Overview of UEFI/GPT full disk restore
Posted: Tue May 07, 2019 5:05 pm
I've just bought a new PC which is UEFI/GPT with Windows 10 Pro pre-installed on M2 SSD. Up to now I've only ever used IFD/IFL/BIBM on MBR systems. I want to basically understand what I need to back up and briefly how I would go about reinstating the system if the SSD failed and I bought a new one. I'm using IFL.
So far I've shrunk the C drive to give me a data drive for system images (which will also be backed up externally). According to IFL, the PC has 4 partitions : EFI System Partition 300 MB , C: Windows OS 123 GB NTFS, D: Data 341 GB NTFS, Recovery 450 MB NTFS. I've backed up each partition separately.
First question is do I need to keep backing up the EFI System Partition and Recovery every time I take a new image of C?
Second, if I replace the M2 SSD with a new blank one, can I just use IFL to restore the partitions and expect the machine to boot as if nothing had happened since the image was taken? I realise I'd have to recreate the D drive afterwards.
Is there a guide on UEFI/GPT which would get my knowledge up to speed?
So far I've shrunk the C drive to give me a data drive for system images (which will also be backed up externally). According to IFL, the PC has 4 partitions : EFI System Partition 300 MB , C: Windows OS 123 GB NTFS, D: Data 341 GB NTFS, Recovery 450 MB NTFS. I've backed up each partition separately.
First question is do I need to keep backing up the EFI System Partition and Recovery every time I take a new image of C?
Second, if I replace the M2 SSD with a new blank one, can I just use IFL to restore the partitions and expect the machine to boot as if nothing had happened since the image was taken? I realise I'd have to recreate the D drive afterwards.
Is there a guide on UEFI/GPT which would get my knowledge up to speed?