Backup to External HDD

[Guest Buffalo]

I have both Win98SE and Win2000 dual booting on one HDD. The Win2000 is NTSF

and Wiu98SE is FAT32.

Can I backup both on the same external HDD by doing it through Win2000?

I don't believe I can do it through Win98SE as it can't see the Win2000

partition.

How would I go about this?

Do I have to partition the backup external HDD also in both formats and

backup each OS separately?

Thanks

PS: The reason I am posting in this NG is because of the many smart people

here that are willing to help.

Buffalo

[Guest Buffalo]

Re: Backup to External HDD

 

 

 

Buffalo wrote:

> I have both Win98SE and Win2000 dual booting on one HDD. The Win2000

> is NTSF and Wiu98SE is FAT32.

> Can I backup both on the same external HDD by doing it through

> Win2000?

> I don't believe I can do it through Win98SE as it can't see the

> Win2000 partition.

> How would I go about this?

> Do I have to partition the backup external HDD also in both formats

> and backup each OS separately?

> Thanks

> PS: The reason I am posting in this NG is because of the many smart

> people here that are willing to help.

> Buffalo

 

Or perhaps I should just buy an internal HDD that has both SATA and EIDE

capability.

If I used an internal HDD for backup, I guess I would have to partition it

to max partition sizes of 32GBs, or is there a program that allows larger

partitions for FAT32?

Any suggestions?

PS: My system is an Elitegroup K7s5a MB, an AMD 2100XP cpu, 1GB of

DDRram,ATI8500 vid card,Maxtor 120GB HDD and dual booting Win98SE and

Win2000Pro. I also have a DVD and CD burners.

[Guest Buffalo]

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Buffalo wrote:

> Or perhaps I should just buy an internal HDD that has both SATA and

> EIDE capability.

 

Whoops, I misread and thought that some HDDs had both connections. I guess I

was wrong.

[Guest MEB]

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In news:TpednZViBdfjXRXVnZ2dnUVZ_s7inZ2d@comcast.com ,

Buffalo contemplated and posted:

 

| Buffalo wrote:

|> I have both Win98SE and Win2000 dual booting on one HDD. The Win2000

|> is NTSF and Wiu98SE is FAT32.

|> Can I backup both on the same external HDD by doing it through

|> Win2000?

 

Yes.

 

|> I don't believe I can do it through Win98SE as it can't see the

|> Win2000 partition.

 

Depends on what you mean by backup. IF you're going to use a program which

makes its own compressed images then it won't matter IF the program has the

ability to read sector data directly. I like backup software which allows

saving ONLY the used sectors.

 

|> How would I go about this?

|> Do I have to partition the backup external HDD also in both formats

|> and backup each OS separately?

 

Again, depends upon what you mean by backup.

 

|> Thanks

|> PS: The reason I am posting in this NG is because of the many smart

|> people here that are willing to help.

|> Buffalo

|

| Or perhaps I should just buy an internal HDD that has both SATA and

| EIDE capability.

| If I used an internal HDD for backup, I guess I would have to

| partition it to max partition sizes of 32GBs, or is there a program

| that allows larger partitions for FAT32?

 

98SE [updated] supports drives to about 128 gig. There are third party mods

which allow larger. Practically though, the partition size should be smaller

for the 9X as its disk tools work better with smaller drives. I personally

use 15 gig partitions for SE. Leaves plenty of room for all the tools and

programs, and I run the disk tools when I'm sleeping so they're always done

way before I wake up... the size really depends upon your intended usage.

 

| Any suggestions?

| PS: My system is an Elitegroup K7s5a MB, an AMD 2100XP cpu, 1GB of

| DDRram,ATI8500 vid card,Maxtor 120GB HDD and dual booting Win98SE and

| Win2000Pro. I also have a DVD and CD burners.

 

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[Guest Tim Slattery]

Re: Backup to External HDD

 

"Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote:

>I have both Win98SE and Win2000 dual booting on one HDD. The Win2000 is NTSF

>and Wiu98SE is FAT32.

>Can I backup both on the same external HDD by doing it through Win2000?

 

Yes

>I don't believe I can do it through Win98SE as it can't see the Win2000

>partition.

 

Right

>How would I go about this?

>Do I have to partition the backup external HDD also in both formats and

>backup each OS separately?

 

You presumably will want to keep the data from the two partitions

separate so that you can put it back in its proper place. Separate

partitions on the backup disk would be one way to do this. Separate

directories might be another.

