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How can I back up the entire Windows 7 installation to be used on another drive as if it were a new operating system? 

For example, I'd like to use both Ubuntu and Windows 7, yet have an entire Ubuntu partition on the computer and Windows on a separate drive. But the OS backup would absolutely need to be like exactly the same version as before when first used. 

Is there some way to do this?