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Richard

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #1

I would like to do a complete back up of my pc (two hard drives). I am using
Win XP home but it will only let me back up to floppy. Anyone know the best
way to back up to cd or dvd.

Thanks
Richard

 

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Steve Taylor

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #2

Richard wrote:
> I would like to do a complete back up of my pc (two hard drives). I am using
> Win XP home but it will only let me back up to floppy. Anyone know the best
> way to back up to cd or dvd.
How big are the drives Richard ?

 

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Mother

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #3

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:25:23 GMT, "Richard" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Anyone know the best way to back up to cd or dvd.

If you have a DVD writer you should also have some bundled software
such as Nero. Alternatively, try Norton Ghost.

 

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Richard

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #4

I haven't got any bundled software that came with it as I only bought the
bare drive. However, I have got Roxio Easy cd 6. Can I just drag each drive
to the bottom bit and save it all that way? ie. If I need to can I reinstall
from that?
Thanks
Richard


"Mother" <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:25:23 GMT, "Richard" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>Anyone know the best way to back up to cd or dvd.
>
> If you have a DVD writer you should also have some bundled software
> such as Nero. Alternatively, try Norton Ghost.
>

 

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Richard

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #5

Each drive is 80Gb. There is 16Gb used on c drive and 12Gb used on d drive.
Richard



"Steve Taylor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Richard wrote:
>> I would like to do a complete back up of my pc (two hard drives). I am
>> using Win XP home but it will only let me back up to floppy. Anyone know
>> the best way to back up to cd or dvd.
> How big are the drives Richard ?

 

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Paul - xxx

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #6

Richard came up with the following;:
> I would like to do a complete back up of my pc (two hard drives). I am
> using Win XP home but it will only let me back up to floppy. Anyone know
> the best way to back up to cd or dvd.

Look up Powerquests Drive Image or Norton Ghost. Though as Powerquest have
been taken over by Symantec I guess you might have to hurry to get DI.

I use Drive Image, but only 'cos I found it a bit easier to use ... and I
got it FOC ...

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #7

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:21:37 GMT, "Richard" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>I haven't got any bundled software that came with it as I only bought the
>bare drive. However, I have got Roxio Easy cd 6. Can I just drag each drive
>to the bottom bit and save it all that way? ie. If I need to can I reinstall
>from that?
>Thanks
>Richard
>
>

You're going to have to reinstall Windows first and then restore all
the files (and reinstall all the applications). That's a lot of
hassle.

I strongly recommend Ghost - you can backup your machine to a DVD or 2
and then restore it in next to no time (under an hour). It's an image
of your hard drive, so everything comes back 'as was'. If you've got
a network it's even better - just back up to another machine and
restore from there.

The only gotch is to make sure that the DVD boot-time drivers under
Ghost work OK - I've had 'glitches' before!

For file backups I use HandyBackup to copy changed / new files to an
FTP site. I'm fortunate in having a 25Gb FTP account though!



--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

 

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AndyC the WB

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #8

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard <[email protected]> writes:

Richard> I would like to do a complete back up of my pc (two hard
Richard> drives). I am using Win XP home but it will only let me
Richard> back up to floppy. Anyone know the best way to back up to
Richard> cd or dvd.

I bought an external USB2.0 drive for my machine, and I backup to that
with Ghost 9.0. I leave the external drive switched off except for
once a week or so when I do the backup.

If you have two drives, are you trying to back up both drives, or from
one to the other?

Andy




--
Andy Cunningham -- www.vehicle-diagnostics.co.uk
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public
relations, for Nature cannot be fooled."
--- Richard Feynman

 

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Richard

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #9

Need to back up both drives as D drive is mainly pics, Landrovers, Holiday,
Dalek build etc.
I have been looking at an external drive and thought it was a good idea.
What make is yours?
Richard



"AndyC the WB" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>>>>>> "Richard" == Richard <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Richard> I would like to do a complete back up of my pc (two hard
> Richard> drives). I am using Win XP home but it will only let me
> Richard> back up to floppy. Anyone know the best way to back up to
> Richard> cd or dvd.
>
> I bought an external USB2.0 drive for my machine, and I backup to that
> with Ghost 9.0. I leave the external drive switched off except for
> once a week or so when I do the backup.
>
> If you have two drives, are you trying to back up both drives, or from
> one to the other?
>
> Andy
>
>
>
>
> --
> Andy Cunningham -- www.vehicle-diagnostics.co.uk
> "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public
> relations, for Nature cannot be fooled."
> --- Richard Feynman

 

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Mother

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #10

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:21:37 GMT, "Richard" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Each drive is 80Gb. There is 16Gb used on c drive and 12Gb used on d drive.
>Richard

Why not put all data on one drive, then use Norton Ghost to clone one
to the other?

