Back up system to external hdd ? - Club CDFreaks

*nmpaulcp* · 22-04-2003

I have my system set up perrrrfect! Now is about the time that I usually screw it up ! I was looking into buying an external hdd that I could use just for storing a copy of my primary drive w/OS and program files. Does this sound reasonable? What software would be needed? I am just trying to eliminate the need and time involved in reinstalling all software/ programs, drivers if I mess up the current configuration and cannot restore it. I am hoping I could just make a copy of the drive and then transfer the whole thing to a clean formatted drive or a new drive if something bad happens to this one. I am using Windows 2000.

*Stoner* · 22-04-2003

Why external when internal HDs are so cheap? I mean there's really no difference between an external and internal except the extra shell which cost a bundle. They'll both die if you drop 'em off the 2nd floor...

Anyway, I would get a 2nd internal HD, hook it up and set it as D:, get Ghost 7, boot into DOS, and do a disk to disk (cloning). Once the process is finished, take the 2nd HD out, put it in one of them anti-static bags and put it in save storage. I think I mentioned the how to before this before, now where's that thread... Found it.

22-04-2003	#1 (permalink)
nmpaulcp CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: On the westside Posts: 1,381	Back up system to external hdd ? I have my system set up perrrrfect! Now is about the time that I usually screw it up ! I was looking into buying an external hdd that I could use just for storing a copy of my primary drive w/OS and program files. Does this sound reasonable? What software would be needed? I am just trying to eliminate the need and time involved in reinstalling all software/ programs, drivers if I mess up the current configuration and cannot restore it. I am hoping I could just make a copy of the drive and then transfer the whole thing to a clean formatted drive or a new drive if something bad happens to this one. I am using Windows 2000.

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22-04-2003	#2 (permalink)
Stoner CD Freaks Troll Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,358	Why external when internal HDs are so cheap? I mean there's really no difference between an external and internal except the extra shell which cost a bundle. They'll both die if you drop 'em off the 2nd floor... Anyway, I would get a 2nd internal HD, hook it up and set it as D:, get Ghost 7, boot into DOS, and do a disk to disk (cloning). Once the process is finished, take the 2nd HD out, put it in one of them anti-static bags and put it in save storage. I think I mentioned the how to before this before, now where's that thread... Found it.

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