Win XP

I'm looking to clone my notebook hard drive to an external HDD as a means of
back-up.

Any suggestions on good software built for the purpose? Preferably
freeware.

Hello,

Here is a page with lots of freeware links of imaging software
http://www.techsupportalert.com/best...ng-program.htm

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"ZootRot" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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> Win XP
>
> I'm looking to clone my notebook hard drive to an external HDD as a means
> of back-up.
>
> Any suggestions on good software built for the purpose? Preferably
> freeware.
>
>

Here is 2 for you to have a look at.

Parago
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/par...ivebackup.html

Acronis
http://www.acronis.com.au/homecomput...cts/trueimage/
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"ZootRot" wrote:

> Win XP
>
> I'm looking to clone my notebook hard drive to an external HDD as a means of
> back-up.
>
> Any suggestions on good software built for the purpose? Preferably
> freeware.
>
>
>

"ZootRot" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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> Win XP
>
> I'm looking to clone my notebook hard drive to an external HDD as a means
> of back-up.
>
> Any suggestions on good software built for the purpose? Preferably
> freeware.
>
>

Look here http://www.fssdev.com/products/casper/
been using it for years with very good results

Although the software is not free Acronis True Image is the one I always
recommend.

You might also like to take a look at this link:
http://www.paragon-software.com/home...ess/index.html


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"ZootRot" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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> Win XP
>
> I'm looking to clone my notebook hard drive to an external HDD as a means
> of back-up.
>
> Any suggestions on good software built for the purpose? Preferably
> freeware.
>
>

I tried freeware and never really found anything that would compare with
Acronis True Image. I totally agree with John's recommendation for it.

I just cloned a Western Digital 250GB HD with Acronis and it was easy, fast,
but most important accurate.

ColTom2


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Although the software is not free Acronis True Image is the one I always
recommend.

You might also like to take a look at this link:
http://www.paragon-software.com/home...ess/index.html


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"ZootRot" <(E-Mail Removed)>
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> Win XP
>
> I'm looking to clone my notebook hard drive to an external HDD as a means
> of back-up.
>
> Any suggestions on good software built for the purpose? Preferably
> freeware.
>
>

Joe Buck wrote:
>
> G O O G L E I S Y O U R F R I E N D

Not necessarily.

On the second date with a VERY attractive lady, we were sitting on the couch
in her living room watching the TV news when George Bush said something
about something.

"That goddamn Bush should learn some history" the lady muttered.

"Uh, he has a bachelor's degree from Yale. In history," I offered.

"That's a goddamn LIE!" she enthusiastically retorted.

tap-tap-tappity-tap.

"Ah, here it is. He also has a Masters in Business Administration. From
Harvard," I reported.

"The GODDAMN Republicans have TAKEN OVER the goddamn INTERNET!" she
screeched. She began vibrating - whether from agitation or as a prelude to a
fit, I know not.

Fortunately, I had, for severall minutes, been composing a complicated, but
believable, excuse for leaving: "I have to go."

Morals:
1. Google is not always your friend.
2. Don't mess with manic-depressives (PC: bi-polar, non-pc: insane).

I utilized drive image xml
with success and in addition
use the nt backup in windows,
as a backup to the imaging
backups.

both are free and reliable and
believe me, having more than
one way to restore your system
is not over kill.

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my suggestion with di xml is to
set it to make small images,
which will sectionalize the disk
image into cd sizes.

then you can transfer the
set to the other disk.

you should also create
a pre installation disk
with bart's pe.

then install the drive image
xml plug-in into barts pe and
a secondary copy of drive
image xml onto the p.e. disk.

because the above is time
consuming, you will likely
make an image every 3 months.

alternatively, the built in windows
system restore feature can be
a convenient method to use before
restoring from images or your
nt backup.

as a note to nt backup, don't
forget to include the system state
and "verify the data" to double
check the integrity of backup file.

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another consideration should be
taken into account for your personal
files and registry which are
created/modified on a regular basis.

so you will want to use a
quicker method to regularly
save 1:1 copies of the above
as a backup with microsoft's
sync toy.

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"ZootRot" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Win XP
>
> I'm looking to clone my notebook hard drive to an external HDD as a means of back-up.
>
> Any suggestions on good software built for the purpose? Preferably freeware.
>
>

On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:28:54 -0500, "ColTom2"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I tried freeware and never really found anything that would compare with
>Acronis True Image. I totally agree with John's recommendation for it.
>
>I just cloned a Western Digital 250GB HD with Acronis and it was easy, fast,
>but most important accurate.

Last month I try to clone Dell Inspiron E1505 60 GB Hard Disk to 120
GB Hard Disk, and I learn Dell HD unable to clone because my 120 GB
turn
into 60 GB Hard Disk.

Louie Pham wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:28:54 -0500, "ColTom2"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> I tried freeware and never really found anything that would compare with
>> Acronis True Image. I totally agree with John's recommendation for it.
>>
>> I just cloned a Western Digital 250GB HD with Acronis and it was easy,
>> fast,
>> but most important accurate.
>
> Last month I try to clone Dell Inspiron E1505 60 GB Hard Disk to 120
> GB Hard Disk, and I learn Dell HD unable to clone because my 120 GB
> turn into 60 GB Hard Disk.

You mean turned into a 60 GB partition, with all the other space (60 GB)
being unallocated.