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    I'm muckin' with a computer and find win7 64x needs to be reinstalled on the hdd. I put win7 on it yesterday then did all the updates, that's when the drive started playing up.
    So I cloned the drive to another hdd for backup.
    What I'd like to do is do the OS install, then install the updates from the cloned drive to save all the downloading.
    How is this done ?
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    If you are referring to Windows update then the default location of the update file being downloaded from windows update will automatically be saved in C:\windows\software distribution\downloads.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philquad View Post
    If you are referring to Windows update then the default location of the update file being downloaded from windows update will automatically be saved in C:\windows\software distribution\downloads.
    Yes that's correct but how do you point windows update to those files ?
    or will it automatically find find them if I copy the files to the directory on the renewed drive ?
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    buggered if i know
    just try it lol
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    Nope, doesn't work

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    bummer
    only other thing is integrate the updates with nlite which is more work
    but atleast if you need it again, it will save updating every time
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philquad View Post
    bummer
    only other thing is integrate the updates with nlite which is more work
    but atleast if you need it again, it will save updating every time
    It's a bit strange I reckon that no-one has devised some software to do the job, or if there is I can't find it.
    It's pretty common to have to reinstall the OS which means the updates are already on the computer, just copy them and reinstall them after the OS.
    I've looked at a few that claim once the updates are downloaded they can be installed on many other computers offline but still have to download them first.

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    sorry i thought you knew
    can be a bit of working out, suggest making usb install to test with

    try the guide
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philquad View Post
    sorry i thought you knew
    can be a bit of working out, suggest making usb install to test with

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    Ah ok that's interesting. I'll have to have a good read through it.

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    im actually going to make 1 myself now, i do a lot of win 8 installs & the updates are way out

    i just need to find out where to get the updates alone
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