This way, should the first drive die, simply swap them over.

Why doesn't Windoze have its own rsync - rsync is god for backups (no,
I haven't missed an 'o' there...)

 

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Paul - xxx

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #11

Richard came up with the following;:
> Each drive is 80Gb. There is 16Gb used on c drive and 12Gb used on d
> drive. Richard

Can't you combine all the data etc to one drive, then use an image or ghost
to copy it to the other?

Or run it as a raid array so that everything is automatically copied to the
other to ensure continuity?

Or use the hd proprietary software to copy the drive one to the other once a
week?

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

 

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Mother

Guest

• Aug 23, 2005

• #12

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:35:28 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Or run it as a raid array so that everything is automatically copied to the
>other to ensure continuity?

Windoze does software RAID???

 

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Paul - xxx

Guest

• Aug 23, 2005

• #13

Mother" <"@ {m} @ came up with the following;:
> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:35:28 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Or run it as a raid array so that everything is automatically copied to
>> the other to ensure continuity?
>
> Windoze does software RAID???

No idea, I just know it as a solution to a similar problem our office had
but which was implemented by others.

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!

 

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AndyC the WB

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #14

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard <[email protected]> writes:

Richard> Need to back up both drives as D drive is mainly pics,
Richard> Landrovers, Holiday, Dalek build etc. I have been
Richard> looking at an external drive and thought it was a good
Richard> idea. What make is yours? Richard

I got an Argosy one from ATMT (they have a shop on Amazon). It's
pretty good - has a standard 5.25" drive inside, so it's recoverable
if the USB gubbins dues.

Andy

--
Andy Cunningham -- www.vehicle-diagnostics.co.uk
Legacy (adj):
an uncomplimentary computer-industry epithet that means 'it works'.
-- Anthony DeBoer

 

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Mother

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #15

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 14:41:34 +0100, AndyC the WB
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I got an Argosy one from ATMT (they have a shop on Amazon). It's
>pretty good - has a standard 5.25" drive inside, so it's recoverable
>if the USB gubbins dues.

Dya mean 3.5" drive?

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #16

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 13:27:07 +0100, Mother <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:35:28 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>Or run it as a raid array so that everything is automatically copied to the
>>other to ensure continuity?
>
>Windoze does software RAID???

Only Server. Definitely not Home!

IDE RAID hardware is fairly cheap though. You may even be able to get
third-party software to do it?




--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

 

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Mother

Guest

• Aug 23, 2005

• #17

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:52:17 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:

>>Windoze does software RAID???
>
>Only Server. Definitely not Home!
>
>IDE RAID hardware is fairly cheap though. You may even be able to get
>third-party software to do it?

I would never trust Microsoft with my data - as you know.

Was just interested to think that maybe they'd started to do something
useful!

 

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Tim Hobbs

Guest

• Aug 23, 2005

• #18

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 17:47:15 +0100, Mother <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:52:17 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>>Windoze does software RAID???
>>
>>Only Server. Definitely not Home!
>>
>>IDE RAID hardware is fairly cheap though. You may even be able to get
>>third-party software to do it?
>
>I would never trust Microsoft with my data - as you know.
>
>Was just interested to think that maybe they'd started to do something
>useful!

Software mirroring has been there since at least NT4, if not further
back. The NTFS file system is actually pretty good - I've had no
problems with it. FAT, of course, was an abortion from day one and
lived far longer than it ever ought to have.


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

 

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Austin Shackles

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #19

On or around Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:25:23 GMT, "Richard"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>I would like to do a complete back up of my pc (two hard drives). I am using
>Win XP home but it will only let me back up to floppy. Anyone know the best
>way to back up to cd or dvd.
>

install DVD drive, copy files from disk to DVD.

set it running at bedtime, cos it'll take a while to write if you're talking
in GB...

I find it hard to believe that XP home, penc though it is, only allows of
backing up to a floppy, though.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
In Touch: Get in touch with yourself by touching yourself.
If somebody is watching, stop touching yourself.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

 

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Paul - xxx

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• Aug 23, 2005

• #20

Mother" <"@ {m} @ came up with the following;:
> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 16:52:17 +0100, Tim Hobbs <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>> Windoze does software RAID???
>>
>> Only Server. Definitely not Home!
>>
>> IDE RAID hardware is fairly cheap though. You may even be able to get
>> third-party software to do it?
>
> I would never trust Microsoft with my data - as you know.
>
> Was just interested to think that maybe they'd started to do something
> useful!

LOL, NTFS has never been totally bad ... indeed it's quite good these days
...

--
Paul ...
(8(|) Homer Rules ..... Doh !!!