Richard

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

Steve Taylor

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 ?

Richard

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
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> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 08:25:23 GMT, "Richard" <NO.SPAM@AT.NOSPAM.co.uk>
> 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.
>

Richard

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



"Steve Taylor" <steve@thetaylorfamily.org.uk> wrote in message
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> 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 ?

Paul - xxx

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 !!!

Tim Hobbs

On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 09:21:37 GMT, "Richard" <NO.SPAM@AT.NOSPAM.co.uk>
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

AndyC the WB

>>>>> "Richard" == Richard <NO.SPAM@AT.NOSPAM.co.uk> 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

Richard

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" <spam@cunningham.me.uk> wrote in message
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>>>>>> "Richard" == Richard <NO.SPAM@AT.NOSPAM.co.uk> 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

Paul - xxx

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 !!!

Paul - xxx

Mother" <"@ {m} @ came up with the following;:
> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 12:35:28 +0100, "Paul - xxx"
> <notcheckedever@hotmail.com> 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 !!!