PC Review


Reply
Thread Tools Rate Thread

Backup multiple systems to one drive

 
 
T Sickles
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      25th Nov 2007
Is it possible to backup multiple computers running vista to one external
hard drive or will one copy overwrite the previous?

 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
 
Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      25th Nov 2007
Yes, you can do multiple backups to an external drive, thats how I do mine.
Just make sure that the machine names are not the same since the backup will
be renamed after your machine in a folder.
--
Andre
Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
My Vista Quickstart Guide:
http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
"T Sickles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is it possible to backup multiple computers running vista to one external
> hard drive or will one copy overwrite the previous?



 
Reply With Quote
 
T Sickles
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      25th Nov 2007
Thank You
"Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:ec%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes, you can do multiple backups to an external drive, thats how I do
> mine. Just make sure that the machine names are not the same since the
> backup will be renamed after your machine in a folder.
> --
> Andre
> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!E8E5CC039D51E3DB!9709.entry
> "T Sickles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is it possible to backup multiple computers running vista to one external
>> hard drive or will one copy overwrite the previous?

>
>


 
Reply With Quote
 
Ken Blake, MVP
Guest
Posts: n/a
 
      25th Nov 2007
On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 15:41:21 -0500, "T Sickles" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

> Is it possible to backup multiple computers running vista to one external
> hard drive



Certainly, if the backup drive is big enough. It has nothing to do
with Vista in particular.


> or will one copy overwrite the previous?



It's like writing any file. If you give it the same name as an
existing file, it will overwrite the existing file. If you give the
backup a different name, it won't.

--
Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
Please Reply to the Newsgroup
 
Reply With Quote
 
 
 
Reply

Thread Tools
Rate This Thread
Rate This Thread:

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Multiple Windows Systems on an USB Flash Drive =?Utf-8?B?U3R1c2VydmVy?= Windows Vista Installation 0 1st Jun 2007 05:10 AM
Backup to Hard Drive, Then copy to multiple DVD-RW =?Utf-8?B?TGl0ZXJhbGdhcg==?= Windows XP General 5 28th Feb 2007 12:52 PM
Backup hard-drive to multiple DVD-RAM discs? Ken Moiarty Storage Devices 0 13th Mar 2006 08:20 PM
Multiple Systems Xp Base/Me = D drive =?Utf-8?B?TWFudGluZTAxNw==?= Windows XP Help 1 6th Oct 2004 08:27 AM
Multiple XP operating systems loaded on C drive =?Utf-8?B?UGV0ZUMxMzA=?= Windows XP Security 1 18th Mar 2004 06:06 PM


Features
 

Advertising
 

Newsgroups
 


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 03:52 AM.