 

--

Tim Slattery

MS MVP(Shell/User)

Slattery_T@bls.gov

http://members.cox.net/slatteryt

[Guest Don Phillipson]

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"Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message

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> I have both Win98SE and Win2000 dual booting on one HDD. The Win2000 is

NTSF

> and Wiu98SE is FAT32.

> Can I backup both on the same external HDD by doing it through Win2000?

> I don't believe I can do it through Win98SE as it can't see the Win2000

> partition.

> How would I go about this?

> Do I have to partition the backup external HDD also in both formats and

> backup each OS separately?

 

Drive format is OS-dependent, i.e. Win98 systems cannot

read NTSF drives, but WinME can read both (I think.) So your

simplest route is to keep the external HDD formatted FAT32,

and back up the two C: drives independently. Likely tools

include Acronis, XXCopy, and so on. (Because drive capacity

is large, there is no need to use NTBACKUP or similar software

that stores the backup in proprietary format. This is the way I

back up Win98 and WinXP PCs, XXCopying both to an external

(USB) drive formatted FAT32.) See copious information at

http://www.xxcopy.com.

 

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

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If your external HD is formatted FAT32, you can back up both systems to it.

If you want to do all of the backups at once, you do it from the Win2000

side, which can see all of them, and that even lets you format the external

HD as NTFS. Or, you can back up the Win98 side using a backup program

installed there.

 

Or you can use any number of imaging programs that operate from a CD or

something like BootIt NG (which has it's own operating system) and Image the

drives. The formatting of the external drive would only have to comply with

whatever Imaging program you're using.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

 

"Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message

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>I have both Win98SE and Win2000 dual booting on one HDD. The Win2000 is

>NTSF

> and Wiu98SE is FAT32.

> Can I backup both on the same external HDD by doing it through Win2000?

> I don't believe I can do it through Win98SE as it can't see the Win2000

> partition.

> How would I go about this?

> Do I have to partition the backup external HDD also in both formats and

> backup each OS separately?

> Thanks

> PS: The reason I am posting in this NG is because of the many smart people

> here that are willing to help.

> Buffalo

>

>

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

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> "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message

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>

>> I have both Win98SE and Win2000 dual booting on one HDD. The Win2000 is

> NTSF

>> and Wiu98SE is FAT32.

>> Can I backup both on the same external HDD by doing it through Win2000?

>> I don't believe I can do it through Win98SE as it can't see the Win2000

>> partition.

>> How would I go about this?

>> Do I have to partition the backup external HDD also in both formats and

>> backup each OS separately?

>

> Drive format is OS-dependent, i.e. Win98 systems cannot

> read NTSF drives, but WinME can read both (I think.)

 

No, WinME can't read NTFS.

>So your

> simplest route is to keep the external HDD formatted FAT32,

> and back up the two C: drives independently. Likely tools

> include Acronis, XXCopy, and so on.

 

XXCOPY does NOT make a restorable backup of the Win2000 system. And the

*simplest* route is to format the external HD as NTFS and do ALL of the

backup from the Win2000 OS (or some other OS on removable media.) Not

perhaps the smartest route, but certainly the simplest.

> (Because drive capacity

> is large, there is no need to use NTBACKUP or similar software

> that stores the backup in proprietary format. This is the way I

> back up Win98 and WinXP PCs, XXCopying both to an external

> (USB) drive formatted FAT32.) See copious information at

> http://www.xxcopy.com.

 

Please show any documentation where it says you can use XXCOPY (or any

*file* copying method) to create a backup of the *system* in Win2k/XP/Vista.

Hint: You can't. It's fine for backing up data files, but not for a "system

backup" that can be restored to a repartitioned/reformatted or new HD.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

[Guest Buffalo]

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Gary S. Terhune wrote:

> If your external HD is formatted FAT32, you can back up both systems

> to it. If you want to do all of the backups at once, you do it from

> the Win2000 side, which can see all of them, and that even lets you

> format the external HD as NTFS. Or, you can back up the Win98 side

> using a backup program installed there.

>

> Or you can use any number of imaging programs that operate from a CD

> or something like BootIt NG (which has it's own operating system) and

> Image the drives. The formatting of the external drive would only

> have to comply with whatever Imaging program you're using.

>

Thanks to all that responded.

Gary, I should have been clearer in my OP.

The reason I asked is that since I only have one HDD at this time and my

Ghost backups are on it, I know that when it dies, I will lose everything. I

need to copy everything to a new HDD, whether it is internal or external so

that I would be able to put it on a new HDD, in case of failure.

I'm not talking about daily backups, although I might try weekly ones.

