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Originally Posted by billyo
i dont wanna use an ext. drive to clone my laptop drive,
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Short of taking it to a shop and having it done for you, I don't see any way getting around using an external drive, using cloning, but then I'm not a tech.
You should not have to reset any installations, cloning, I never do, and I clone weekly to keep by back up drive current, (Windows updates, new files, etc), and fully operational.
I've heard some say that they create an image on the same drive, make a bootable disc to open the image file, and rely on that to restore and get them out of a jam.
That may be fine for a system failure, but I fail to see how that helps if the drive bearings fry, which is the most common cause of hard drive failure. At least that's what my techs have told me.
I'll take full cloning to another drive any day of the week, but if you prefer imaging, do it on an external drive..
Each to his own, it's all a matter of choice.