ignatzatsonic, thank you so much for your help. I'm marking this as closed, since I seem to be somewhat on the right track. I am in the midst of an ongoing migraine and won't be back on the computer...

[QUOTE=Bree;2051145]Congratulations! Yes, testing that you can boot the Macrium recovery USB now (instead of when you are in a panic, trying to do a restore) is a step many forget to take.

Bree,...

ignatzasonic,

First off, I found the Dup Detector, but it showed as possible malware, then I tried the AllDup, and it showed as known to be malicious. So, I read lots of "best of" articles and...

Pictures at 2.37GB and Music at 47.0GB. Took a look at other folders and found what's eating up space. I think I desperately need a duplicate file search and destroy tool. Short part of a long...

Good afternoon,

I've made your recommended changes.

I'm not sure how much data I save. I do have about 2000+ pictures and 5000+ music files. Otherwise it's just Word files and Excel files,...

ignatzatsonic, Sounds good to me. I hadn't thought to keep one on my hard drive as well as on my external storage, but it makes sense.

Here's a screenshot of what I'm hoping you mean;
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Thank you for all your assistance. I never could have made it this far without you. I really appreciate your patience and step-by-step instructions.

In answer to your question -
Good idea. It...

Well...when I ended up with separate drives, it was suggested that I use one for system files and one for data files. {F} ended up being for the data files. If my machine went belly-up again, I would...

I have the next one running...and discovered the cause of my ONLY {F} disc to be imaged. Instead of starting on the far left and selecting Create an Image....I was starting in the middle of the...

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ummm, don't know how to convert it to gigabytes, but it is 133,951,782 KB

going to attempt {C} to {E} again

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on the march...

In the meantime, can you tell me why saving it to my external backup drive {E} wouldn't work? I want to be able to have an image there, and on a flash drive, if possible.

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If I understand this correctly, this will put an image of my {C} drive onto my interal {F} drive. Right? Please say yes.

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I don't know how to get them all in the same screenshot, so.... I think I have an extra in there somewhere... sorry.

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oops, I had gone ahead and checked the partitions that weren't already checked. is that OK?

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OK, this is what I choose for destination...via the three dots.
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This is what I then get
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but shouldn't the drive that it will be imaging be {C} ? I haven't selected a...

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ignatzatsonic. It seems stuck on wanting to image my {F} drive and not my {C} drive. My external backup drive is actually my {E} drive...so I want to go from {C} to {E}.

steve108, yes I did, but...

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I made an attempt at making an image. The only drive I "checked" was the one with {C}. I checked all the partitions as well for that disc. When I proceed to the next page, it brings...

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Should the parts that don't have drive letters have drive letters?

ignatzatsonic, steve108 and dalchina - thank you all for your replies and instructions. I'm attaching screenshots of the Disk Management screen and the Minitool Partition Wizard screens302016302017...