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Is there really no way to restore an x86 image over an x64 install?
I've been pretty satisfied with Window's built-in disk-image creation and restoration tool (the one still called "Windows 7 Backup and Restore") ... but recently tried to restore a image of an x86 Windows 10 installation onto a drive that had x64 Windows 10 installed, and Windows refused to do so. Saying, basically, you can only restore x86 over x86, and x64 over x64. Is there really no way around this? I don't get why Windows cares what is on the target disk, since it is going to be totally written over.
What I did is: Had Win10 x64 installed on internal SSD. Booted from an x86 Recovery USB. Got a message that x86 Recovery wouldn't work with x64 installation. Booted from x64 Recovery USB. Then plugged-in my external USB drive, which has the x86 image on it. Then Windows refused to restore it to the computer's internal SSD. So I had to do a full-disk clean install of x86 on the SSD, and only then was I able to restore the x86 image onto the SSD.
Last edited by mc510; 10 May 2017 at 21:05.