My C: drive is 75gig and I backup to my D: drive which is 150gig..is there a difference between backup and cloning?..--Phyllis
----- Original Message ----- From: "JIM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [A-1-Computer_Tech] Re: Is my floppy drive bad? Phyllis, > OK..my systems were custom built and came to me blank..I did all my own > installations from scratch, 1 98se and 3 XP Pro, keeps the brain > active..and > at my age I need something to keep me on my toes..lol..Without constant > brain activity I understand you atrophy..lol.. Yes, when you build your own machine then you don't have any bundlerd software OR any factory rescue dieks. But you aren't really left in the learch. Just get a cloning program, I use Ghost. When I get my computer set up the way I want, junk bundled software removed, my installed software installed. Then I run the cloning program. The one thin you may need is to clone the hard drive. But if you are installing the OS then you can use the partitioning feature to partition the drive. That gives you at least one partition to clone your C partition to. one of the other ones. Keep in mind that the partitin to which you clone C will have to be about the same size as C. I have partition magic because I sometimes have as many as three computers or more. and I keep playing around in ways that expand the size of my C partition. So I am able to non destructive repartitioning. So what you may need are cloning software and partitining software. For partitioning besides PM is G-Parted, a free iso file that you burn to a CD. For cloning, besides Ghost is Acronis, which also costs, I think it was about $70. Both can be googled. Jim If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links If you have any questions or problems with any aspect of this site, please feel free to contact me directly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please do not post personal issues directly to the group. To unsubscribe from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for using A-1 Computer Tech Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A-1-Computer_Tech/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
