How can I create system image of Win-7 only on drive with Win-7 (NTFS) and Win-ME (FAT-32) system partitions

Question

I am trying to create a Windows 7 Image Backup on my Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit PC.
I have two bootable partitions on my hard drive. One is NTFS and contains the Win-7 system files.
The other is FAT-32 and contains a Windows-ME system.
When it comes to selecting the drives (partitions) for backing up, both are marked as System, and both are selected. Both are also "greyed out) - I cannot uncheck them.
Furthermore, the Windows-7 imaging utility supplied with Windows-7 returns an error saying it cannot image the disk because it contains a partition that is not NTFS.
How can I select and image ONLY the NTFS partition that contains the Win-7 system? That is what I want to do.

Answer 1

Any of the products listed below will backup the contents (all partitions) of your disk drive. The only limitation is that you must install the backup software in Windows 7. You will perform a "Disk and Partition" backup by manually selecting
the disk and all partitions (NTFS / FAT32) and the Master boot Record (MBR) on the drive. The destination / where the Image Backup will be stored should be an external USB drive. With a "Disk and Partition" backup you can restore any partition
to your existing drive or the entire backup (to the same disk drive or a new drive).
EaseUS Todo Backup Home V7.5
http://www.todo-backup.com/home/home-backup.htm
Free version:
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/free-backup-software.htm
Version comparison chart:
http://www.todo-backup.com/products/home/comparison.htm
Includes: Incremental backup, Disk/partition clone
User's Guide: http://www.todo-backup.com/download/docs/User_Guide.pdf
(Note: Install Todo and then create an "Emergency Disk" before you start creating your first image backup)
Version 7.0 supports XP, Vista, Windows 7, 8 and 8.1
Acronis True Image 2015:
Has a 30 day trial version available, trial Key sent to your Email Address.
Note: Cloning and drive initialization (creating a MBR) are not supported in the trial version.
For the trial version, recovery is available only when booting from an Acronis Bootable Media CD.
Install Acronis and then create a bootable Restore/Rescue Media CD before you start creating your first image backup
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/true-image-comparison/
30 day trial : http://www.acronis.com/en-us/personal/pc-backup/
True Image User Guides and documentation:
http://www.acronis.com/en-us/support/documentation/
2014 supports XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and 8.1
Paragon:
Free version: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/
User'sGuide:
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/download.html
Home Version $39.95: http://www.paragon-software.com/home/brh/
Support: http://www.paragon-software.com/support/
Macrium Reflect Free:
Free version: http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.aspx
(no technical support available for the free version)
Macrum Reflect Standard ($49.99)
http://www.macrium.com/personal.aspx
Suport: http://www.macrium.com/ticket.aspx
Note: For users who have a Western Digital disk drive there is a free version of Acronis 2013:
http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119
Release notes:
http://support.wdc.com/download/notes/ATI_WD_RN_5962.pdf
Users Guide for WD Version:
http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&type=userguide&wdc_lang=en
J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com
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