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    how to backup Vista for XPS M1530 using WIM file?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by herohut, Jun 15, 2009.

  1. herohut

    herohut Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi everybody,
    I have a problem and need your help.
    My XPS crashes with viruses so I want to restore my Vista to factory
    But I have partitioned my HDD so I couldn't wake up my DELL Restore utility. My partitions are: C: for OS, D: for Data and a RECOVERY(E: ) partition that exists before.
    I looked into my RECOVERY(E: ) drive and found a WIM file at: E:\dell\Image\Factory.wim with total capacity of about 3.25GB

    The question is "how do I use this Factory.wim file to backup my Dell XPS?"!!

    Thank you!!
     
    herohut, Jun 15, 2009
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    herohut Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know this issue? Please help me!!
     
    herohut, Jun 16, 2009
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    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    BatBoy, Jun 16, 2009
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    herohut Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for your reply.
    But I'm sorry that It's not the solution for my problem!
     
    herohut, Jun 18, 2009
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Imaging_Format

    Short answer; you can't.
    Long answer; you can, but it's going to be needlessly time consuming and difficult so you're better off just backing up your data to an external drive or DVD-R and then follow the instructions in the link BatBoy gave you.

    Edit: I have a weird feeling what you are actually asking may have been, erm, how to put it.. lost in translation.
     
    niteh, Jun 20, 2009
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