Hi, I have found this KB article but it applies to Vista only: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935467/en-us I was wondering what was Microsoft's policy on this one. Can imagex.exe be use as a backup tool for Windows 7? Regards Jean-Philippe

That article is almost four (4) years old. The latest version of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) work fine with Windows 7. See the article @ http://www.brighthub.com/computing/smb-security/articles/22644.aspx Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ”

That article is almost four (4) years old. The latest version of the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) work fine with Windows 7. See the article @ http://www.brighthub.com/computing/smb-security/articles/22644.aspx Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. ” Possibly the author of that article was unaware of some Limitations of ImageX ImageX currently does not support the following NTFS features: Extended attributes. Object IDs. Reparse points that are neither symbolic links nor junctions. ImageX will fail to apply them. Sparse files. (They can be captured and applied, but they are no longer sparse after they are applied.) Published: October 22, 2009 Updated: October 22, 2009 Applies To: Windows 7 Try it and see

Hi, The ImageX tool is mostly used to capture the image, it's not recommeded to backup. You can download the tool from the Windows Download Center. For the usage, you can refer to: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748966(WS.10).aspx Best Regards, Miya Yao TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, The ImageX tool is mostly used to capture the image, you can also use it to backup, since it’s not shipped with Windows 7, you should download it from the Windows Download Center. For the usage, you can refer to: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748966(WS.10).aspx Best Regards, Miya Yao TechNet Subscriber Support in forum. If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi derosnec, Sorry for missing the limitations. ImageX tool is better for the deployment, although it can create an image of a computer, but not a good choice for the backup. It's not recommended. Regards, Miya This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. | Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi Miya. I really don't know if those articles' caveats are actually practical limitations or not. They didn't cite any examples. I'm glad EQ23 brought it to our attention.