To be honest, I prefer to actually reload my machines every now and then in
any case to clear up clutter/software that doesn't get used.
I have an external 250Gb hard drive that connects via USB, so I just make
sure I back up all important data (which normally stays on it in any case)
there, unauthorise jaws first, and then do a clean install including a
complete format (not the quick one), and reload the machine with a sighted
friend helping me with the initial part of the process up until I have the
sound card and video card drivers loaded, and then I do the rest myself.
Only other thing I try to do is make a system restore point just after the
clean installation of important software, but I normally don't bother
restoring back to this point since I still think it's better to just do a
clean install every now and then.
This is partly due to testing/playing around with a lot of different types
of software, but I also have one machine that just stays clean and only has
actual work software on it, and this one doesn't need to get reloaded too
often.
Stay well
Jacob Kruger
Blind Biker
Skype: BlindZA
'...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...'
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Torpey" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 5:24 PM
Subject: [Blind-Computing] Disk Restore Questions
I have room for only one hard disk in my PC and I want to upgrade to a
larger drive.
I have my original disk drive backed up with Acronis True-Image (which I
believe makes a image of my hard disk).
Two questions:
1. When I put in the new hard disk, must I reformat it first before
restoring the image with True-Image? I believe I can boot off a bootable
CD
made from True-Image and then pull the restore files off my USB drive.
2. As for Jaws - Do I need to remove the authorization from my
original drive and then re-authorize on the new drive or can I just
restore
the disk image to the new drive and not worry about Jaws?
Also, if I do have to format the new drive should I use FAT32 or NTFS?
Thanks.
n Pete
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