Guest RBB Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 I have repeatedly formated my HD and I would like to know how "Exactly what files & folders one selects" to make a fresh copy of the HD. I now have Windows XP Home Edition for the OS and I would like to re-install Windows Live One Care but I first want make a copy of the HD with all the updates included. I do have both, a CD RW burner and A DVD RW burner on my system. I just to not have the knowledge of how, one makes a copy of ones HD drive. If you would be so kind and patient to explain to me exactly what files and folders one has to select to make a copy of ones HD and should the copy be made on a Bootable CD/DVD?
Guest Malke Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Making a copy of ones HD with all the updates included RBB wrote: > I have repeatedly formated my HD and I would like to know how "Exactly what > files & folders one selects" to make a fresh copy of the HD. > > I now have Windows XP Home Edition for the OS and I would like to re-install > Windows Live One Care but I first want make a copy of the HD with all the > updates included. > I do have both, a CD RW burner and A DVD RW burner on my system. > > I just to not have the knowledge of how, one makes a copy of ones HD drive. > If you would be so kind and patient to explain to me exactly what files and > folders one has to select to make a copy of ones HD and should the copy be > made on a Bootable CD/DVD? > > Purchase an imaging program and an external hard drive. My preference is for Acronis True Image. Along with the imaging, it will do incremental backups. Usage is to install True Image and use its Bootable Media Creator to create a bootable CD which will have True Image on it. Then use True Image to make an image of your hard drive and store it on the external hard drive. If you ever need to restore your installation, boot with the True Image CD you made and point it to the image on the external drive. Go to http://www.acronis.com to read more details. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest RBB Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Making a copy of ones HD with all the updates included Malke, thanks for the prompt reply. I do have a program from Roxio called Easy CD & DVD burning. I think it is Roxio 6 Some prgram I purchased at a WalMart which I will never do again!!! I was hoping to avoid spending any further money buying stuff that does not work anyhow. Thanks again for your time. I will keep a record of your advice "Malke" wrote: > RBB wrote: > > I have repeatedly formated my HD and I would like to know how "Exactly what > > files & folders one selects" to make a fresh copy of the HD. > > > > I now have Windows XP Home Edition for the OS and I would like to re-install > > Windows Live One Care but I first want make a copy of the HD with all the > > updates included. > > I do have both, a CD RW burner and A DVD RW burner on my system. > > > > I just to not have the knowledge of how, one makes a copy of ones HD drive. > > If you would be so kind and patient to explain to me exactly what files and > > folders one has to select to make a copy of ones HD and should the copy be > > made on a Bootable CD/DVD? > > > > > > Purchase an imaging program and an external hard drive. My preference is > for Acronis True Image. Along with the imaging, it will do incremental > backups. Usage is to install True Image and use its Bootable Media > Creator to create a bootable CD which will have True Image on it. Then > use True Image to make an image of your hard drive and store it on the > external hard drive. If you ever need to restore your installation, boot > with the True Image CD you made and point it to the image on the > external drive. Go to http://www.acronis.com to read more details. > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > http://www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User >
Guest Malke Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Making a copy of ones HD with all the updates included RBB wrote: > Malke, thanks for the prompt reply. I do have a program from Roxio called > Easy CD & DVD burning. I think it is Roxio 6 Some prgram I purchased at a > WalMart which I will never do again!!! > I was hoping to avoid spending any further money buying stuff that does not > work anyhow. Thanks again for your time. I will keep a record of your advice Roxio is not an image creator like Acronis or Norton Ghost. Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers http://www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
