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Inspiron 3647, replacing HDD, Dell Backup and Recovery
What specific steps do I need to follow to replace the hard drive and perform a system recovery on a Inspiron 3647 with the following:
Windows 10 OS
System and data backed up to an external hard drive using Dell Backup and Recovery v. 9
I've tried searching Support/Community for guidance on this and have come up with nothing. An online chat with Dell Customer Support requesting a link or direction was uninspiring. If a third party backup and restore software would be a better choice, please don't hesitate to make a recommendation.
bmcowboy
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February 6th, 2019 19:00
Hi @Sly D ,
Recently I answered a post with detailed steps for hard drive cloning using Macrium Reflect, a free for home use tool. Check out this thread and see if any help.
Tesla1856
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February 6th, 2019 22:00
I'm not familiar with that software. I use Macrium Reflect of do clean/fresh installs.
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Aurora-R7-M-2-NVMe-bootable-options/td-p/6073037
Not sure why you would want to, but if you are trying to get back to the software-buildup that Dell sent from the factory, you can try creating and using the Dell Recovery Image
https://www.dell.com/community/Alienware-Desktops/Aurora-R7-factory-reinstalling-Windows-10/m-p/6237210/highlight/true#M7547