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20th Mar 2009, 15:20
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Hi! I have a 1TB hdd and I would like to take a snapshot of the windows installed on it and place it on a 50 GB HDD. How can I achieve this? I have tried Norton Ghost but it wont let me select how much of the hard drive i want to backup, or make an image of. It just had option for entire drive. Please let me know. Thanks!
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20th Mar 2009, 17:17
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I know Karens Replicator has a feature like this but not sure it will do all you want. You might check it out.
Also try: DriveImage XML Cobian Backup
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21st Mar 2009, 11:35
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Hi! i will try Karens Replicator . thanks. Do you know what folders need to be copied to destination drive to ensure windows as ran on source drive will be replicated to destination drive? I figure, Windows folder, documents and settings, program files folder. Is that it?
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21st Mar 2009, 12:07
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If you want to be able to restore the Operating System stored in the image ... i.e. if HDD fails, you need to take an image of the whole drive/partition, as this will contain the boot files etc. necessary.
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If you just copy files and folders, you will not be able to restore the OS to a new drive. Acronis True Image will do this, as well as Norton Ghost. My System: Home Build
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21st Mar 2009, 12:26
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Thanks. But will it give me the option to copy over an image of the OS only w/o misc files?
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21st Mar 2009, 13:14
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No ... the image is exactly that ... i.e. an image of the drive or partition.
The image will contain everything on the drive or Partition ...i.e. OS and any Data If you want just the OS and associated files and no Data files , you would need partition your Drive beforehand, making a partition for the OS and another for your Data and save any Data to the 2nd Partition. This can be useful, as it will allow you to restore or formsat/re-install your OS, without affecting your Data. |
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21st Mar 2009, 13:18
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Also when Win7 is released I want to dual boot it, so for this will I be able to have a partition for Vista, partition for Win7, and one for data that would have programs on like antivirus, photoshop etc. and would I then be able to use those programs regardless of which OS I had booted? Thanks.
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21st Mar 2009, 13:30
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Also as we all get in the habit of downloading stuff to our Desktop, some space should be allowed here too. I have 3 Partitions and allow 50gb for Vista .... some folk would say this is too much, but Vista is hungry and a few Video files being converted, Photos and MP3s etc. can soon mount up .... it depends what you do I guess and the size of the drive. A partition for W7, one for Vista and one for Data will be fine. Each OS will work totally independant of the other, so any programs you want, will need to be installed on each OS, so no there is no cross working as such.. |
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21st Mar 2009, 13:35
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Ah ok, in that case, I'll split my 1TB 250GB each OS and 500GB for other data. I have a seperate 250GB HDD for school work anyway. Ok that should work well. Thanks for that info.
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21st Mar 2009, 13:58
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You're welcome
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