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Recovery on Windows 7

  • 16-05-2011 02:12AM
    #1
    abandinhope
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭


    My machine originally came with Vista pre-installed upon it. I upgraded it to Windows 7. If I do a recovery will it revert to Vista, or will it stay with Windows 7?

    Cheers!


Comments

  • #2
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    a recovery via system restore? then it'll stay with windows 7 but if you mean a recovery as in a restore from a hard drive partition then it may revert to vista if the factory partition still exists.


  • #3
    burrentech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭burrentech


    abandinhope wrote: »
    My machine originally came with Vista pre-installed upon it. I upgraded it to Windows 7. If I do a recovery will it revert to Vista, or will it stay with Windows 7?

    Cheers!

    A lot will depend on how the upgrade was done. If it was a DVd supplied by the original PC manufacturer then the recover partitions may also have been upgraded. If you just went and bought a MS upgrade, then its almost certain that your recovery partitions will take you back to Vista.

    Its always best to implement a proper backup strategy when moving your PC away from how it was supplied by the factory. At the very least restoring with a recovery partition will mean re-applying all the updates since your PC was bought. Can take a long time (at least half a day depending on the O/s version, and the PC's performance, and your internet connection).

    Windows 7 does come with some backup options, but ones I have tested to work are Active @ Image and True Image. Going with these options does require an additional hard drive, but they're relatively cheap today, and can have you back up and running within a much shorter time than doing a recovery from a restore partition, or from the original DVDs!

    Good luck


  • #4
    abandinhope
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭abandinhope


    Cheers guys, I bought the Windows 7 disc on its own, and I can't remember how exactly I did the install, or if I even created any partitions!

    But the recovery is a worst-case scenario. The issues I was having last night seem to have fixed themselves with the optional updates I installed. Happy days!


  • #5
    burrentech
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 180 ✭✭burrentech


    abandinhope wrote: »
    Cheers guys, I bought the Windows 7 disc on its own, and I can't remember how exactly I did the install, or if I even created any partitions!

    But the recovery is a worst-case scenario. The issues I was having last night seem to have fixed themselves with the optional updates I installed. Happy days!

    Great news. Now is a good time to do a backup in case of issues later :eek:


  • #6
    Moon54
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,242 ✭✭✭Moon54


    Good news.
    burrentech wrote: »
    Now is a good time to do a backup in case of issues later :eek:

    Exactly right. :)
    If you have Win 7 Pro it's very easy to do system image onto another hard drive.
    Go to, control panel / backup and restore / create a system image :)


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