Drive With Bad Sectors - Struggling To Image - Windows 7

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HiddenTalent

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Hi,

I have a drive with bad sectors. I've run chkdsk \r \f, using Macrium Reflect, and it gets to 100% and fails on the main partition. (Error 23)

I was able to successfully image the recovery partition of the old drive.

My goal is to not purchase a new license if I don't have to.

Thanks.
 
You can just image the recovery partition onto a new drive then run the system recovery. In any case, you don't need to buy a new license of Windows. You have the key on the side of the computer.
 
voyagerfan99 said:
You can just image the recovery partition onto a new drive then run the system recovery. In any case, you don't need to buy a new license of Windows. You have the key on the side of the computer.
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The only reason why I may need a new license is because I'm replacing the drive with a different model. Though, if I have the recovery partition, you're saying the drive type will be corrected in the restore process correct?
 
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After multiple attempts, Reflect finally completed an image of the main partition! Now I've got images of both partitions. I should be able to put them both on the new drive and run a system recovery.

Do we all agree?
 
HiddenTalent said:
The only reason why I may need a new license is because I'm replacing the drive with a different model. Though, if I have the recovery partition, you're saying the drive type will be corrected in the restore process correct?
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You don't need a different key for a different drive. That only pertains to motherboard changes.

HiddenTalent said:
After multiple attempts, Reflect finally completed an image of the main partition! Now I've got images of both partitions. I should be able to put them both on the new drive and run a system recovery.

Do we all agree?
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You don't even need the main partition. You can just image the recovery partition and run the recovery when you boot the machine (depending on what computer you own).
 
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