I do not have anything backed up from the NTFS partition at this time.

[Guest Lil' Dave]

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"Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message

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>

>

> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>> If your external HD is formatted FAT32, you can back up both systems

>> to it. If you want to do all of the backups at once, you do it from

>> the Win2000 side, which can see all of them, and that even lets you

>> format the external HD as NTFS. Or, you can back up the Win98 side

>> using a backup program installed there.

>>

>> Or you can use any number of imaging programs that operate from a CD

>> or something like BootIt NG (which has it's own operating system) and

>> Image the drives. The formatting of the external drive would only

>> have to comply with whatever Imaging program you're using.

>>

> Thanks to all that responded.

> Gary, I should have been clearer in my OP.

> The reason I asked is that since I only have one HDD at this time and my

> Ghost backups are on it, I know that when it dies, I will lose everything.

> I

> need to copy everything to a new HDD, whether it is internal or external

> so

> that I would be able to put it on a new HDD, in case of failure.

> I'm not talking about daily backups, although I might try weekly ones.

> I do not have anything backed up from the NTFS partition at this time.

>

>

 

Its still a mystery EXACTLY what you're trying to do since Ghost will clone

a single partition to adequate space on same hard drive, or if you're doing

an image of a partition as an image file to another partition on the same

hard drive.

 

And, you may be using the loose term "Ghost" for copying a partition

(cloning), or imaging with some other software not called "Ghost".

 

If a hard drive "dies", for all intents and purposes, the file data is not

available unless considerable expense is expected by yourself for a data

recovery service. Some common deaths are defined as onboard ide controller

failure, total platter magnetic failure, R/W head failure.

 

Further, a true backup is never kept on the same hard drive. A quick

recovery scheme may be kept there (same hard drive) for only that purpose.

Under those true backup constraints, an image restoration requires still

another physical hard drive for recovery. Clones require another as well at

time of cloning.

 

Ideally, the external backup is visible in both situations during the backup

procedure. Whether, within each version of windows, OR, from boot media.

From backup software, the external media must be visible in both versions of

windows, AND, if imaging, the recovery portion of the imaging software must

recognize that external media under recovery that is usually on boot media.

 

The loose terms used are expandable for the discussion, but, not always, if

at all, specific to your problem. Be specific.

--

Dave

 

Bailout: Friend, relative, business acquaintance

paying a sum to get the accused

out of jail until court is ready to proceed.

 

Bailout: U.S. taxpayers paying a sum of

money for some critical business failure

that was fleecing the taxpayer to begin

with.

Somehow, the word "bailout" seems

very different.

[Guest Buffalo]

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Lil' Dave wrote:

> "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message

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>>

>>

>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>>> If your external HD is formatted FAT32, you can back up both systems

>>> to it. If you want to do all of the backups at once, you do it from

>>> the Win2000 side, which can see all of them, and that even lets you

>>> format the external HD as NTFS. Or, you can back up the Win98 side

>>> using a backup program installed there.

>>>

>>> Or you can use any number of imaging programs that operate from a CD

>>> or something like BootIt NG (which has it's own operating system)

>>> and Image the drives. The formatting of the external drive would

>>> only have to comply with whatever Imaging program you're using.

>>>

>> Thanks to all that responded.

>> Gary, I should have been clearer in my OP.

>> The reason I asked is that since I only have one HDD at this time

>> and my Ghost backups are on it, I know that when it dies, I will

>> lose everything. I

>> need to copy everything to a new HDD, whether it is internal or

>> external so

>> that I would be able to put it on a new HDD, in case of failure.

>> I'm not talking about daily backups, although I might try weekly

>> ones.

>> I do not have anything backed up from the NTFS partition at this

>> time.

>>

>>

>

> Its still a mystery EXACTLY what you're trying to do since Ghost will

> clone a single partition to adequate space on same hard drive, or if

> you're doing an image of a partition as an image file to another

> partition on the same hard drive.

>

> And, you may be using the loose term "Ghost" for copying a partition

> (cloning), or imaging with some other software not called "Ghost".

>

> If a hard drive "dies", for all intents and purposes, the file data

> is not available unless considerable expense is expected by yourself

> for a data recovery service. Some common deaths are defined as

> onboard ide controller failure, total platter magnetic failure, R/W

> head failure.

>

> Further, a true backup is never kept on the same hard drive. A quick

> recovery scheme may be kept there (same hard drive) for only that

> purpose. Under those true backup constraints, an image restoration

> requires still another physical hard drive for recovery. Clones

> require another as well at time of cloning.