Guest Mike Lowery Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Making a copy of ones HD with all the updates included I recommend an external USB HD and one of the following programs: http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/ "RBB" <RBB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D87DE8D0-461E-4313-9ADC-66A1CC85573A@microsoft.com... > Malke, thanks for the prompt reply. I do have a program from Roxio called > Easy CD & DVD burning. I think it is Roxio 6 Some prgram I purchased at a > WalMart which I will never do again!!! > I was hoping to avoid spending any further money buying stuff that does not > work anyhow. Thanks again for your time. I will keep a record of your advice > > "Malke" wrote: > >> RBB wrote: >> > I have repeatedly formated my HD and I would like to know how "Exactly what >> > files & folders one selects" to make a fresh copy of the HD. >> > >> > I now have Windows XP Home Edition for the OS and I would like to >> > re-install >> > Windows Live One Care but I first want make a copy of the HD with all the >> > updates included. >> > I do have both, a CD RW burner and A DVD RW burner on my system. >> > >> > I just to not have the knowledge of how, one makes a copy of ones HD drive. >> > If you would be so kind and patient to explain to me exactly what files and >> > folders one has to select to make a copy of ones HD and should the copy be >> > made on a Bootable CD/DVD? >> > >> > >> >> Purchase an imaging program and an external hard drive. My preference is >> for Acronis True Image. Along with the imaging, it will do incremental >> backups. Usage is to install True Image and use its Bootable Media >> Creator to create a bootable CD which will have True Image on it. Then >> use True Image to make an image of your hard drive and store it on the >> external hard drive. If you ever need to restore your installation, boot >> with the True Image CD you made and point it to the image on the >> external drive. Go to http://www.acronis.com to read more details. >> >> >> Malke >> -- >> Elephant Boy Computers >> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com >> "Don't Panic!" >> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User >>
Guest HeyBub Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Making a copy of ones HD with all the updates included RBB wrote: > Malke, thanks for the prompt reply. I do have a program from Roxio > called Easy CD & DVD burning. I think it is Roxio 6 Some prgram I > purchased at a WalMart which I will never do again!!! > I was hoping to avoid spending any further money buying stuff that > does not work anyhow. Thanks again for your time. I will keep a > record of your advice The contents of your hard disk will not fit on a CD or a DVD. Not even close. A SMALL hard disk (say, 40 GB) contains more than 60 times the data of an average CD. If you have a 120GB hard drive, that's 180 CDs or 30 DVDs. I suppose you COULD burn 50-60 CDs....
Guest Patrick Keenan Posted August 21, 2007 Posted August 21, 2007 Re: Making a copy of ones HD with all the updates included "RBB" <RBB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:268A5CEA-FB2F-400F-8649-E290558CA9AD@microsoft.com... >I have repeatedly formated my HD and I would like to know how "Exactly what > files & folders one selects" to make a fresh copy of the HD. Sorry, that idea does not work. You cannot recreate a bootable drive this way. > I now have Windows XP Home Edition for the OS and I would like to > re-install > Windows Live One Care but I first want make a copy of the HD with all the > updates included. > I do have both, a CD RW burner and A DVD RW burner on my system. > > I just to not have the knowledge of how, one makes a copy of ones HD > drive. > If you would be so kind and patient to explain to me exactly what files > and > folders one has to select to make a copy of ones HD and should the copy be > made on a Bootable CD/DVD? The process you describe will save your data, but you'll still have to reinstall everything if things go wrong. You won't be able to just copy files back and have it work. You want to use an imaging program, as mentioned, and copy the image off to DVD. Some imaging programs will write directly to DVD *and* create them as bootable; Acronis TrueImage Home (about $50) will also automatically break a larger image up into DVD-sized sections. HTH -pk
Guest Paul Knudsen Posted August 25, 2007 Posted August 25, 2007 Re: Making a copy of ones HD with all the updates included On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:36:02 -0700, RBB <RBB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >Malke, thanks for the prompt reply. I do have a program from Roxio called >Easy CD & DVD burning. I think it is Roxio 6 Some prgram I purchased at a >WalMart which I will never do again!!! >I was hoping to avoid spending any further money buying stuff that does not >work anyhow. Thanks again for your time. I will keep a record of your advice Well, that is unfortunate, but you'll be able to use Roxio to actually burn CD's and DVD's. You need to do research to ensure what you buy will do what you need. A visit to the vendors web site should suffice, followed by a Google search for reviews. -- Top 10 Conservative Idiots: http://journals.democraticunderground.com/top10
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