Hard drive fixing to crash what to backup

[vern]

My hard drive has been acting wierd lately, so I have copied all my
personal, pics, documents,etc to cd's.
Also addressbook, I would like to copy passwords that I have saved using
ie6. Is this possible. Also
please suggest any other files I should copy to make migrating to a new hd
easier.
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

Larry

 

[Al Dykes]

My hard drive has been acting wierd lately, so I have copied all my
personal, pics, documents,etc to cd's.
Also addressbook, I would like to copy passwords that I have saved using
ie6. Is this possible. Also
please suggest any other files I should copy to make migrating to a new hd
easier.
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.

Larry

Get the registration codes for any software you paid for but installed
via downloads or the Web. Companies like Norton *love* it when you
have to buy stuff, twice.

 

[DatabaseBen]

why nit pic?
when you can "REPLICATE"
the entire old hd onto the new one..

try do a bit more research, if this
method appeals to you...

 

[cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)]

On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 16:46:10 -0500, "DatabaseBen"

why nit pic?
when you can "REPLICATE"
the entire old hd onto the new one..

In case the hard drive dies midway through the long imaging process.

Half a partition image is no cigar, so it's best to cherry-pick the
vitals at the file system level first.

The trick is to do so without having dumb-ass XP drooling System
Restore, thumbnails etc. all over the sick HD. Bart CDR is safer.

If the contents of the HD are to be bootable as an XP installation on
the new HD, then you have to do an image transfer, as DatabaseBen
suggests. Unlike Win9x, XP will not boot into Windows even if you
copy every single file perfectly.

Best order of things:
- file-level cherry-pick of crucial data
- image backup
- diagnostics
- verify the new HD works and all files are there
- warranty replacement of bad drive if applicable

In practice, you may have to swap the last two (few vendors will
replace a HD without getting the old one first) if you don't have a
spare drive to test the recovered material.

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