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I have a new Dell Latitude E7440 laptop running Windows 7 Professional SP1 that was pre-installed by Dell through downgrade rights from Windows 8.1 Professional (64 bit).

There is a known bug in the BIOS for a small number of Latitude models where Windows 7 won't boot from the internal hard drive if a 3TB or greater external hard drive is attached via USB. Lucky me, I bought one of those models and have a Seagate 3TB. Oh, well. Just means I need to plug the Seagate into the Latitude after I power up until the BIOS is updated.

Can I use boot from Image for DOS installed to a USB flash drive and backup to the 3TB drive? I didn't think DOS could see beyond 2TB. Do I need to use Image for Linux instead? I could use Image for Windows, I know, but I'm kinda old school and prefer to boot specifically to perform the backup task.

Right now, the 3TB drive is set up with an extended partition (no primary partitions) and formatted as one big NTFS volume. I've looked at the IFD manual and scoured the knowledge base, but don't really see this question. I have the BIOS set to legacy mode. I'm not using UEFI or GPT or anything that is making my head hurt thinking about it.

PsychBiller,

How large is the partition on the 3 TB external HD. If it is 3 TB then you have a GPT disk.

Is the external HD USB3? IFL supports USB3 and IFD doesn't.

The 3TB is partitioned as one large extended partition formatted as NTFS. It is not GPT. The Seagate is a USB 3.0 device.

I prefer to use IFL with networking on a SD card rather IFD to image my
Win 7 X64 Home Premium system.

The steps to both image & restore are similar unless you choose to get
fancy in your setup.

I usually image from IFW, though. Restores done over 5 or more years
have been successful.
Mary

On 8/5/2014 10:08 PM, PsychBiller wrote:
> I have a new Dell Latitude E7440 laptop running Windows 7 Professional SP1 that was pre-installed by Dell through downgrade rights from Windows 8.1 Professional (64 bit).
>
> There is a known bug in the BIOS for a small number of Latitude models where Windows 7 won't boot from the internal hard drive if a 3TB or greater external hard drive is attached via USB. Lucky me, I bought one of those models and have a Seagate 3TB. Oh, well. Just means I need to plug the Seagate into the Latitude after I power up until the BIOS is updated.
>
> Can I use boot from Image for DOS installed to a USB flash drive and backup to the 3TB drive? I didn't think DOS could see beyond 2TB. Do I need to use Image for Linux instead? I could use Image for Windows, I know, but I'm kinda old school and prefer to boot specifically to perform the backup task.
>
> Right now, the 3TB drive is set up with an extended partition (no primary partitions) and formatted as one big NTFS volume. I've looked at the IFD manual and scoured the knowledge base, but don't really see this question. I have the BIOS set to legacy mode. I'm not using UEFI or GPT or anything that is making my head hurt thinking about it.
>
>

Yes you can. However if it's a USB3 port you have to use BIOS provided
support to it (newer BIOS shouldn't have a problem accessing 3TiB).
However, Image for Linux can also be used (doesn't use the BIOS).


"PsychBiller" wrote in message news:[email protected]...

I have a new Dell Latitude E7440 laptop running Windows 7 Professional SP1
that was pre-installed by Dell through downgrade rights from Windows 8.1
Professional (64 bit).

There is a known bug in the BIOS for a small number of Latitude models where
Windows 7 won't boot from the internal hard drive if a 3TB or greater
external hard drive is attached via USB. Lucky me, I bought one of those
models and have a Seagate 3TB. Oh, well. Just means I need to plug the
Seagate into the Latitude after I power up until the BIOS is updated.

Can I use boot from Image for DOS installed to a USB flash drive and backup
to the 3TB drive? I didn't think DOS could see beyond 2TB. Do I need to use
Image for Linux instead? I could use Image for Windows, I know, but I'm
kinda old school and prefer to boot specifically to perform the backup task.

Right now, the 3TB drive is set up with an extended partition (no primary
partitions) and formatted as one big NTFS volume. I've looked at the IFD
manual and scoured the knowledge base, but don't really see this question. I
have the BIOS set to legacy mode. I'm not using UEFI or GPT or anything that
is making my head hurt thinking about it.