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Best I can tell the Dell image for XPS 9550 is just Windows 10 with minimal drivers. I think I'll try the fresh Microsoft Windows route, but I want to mirror th
by x0054 8y ago
Best I can tell the Dell image for XPS 9550 is just Windows 10 with minimal drivers. I think I'll try the fresh Microsoft Windows route, but I want to mirror the drive first, because I don't want to install windows all over again and set up all my apps if it doesn't work. What's a good alternative to something like Carbon Copy Cloner for Windows? I used to use Ghost, but that was a decade ago.
- jacob019 8y agoLive boot linux and use dd
- jimnotgym 8y agoThat is extremely good advice.
- x0054 8y agoI'll give that a shot, that should work, theoretically. I don't really know all the ins and outs of the new secure boot stuff on windows, would have to read up on that. But theoretically that should work.
- jacob019 8y agoubuntu works fine with secure boot
- dabockster 8y ago> Best I can tell the Dell image for XPS 9550 is just Windows 10 with minimal drivers. I've worked in an IT shop before. Even if the image is just Windows 10 with included drivers, those drivers can include bundled programs and bloatware themselves. I used a Dell laptop in the past with Windows 8 that had a trackpad application which had to autostart and run in the background for the trackpad to work properly. No matter what, that program was guaranteed to be using at least 50MB of RAM. Upon upgrading to 8.1, I had a bunch of OS errors. Turns out, uninstalling and reinstalling the trackpad driver fixed the problem. OEM drivers aren't just the drivers themselves, but often instead an entire suite of programs that bloat your system and interfere with Windows' ability to take care of itself.
- ihattendorf 8y agoDriveImage XML[1] always worked the few times I needed it, and you can create the image while booted in to windows. [1]: https://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm https://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm