How do I back up the programs and document files from my laptop computer to
an external hard drive?

"pedersja" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> How do I back up the programs and document files from my laptop computer
to
> an external hard drive?

You need an imaging tool such as DriveImage (PowerQuest)
or TrueImage (Acronis).

On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:32:27 +1100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
>"pedersja" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> How do I back up the programs and document files from my laptop computer
>to
>> an external hard drive?
>
>You need an imaging tool such as DriveImage (PowerQuest)
>or TrueImage (Acronis).
>
You have to be an absolute expert to do that. I have had so much
downtime trying and using these monstrosities that you will not
believe it. I have had lot of images that just came up with a
'corrupt' message. I have an external in which I trusted all my
information of E: drive. Every time I tried to restore E: drive it
went belly up. CURE: Format the drive and input the data from the
external.

Do yourself a favour - stick to a MS backup and put that on your
external. Now I sleep at night. I cannot tell you which program I used
but it was one of them and I promised not to mention that name as I
got my money back. Best of luck if you do not take my advice. Just
because it is free it is not necessary that it is faulty - far from
it. I have never had trouble with MS Backup but unfortunately I was
curious and some gentlemen guaranteed that I should be much happier.


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"nesredep egrob" <Long. -31,48.21 Lat. 115,47.40> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 12:32:27 +1100, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"pedersja" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:6B33B94C-0A1E-4AF1-BD23-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> How do I back up the programs and document files from my laptop
computer
> >to
> >> an external hard drive?
> >
> >You need an imaging tool such as DriveImage (PowerQuest)
> >or TrueImage (Acronis).
> >

> You have to be an absolute expert to do that.

*** Not correct. The vast majority of people use imaging
*** programs without any problems whatsoever. There are
*** exceptions, of course.

> I have had so much
> downtime trying and using these monstrosities that you will not
> believe it.

*** I don't.

> I have had lot of images that just came up with a
> 'corrupt' message. I have an external in which I trusted all my
> information of E: drive. Every time I tried to restore E: drive it
> went belly up.

*** Acronis TrueImage lets you test each image file on
*** the spot. Maybe the current version of DriveImage
*** has this facility too - I don't know.

> CURE: Format the drive and input the data from the
> external.
>
> Do yourself a favour - stick to a MS backup and put that on your
> external.

*** That's fine, but you need to remind the OP that he needs
*** an operative version of Win2000 in order to restore an
*** ntbackup file. With TrueImage you can restore an image
*** with a boot CD that Acronis makes for you on the fly.
*** In other words, you can restore onto a blank hard disk.

> Now I sleep at night. I cannot tell you which program I used
> but it was one of them and I promised not to mention that name as I
> got my money back. Best of luck if you do not take my advice. Just
> because it is free it is not necessary that it is faulty - far from
> it.

*** Neither TrueImage nor DriveImage is free. Both are
*** nicely engineered products, and they cost a moderate
*** amount of money. Ghost is another imaging product.
*** I haven't used it but many people are impressed.

> I have never had trouble with MS Backup but unfortunately I was
> curious and some gentlemen guaranteed that I should be much happier.
>
>
> B.Pedersen Latitude -31,48.21 Longitude115,47.40 Time=GMT+8.00
> If you are curious look here http://www.mapquest.com/maps/latlong.adp