>

> Ideally, the external backup is visible in both situations during the

> backup procedure. Whether, within each version of windows, OR, from

> boot media. From backup software, the external media must be visible

> in both versions of windows, AND, if imaging, the recovery portion of

> the imaging software must recognize that external media under

> recovery that is usually on boot media.

>

> The loose terms used are expandable for the discussion, but, not

> always, if at all, specific to your problem. Be specific.

 

This is what I am trying to accomplish.

This is about as clear as I can make it.

I am using Norton Ghost from my NSWpro2003 program at the present time.

I made an image of my Win98SE to another partition on the same HDD (120GB

EIDE ATA-133) (the only one in my computer).

I have not made an image of my Win2000 OS or its programs.

I want to be able to 'save,image,copy,whatever' all the info off my Win98SE

and my Win2000 in case I lose the present HDD.

 

IOW, after the info has been saved and the HDD goes bad, I can just toss it

in the garbage, install a brand new HDD and copy all the stuff off my

'backup' HDD and be back in business in a very minimum amount of time.

 

Should I use the Norton Ghost program for this?

Should I use a different program for this?

Can both 98 & 2000 be 'copied,saved,imaged, whatever' in the same step?

Is another internal HDD preferrable or should I invest in an external USB

EIDE HDD?

When I format the 'new' HDD that I am using to 'save' on, do I have to

format in FAT32 and in NTFS (two different partitions, at least) so that I

can accomplish this or what?

Thanks

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

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"Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message

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>

>

> Lil' Dave wrote:

>> "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message

>> news:MoOdnejyf_d1dBTVnZ2dnUVZ_jednZ2d@comcast.com...

>>>

>>>

>>> Gary S. Terhune wrote:

>>>> If your external HD is formatted FAT32, you can back up both systems

>>>> to it. If you want to do all of the backups at once, you do it from

>>>> the Win2000 side, which can see all of them, and that even lets you

>>>> format the external HD as NTFS. Or, you can back up the Win98 side

>>>> using a backup program installed there.

>>>>

>>>> Or you can use any number of imaging programs that operate from a CD

>>>> or something like BootIt NG (which has it's own operating system)

>>>> and Image the drives. The formatting of the external drive would

>>>> only have to comply with whatever Imaging program you're using.

>>>>

>>> Thanks to all that responded.

>>> Gary, I should have been clearer in my OP.

>>> The reason I asked is that since I only have one HDD at this time

>>> and my Ghost backups are on it, I know that when it dies, I will

>>> lose everything. I

>>> need to copy everything to a new HDD, whether it is internal or

>>> external so

>>> that I would be able to put it on a new HDD, in case of failure.

>>> I'm not talking about daily backups, although I might try weekly

>>> ones.

>>> I do not have anything backed up from the NTFS partition at this

>>> time.

>>>

>>>

>>

>> Its still a mystery EXACTLY what you're trying to do since Ghost will

>> clone a single partition to adequate space on same hard drive, or if

>> you're doing an image of a partition as an image file to another

>> partition on the same hard drive.

>>

>> And, you may be using the loose term "Ghost" for copying a partition

>> (cloning), or imaging with some other software not called "Ghost".

>>

>> If a hard drive "dies", for all intents and purposes, the file data

>> is not available unless considerable expense is expected by yourself

>> for a data recovery service. Some common deaths are defined as

>> onboard ide controller failure, total platter magnetic failure, R/W

>> head failure.

>>

>> Further, a true backup is never kept on the same hard drive. A quick

>> recovery scheme may be kept there (same hard drive) for only that

>> purpose. Under those true backup constraints, an image restoration

>> requires still another physical hard drive for recovery. Clones

>> require another as well at time of cloning.

>>

>> Ideally, the external backup is visible in both situations during the

>> backup procedure. Whether, within each version of windows, OR, from

>> boot media. From backup software, the external media must be visible

>> in both versions of windows, AND, if imaging, the recovery portion of

>> the imaging software must recognize that external media under

>> recovery that is usually on boot media.

>>

>> The loose terms used are expandable for the discussion, but, not

>> always, if at all, specific to your problem. Be specific.

>

> This is what I am trying to accomplish.

> This is about as clear as I can make it.

> I am using Norton Ghost from my NSWpro2003 program at the present time.

> I made an image of my Win98SE to another partition on the same HDD (120GB

> EIDE ATA-133) (the only one in my computer).

> I have not made an image of my Win2000 OS or its programs.

