Lookiing for utility to back up data for conversion to new hard drive

[John Pope]

I received a message at boot time that the Dell Disk Monitor noticed that
"my hard disk is operating outside the normal specifications, and it is
advisable to immediately back up all data and replace my hard drive."

Is there a utility for backing up all data including favorites, address
book, and email folders. I believe I read about one in a Microsoft
Newsletter sometime in the past year. Actually, I believe I have backed up
just about all data except the Explorer Favorites and Outlook email folders
and I don't know how to find them. If there is a utility available, maybe
it might back up these and some other folders I have forgotten.

Also, is there a way to backup XP and all programs for restore on a new hard
drive? I don't believe the XP Backup facility will do that.

 

[DL]

There are various Apps for Cloning a hd, Norton Ghost being one, usefull
when adding a hd.
OL mail/folders etc contained in a *.pst file. Search to include hidden,
then copy to cd.
You can simply copy yr Favorites folder.
David

 

[David]

Hi,

Yes, DriveImage 8 by Powerquest, TrueImage by Acronis,
and Norton Ghost by Symantec will create an acessable
image file that can then be copied to a new HD.

-David