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Thanks will have to instal those that I cannot see.

Thanks for all your help,gave me a few ideas, I have created a dual boot so I can see if Win 10 works whilst keeping Vista .It does work ok even without a key just looking for what the limitations might be.

Have created a dual boot laptop with original vista and Win 10 OS’s, when using Win 10 I cannot see all of the programmes on the original C partition but I can see some and can open some but not all.Is there any way I can share them rather than installing twice.

Thanks,will give it whirl

Had another try at macrium and this time got the instal file but get an error message when I try to run it.I have a feeling my Macafee security is the problem so will try again. Had a look at aomei it has the choice of “system image” or “disc image” the sata 0 shows two partitions one with the...

Tried your link,it was the same page as I have already used, as I say the downloader did not supply the instal programme ? Do you think it’s because I’m on vista?

Tried downloading the free version of macrium reflect but the instal file did not arrive ,there was a download log that you could inspect which said where the file was downloaded to but it’s not there.I contacted macrium and from their reply the free download would appear to be free only as an...

USAFRet asked what was I trying to do, I have a Sony laptop running on vista I have taken care of the laptop and can see no reason to change it but support for vista has ended and many new programmes will not run on it.I was hoping to update the OS to win 10 but wished to be able to reinstall...

From one of the replies asking if the usbs have been initialised I do not know what this means but I have been keeping back up files on the 2 external drives and have accessed the sata drive to rescue files for the donor of the sata drive . All the usb drives are substantially larger than the...

Used your link and under disk clone there is a tick in the column so I don’t really understand your reply.

Have downloaded the free version of aomei that allows disk cloning,I have a hdd given to me as the laptop screen had failed I have bought a sata docking station that allows usb connection. I also have 2 external hard drives that connect via usb. When using the cloning software I can select my...