back up whole HDD

[bigj2552]

right guys, i,m getting a bit titchy.

i have got a whole lot of business stuff on this hdd that i dont wanna lose if it goes tits up.

how can i copy the FULL contents of this HDD to another HDD..incl O/S.

so i can boot into other one and carry on working should this one fail.


johnny

[ADP]

Might be worth reading if it helps http://www.ehow.com/how_5832266_copy-sy ... drive.html

Adam

[bigj2552]

seen that one adam...dont fancy using anything norton TBH bud....

[WorthDoingRight]

Try this one - I use it all the time and it has never let me down and best of all it is free

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br ... nload.html

[bigj2552]

Try this one - I use it all the time and it has never let me down and best of all it is free

http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br ... nload.html

cheers Richard...off for a butchers bud - and free is even better

[bigj2552]

PARAGON - downloaded and installed....make back up and.....

paragon cannot open/create file - what a crock of.....sublimation ink ( replaced words for something else )

NEXT ! :rolleyes:

OH and i was saving to one of the HDD's thats already in the pc i got


edit - now i cant even format that HDD that i was trying to put back up on - WTH :rolleyes:

another edit.....off to try something else with paragon before i delete it.....i,ll be back.

[WorthDoingRight]

Never had this issue, are you sure you are running it with administrator rights? Are you backing up to an image file? There are a few backup options so make sure you have checked that you have the right settings.

[mgibbs]

Paragon stuff is generally pretty good.

Others to look at would be Acronis and Clonezilla

Mark

[bigj2552]

Never had this issue, are you sure you are running it with administrator rights? Are you backing up to an image file? There are a few backup options so make sure you have checked that you have the right settings.

hmm...its said its backed up 66gig worth of stuff to my other HDD.

files are - 00afile
00bfile - ect.

how the hell do you restore that ????

at least i got it to copy lol

[Justin]

http://www.horizondatasys.com/363895.ihtml

This is superb, been using it for some time now.