still give me the option > to restore it? > > > -- > venom762
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06-21-2009	#5 (permalink)
dinesh Windows 7 RTM 64-bit 1,263 posts	Re: Dell factory Image Quote: Originally Posted by venom762 Is there a way to remove this, and install it to a flash drive? I have two hard drive c and d and a partition on c that is e and contains my factory image. How can I move this and will it still give me the option to restore it? Its just a 10 MB partition. You can remove it by deleting this partition from disk mgmt. However, you can no more be able to restore your computer to factory reset. Then you can restore system image using Backup and Restore feature within windows.
My System Specs

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