You could install the OS and then run Drive Image XML, or just use
BArtPe to create a boot disk with the necessary files.
http://www.runtime.org/peb.htm
http://www.runtime.org/driveimage_faq.htm#restore
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Loy Pressley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> *Good afternoon,
>
> I have been using Drive Image XML to image and backup my Win 7 laptop. It
> seems to work very well and when I browse the backup I've created all the
> files seem to be there. My question concerns restoring files from a backup
> when I have a hard drive failure. How do you do it???
>
> Suppose I have a fairly current backup of my hard drive and my hard drive
> suddenly fails. I buy a new hard drive and install it in my laptop. Then,
> how do I get the files in the backup to restore to the hard drive I've just
> installed for that purpose? Will I have to format the new drive before I
> restore from the backup? How do I start the restore operation? I lost the
> executable copy of Drive Image XML when the old hard drive failed. The
> backup itself is not an executable file, so what do I do? Even if I boot
> from a CD, I still don't have an executable copy of Drive Image XML to use
> to do the restore.
>
> I must be doing something wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Although I believe my question is pertinent to almost any image/backup
> software and computer, my system is Win7 Home Premium, 250 Gig hard drive
> with lots of empty space and 2 gigs of memory. I'm using Drive Image XML as
> my backup software, but I also have Paragon 4.5 and I have the same question
> about that backup, too.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Loy*
>
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