My hard drive has been replaced. I want to restore a backup made on an external drive, using Windows backup software.

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  Run DiskCleanup - start - all programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Cleanup

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  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896655.aspx

  -Free - Process Explorer shows you information about the handles and DLLs processes have
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  http://TechNet.Microsoft.com/en-us/Sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

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