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
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.
just don't try to store stuff on a drive, then build windows on top of it :P
Quote from: dedndave on April 05, 2010, 03:04:54 AM
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.
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
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
Quote from: dedndave on April 05, 2010, 02:42:55 PM
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.
the guys at the MSFN forum can probably fix you up :U
http://www.msfn.org/board/forum.html
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.
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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
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
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