Can I use leftover room after image is made?

[Magnum]

If I make an image of my hard drive onto another drive, can I use the leftover room on the backup drive?

I am only using 4 Gb on a 144 Gb C: drive.
I would be putting it on a 120 Gb drive.

Thanks

[hutch--]

Depending on the image software you are using you should end up with a single file that you can write anywhere you like. I store disk images in a directory that I can find fromn a boot CD disk if I ever need to restore a boot partition.

It makes sense to make a boot disk image then store it on another hard disk so that if the boot disk fails you can restore it on a replacement boot disk.

[dedndave]

just don't try to store stuff on a drive, then build windows on top of it   :P

[Magnum]

just don't try to store stuff on a drive, then build windows on top of it   :P

That's a good point. I do store stuff as well as cache directories on my second drive.
But I have all my progs stored on CD as well.

[dedndave]

i suggest you always partition your drives
a smaller first partition that can be cleaned off for system installation - 40 to 80 gb is usually large enough
and a larger second partition for data storage
i have a couple drives just for storage, but i have even partitioned them the same way in case i want to build an OS on them

[oex]

A dual partition Windows/Linux is a good idea I think.... that way if you get a Windows virus you can easily backup your files and reinstall and vise versa

[Magnum]

i suggest you always partition your drives
a smaller first partition that can be cleaned off for system installation - 40 to 80 gb is usually large enough
and a larger second partition for data storage
i have a couple drives just for storage, but i have even partitioned them the same way in case i want to build an OS on them

If the drive goes nite-nite, you lose any backups on it.

For me, I tried different parititions, but it just added to many more letters.

I used the freeware Macrium Reflect program.
It lets you image just the O.S. or the entire drive.

I wish Bart P.E. had a browser program.

[dedndave]

the guys at the MSFN forum can probably fix you up   :U

http://www.msfn.org/board/forum.html

[FORTRANS]

Hi,

   My parent's Win 98 computer is failing.  I would like
a small disk imaging program for it.  Some recommended
from a search of the forum were too big to install before
a crash or other problem.  So small, fast, and free would
be nice.  I have a disk with the same geometry if that
matters.

Thanks,

Steve N.

[carlos]

My parent's Win 98 computer is failing.  I would like
a small disk imaging program for it.  Some recommended
from a search of the forum were too big to install before
a crash or other problem.  So small, fast, and free would
be nice.  I have a disk with the same geometry if that
matters.

Try PING (Partimage is not Ghost) its a tiny (50 Mb) Linux livecd that will let you made an image of your hard disk, in another partition or in a different computer, (in a network) it store the image in CD size chunks, so you could do a restore CD,

I put my copy in a 128 Mb SD card, but a 64 Mb card will do, you could do the CD's (or DVD's) bootables

Carlos

[FORTRANS]

Hi,

   Thanks for the response.  Well the machine in question
is too old for bootable CD's (I think).  But it seems I may
need to do a copy on another machine, so that may be
a way to go.

Steve

[dedndave]

Steve,
i have several older IDE drives around
from time-to-time, i want to move old stuff onto one of my newer SATA drives
my machine won't boot from an IDE
but, i can disconnect one of the optical drives and connect the old drive using that cable on a temporary basis
XP has no trouble recognizing or reading the drive
i try not to do any writes to it, though - so it doesn't mess it up for Win98