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From: bk3000 on 25 May 2010 10:53 I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a diagnostic test, got error code 0146 that hard drive was corrupted. Dell is sending me a new one, which I'll have to self-install. I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my question is, how should I go about saving all my settings and programs on the current hard drive? I've got a backup drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put it all there, and also a few flash drives, but what method should I use? Should I go to the C:/ drive system properties and select the backup option or do stuff manually?
From: Mark Adams on 25 May 2010 11:06 "bk3000" wrote: > I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a diagnostic test, got > error code 0146 that hard drive was corrupted. Dell is sending me a new one, > which I'll have to self-install. > > I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my question is, how > should I go about saving all my settings and programs on the current hard > drive? I've got a backup drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put it all > there, and also a few flash drives, but what method should I use? Should I go > to the C:/ drive system properties and select the backup option or do stuff > manually? If the machine still runs, Go out and buy Acronis True Image and a 1 TB USB hard drive. Boot the machine to the Acronis disk and make an image of your computer to the USB drive. When the new drive arrives from Dell, restore that image to the new drive. It might cost a little more to do it this way, but it is so much easier than reinstalling everything, it's worth it.
From: Alias on 25 May 2010 11:14 Mark Adams wrote: > > > "bk3000" wrote: > >> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a diagnostic test, got >> error code 0146 that hard drive was corrupted. Dell is sending me a new one, >> which I'll have to self-install. >> >> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my question is, how >> should I go about saving all my settings and programs on the current hard >> drive? I've got a backup drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put it all >> there, and also a few flash drives, but what method should I use? Should I go >> to the C:/ drive system properties and select the backup option or do stuff >> manually? > > If the machine still runs, Go out and buy Acronis True Image and a 1 TB USB > hard drive. Boot the machine to the Acronis disk and make an image of your > computer to the USB drive. When the new drive arrives from Dell, restore that > image to the new drive. It might cost a little more to do it this way, but it > is so much easier than reinstalling everything, it's worth it. You can also do the same thing for free with the CD you can download from Seagate, Western Digital, etc. -- Alias
From: Bob on 25 May 2010 11:25 WD offers a free copy of Acronis if you own one of their drives. http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&type=download&wdc_lang=en "Mark Adams" <MarkAdams(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FB3A0D66-8006-4018-B87E-CD66EFDDDAA0(a)microsoft.com... > > > "bk3000" wrote: > >> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a diagnostic test, >> got >> error code 0146 that hard drive was corrupted. Dell is sending me a new >> one, >> which I'll have to self-install. >> >> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my question is, how >> should I go about saving all my settings and programs on the current hard >> drive? I've got a backup drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put it >> all >> there, and also a few flash drives, but what method should I use? Should >> I go >> to the C:/ drive system properties and select the backup option or do >> stuff >> manually? > > If the machine still runs, Go out and buy Acronis True Image and a 1 TB > USB > hard drive. Boot the machine to the Acronis disk and make an image of your > computer to the USB drive. When the new drive arrives from Dell, restore > that > image to the new drive. It might cost a little more to do it this way, but > it > is so much easier than reinstalling everything, it's worth it.
From: SC Tom on 25 May 2010 11:54
And so does Seagate/Maxtor. Seagate/Maxtor Disc Wizard by ATI: http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=DiscWizard&vgnextoid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD You have to own one of the manufacturer's drives, but it doesn't have to be an internal drive; it can be an external USB/Firewire/eSATA drive. I use an external WD My Book for my images, and my internal drive is a Hitachi. By booting from the CD that's created with the program, the WD version works just fine. -- SC Tom "Bob" <bob(a)nowhere.net> wrote in message news:htgq4j$v9r$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > WD offers a free copy of Acronis if you own one of their drives. > http://support.wdc.com/product/downloaddetail.asp?swid=119&type=download&wdc_lang=en > > "Mark Adams" <MarkAdams(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:FB3A0D66-8006-4018-B87E-CD66EFDDDAA0(a)microsoft.com... >> >> >> "bk3000" wrote: >> >>> I've got a Dell laptop running XP, and after running a diagnostic test, >>> got >>> error code 0146 that hard drive was corrupted. Dell is sending me a new >>> one, >>> which I'll have to self-install. >>> >>> I can't remember backing up my entire system ever, so my question is, >>> how >>> should I go about saving all my settings and programs on the current >>> hard >>> drive? I've got a backup drive of 20gb, so I'm guessing I should put it >>> all >>> there, and also a few flash drives, but what method should I use? Should >>> I go >>> to the C:/ drive system properties and select the backup option or do >>> stuff >>> manually? >> >> If the machine still runs, Go out and buy Acronis True Image and a 1 TB >> USB >> hard drive. Boot the machine to the Acronis disk and make an image of >> your >> computer to the USB drive. When the new drive arrives from Dell, restore >> that >> image to the new drive. It might cost a little more to do it this way, >> but it >> is so much easier than reinstalling everything, it's worth it. > |