> I want to be able to 'save,image,copy,whatever' all the info off my

> Win98SE

> and my Win2000 in case I lose the present HDD.

>

> IOW, after the info has been saved and the HDD goes bad, I can just toss

> it

> in the garbage, install a brand new HDD and copy all the stuff off my

> 'backup' HDD and be back in business in a very minimum amount of time.

>

> Should I use the Norton Ghost program for this?

 

Well, it's not my first choice, but if it works for you.

> Should I use a different program for this?

 

No, Ghost will work fine, though I prefer Acronis True Image. I just hate

Symantec and all it represents.

> Can both 98 & 2000 be 'copied,saved,imaged, whatever' in the same step?

 

I don't know how Ghost works. With Acronis, yes. However, it all ends up in

one file. I prefer to image each *partition* separately.

> Is another internal HDD preferrable or should I invest in an external USB

> EIDE HDD?

 

External drive that you unplug after your weekly backup and store elsewhere,

preferably off-site. If your data is truly critical (business, personal

files involving lawsuits, etc.), then you want to get TWO external HDs,

leaave one connected all week and automatically doing it's thing every day

(Incremental backups), then swap the drives at teh end of the week and store

the unplugged on completely off-site. When you plug the off-site one back in

to the machine, start with a new, Complete backup followed by Incrementals

for teh rest of the week. At teh time of plugging it in, check for free

space and delete the oldest backups if things are getting tight.

> When I format the 'new' HDD that I am using to 'save' on, do I have to

> format in FAT32 and in NTFS (two different partitions, at least) so that I

> can accomplish this or what?

 

Format it in NTFS. No need to partition, just use separate folders. Much

more efficient. Be sure to carefully read your imaging program documentation

closely and make sure you can restore the backup(s) without having to boot

to any hard drive. (The Ghost CD is bootable, I believe, and Acronis

provides various methods.)

 

You want a true "Imaging" program, not a "Backup" program like Retrospect

(which will probably be included on your new HD(s)), and the horrible

natively supplied backup programs from your Windows OSes.

 

--

Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

[Guest Buffalo]

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Gary S. Terhune wrote:

> "Buffalo" <Eric@nada.com.invalid> wrote in message

 

[snip]

>> Should I use the Norton Ghost program for this?

>

> Well, it's not my first choice, but if it works for you.

>

>> Should I use a different program for this?

>

> No, Ghost will work fine, though I prefer Acronis True Image. I just

> hate Symantec and all it represents.

>

>> Can both 98 & 2000 be 'copied,saved,imaged, whatever' in the same

>> step?

>

> I don't know how Ghost works. With Acronis, yes. However, it all ends

> up in one file. I prefer to image each *partition* separately.

>

>> Is another internal HDD preferrable or should I invest in an

>> external USB EIDE HDD?

>

> External drive that you unplug after your weekly backup and store

> elsewhere, preferably off-site. If your data is truly critical

> (business, personal files involving lawsuits, etc.), then you want to

> get TWO external HDs, leaave one connected all week and automatically

> doing it's thing every day (Incremental backups), then swap the

> drives at teh end of the week and store the unplugged on completely

> off-site. When you plug the off-site one back in to the machine,

> start with a new, Complete backup followed by Incrementals for teh

> rest of the week. At teh time of plugging it in, check for free space

> and delete the oldest backups if things are getting tight.

>

>> When I format the 'new' HDD that I am using to 'save' on, do I have

>> to format in FAT32 and in NTFS (two different partitions, at least)

>> so that I can accomplish this or what?

>

> Format it in NTFS. No need to partition, just use separate folders.

> Much more efficient. Be sure to carefully read your imaging program

> documentation closely and make sure you can restore the backup(s)

> without having to boot to any hard drive. (The Ghost CD is bootable,

> I believe, and Acronis provides various methods.)

>

> You want a true "Imaging" program, not a "Backup" program like

> Retrospect (which will probably be included on your new HD(s)), and

> the horrible natively supplied backup programs from your Windows OSes.

 

Thanks for your time and advise.

Buffalo

[Guest Buffalo]

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Buffalo wrote:

> Thanks for your time and advise.

> Buffalo

 

Sorry, should have been advice .

Thanks again.

[Guest Gary S. Terhune]

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LOL! After all my typos, <g>.

 

You're welcome.

 

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Gary S. Terhune

MS-MVP Shell/User

http://grystmill.com

 

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>

>

> Buffalo wrote:

>> Thanks for your time and advise.

>> Buffalo

>

> Sorry, should have been advice .

> Thanks again.

>

>