Worked like a charm, thank you!
Richard P.
Admiral Harris wrote:
format the external in NTFS
Then do your backup
I tried backing up to a 160GB Seagate external drive but it stopped
at 4GB, which apparently is the limit for FAT32.
How can I find out what the largest usable internal HD is for this
computer (SR2032X)? Compaq's website only lists what came in the PC
originally which is a HP 200GB Serial ATA 3G 7200 and lists for $200,
which is overpriced as well.
Also, any recommendations for HD manufacturer?
Thanks,
There won't be any real limit. Buy whatever you can afford. But
remember - 2 drives is safer than one. Your daily backups need to be
to a second physical drive.
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How can I find out what the largest usable internal HD is for
If the drive interface does more than 128 GB (28-bit Logical Block Addressing),
then it does the next step which is 48-bit LBA, and is huge. We aren't close
to manufacturing drives that will exceed that limit.
Fred Holmes
At 01:36 PM 3/24/2008, Richard P. wrote:
How can I find out what the
Is imaging the same as backup? When I do the Windows backup, it looks
like it only chooses My Documents, Favorites, Desktop and Cookies, and
it doesn't backup any programs that I see (although I don't know this).
If imaging is different, how is that best done? I have no desire to keep
track of
Really great software! Thanks, it covers just about everything I might
ever need in the future.
Thanks again,
Richard
Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote:
www.belarc.com
Download belarc advisor.
For many program it even prints out your install key or serial number.
Very handy I use it all the
No. A disk image is a snapshot of ALL the data on that disk partition.
An image _is_ a backup, but a backup only saves selected data.
Norton Ghost, Acronis, a freeware imager:
http://www.download.com/DriveImage-XML/3000-2242_4-10443230.html
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Richard P. [EMAIL
Yes, just buy a new hard drive and install to that. Keep the whole old
drive as a backup.
This is the only way to be truly sure you don't lose anything. Makes me
glad that drive prices have gotten so cheap.
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I'm not sure that's better, just somewhat convenient. Or is it? I'd
just hang the old drive on there long enough to image it to the new
drive (overnight, 0 labor), then disconnect it. Then you'd have the
browsable image right there. When you haven't referred to the image
for a few weeks, delete
Does the disk image include the operating system or is it everything but
the OS? It does sound like the way to go.
Richard P.
Tony B wrote:
No. A disk image is a snapshot of ALL the data on that disk partition.
An image _is_ a backup, but a backup only saves selected data.
Norton Ghost,
If you image the system partition (c: maybe) then yes, you'll have a
snapshot of the OS that day.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does the disk image include the operating system or is it everything but
the OS? It does sound like the way to go.
Richard
www.belarc.com
Download belarc advisor.
For many program it even prints out your install key or serial number.
Very handy I use it all the time to take a snapshot of my system and
know what all is installed.
NOTE it does not cover 100%
Stewart
At 10:06 PM 3/22/2008, you wrote:
It looks
Yes, just buy a new hard drive and install to that. Keep the whole old
drive as a backup.
Monumental waste of time keeping track of the programs you
installed. You should have the programs you USE on your C partition
and that should be imaged daily.
On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Richard P.
format the external in NTFS
Then do your backup
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From: Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2008 11:06 PM
Subject: [CGUYS] XP Reinstall
It looks like I'll have to reinstall my Windows XP operating system
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