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| 1246862 | 2011-12-03 08:51:00 | I just bought a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 750GB drive to use for backing up data. It comes with some preinstalled Memeo software and other crap which i dont want to use. Can i safely Format the entire hard drive before using it with Windows 7 / VISTA ? I want to use some other software for backing up data to it. Last time i posted for recommendation of a good backup software, many suggested Paragon Backup and Recovery Free software. Is it still a good these days or is there some better ones avilable now ? Thanks |
learning (5137) | ||
| 1246863 | 2011-12-03 09:31:00 | You should be able to format it with out any problems. I do it all the time with smaller USB drives, (250GB). At the end of the day all it is will be a standard Hard Drive inside a fancy case. As for backup software --- Windows 7 has its own for images that works OK. Personally I use Active@Disk Image (www.disk-image.net) to make images. It also does the usual backups as well. On my own systems I have WHS as well as Fbackup (http://www.fbackup.com/) running nightly. |
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| 1246864 | 2011-12-03 09:34:00 | thanks Wainui. I will wipe it clean. | learning (5137) | ||
| 1246865 | 2011-12-04 23:41:00 | Have a look at Macrium Reflect Free. It has been excellent for me. I have paid for the upgrade ver but free works for most people. | linw (53) | ||
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