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| Thread ID: 116274 | 2011-02-24 17:13:00 | I need a way to backup my laptop's windows installation | Question (15792) | Press F1 |
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| 1181207 | 2011-02-24 17:13:00 | Its a lenovo laptop, but the recovery discs i burnt are useless as i modified the partitions that came with the laptop(as most people would...). I tried using windows backup. It said i had 23GB of system files, and i tried burning the backup to a series of DVD discs. 7 DVD discs later, it was only 75% done, so im pretty sure windows backup ****ed up somewhere. So i need a software that can do a backup of my laptop's windows installation. Any ideas? Slight problem : My external HDD is truecrypt encrypted, so i wont be able to use image files on it to restore a backup if my OS dies. |
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| 1181208 | 2011-02-24 18:26:00 | An image IS the best way. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1181209 | 2011-02-24 18:58:00 | Get another external HDD and image the laptop | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1181210 | 2011-02-25 03:49:00 | EaseUs Todobackup will do an image backup and split the backup into DVD sized pieces as you go. I find that handy when I make image backups for others as I can just give them their backup on a set of DVDs. I do the backup onto disk and copy to DVD later as I have found backup programs that attempt to go straight to DVD and split as they go can stuff up, just as you have found. | AvonBill (11358) | ||
| 1181211 | 2011-02-25 04:31:00 | Get another external HDD and image the laptop Sadly, i dont have spare money to burn on another external now. DVDs are cheaper at this point. EaseUs Todobackup will do an image backup and split the backup into DVD sized pieces as you go. I find that handy when I make image backups for others as I can just give them their backup on a set of DVDs. I do the backup onto disk and copy to DVD later as I have found backup programs that attempt to go straight to DVD and split as they go can stuff up, just as you have found. Is this freeware/do you ahve a link? |
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| 1181212 | 2011-02-25 04:34:00 | Do a search in google | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1181213 | 2011-02-25 04:37:00 | Freeware:- www.easeus.com |
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| 1181214 | 2011-02-25 06:12:00 | Sadly, i dont have spare money to burn on another external now . DVDs are cheaper at this point . If your current HD is partitioned - you can just throw the image onto the other partition . Then use whatever software you want to span it to numerous DVD discs . |
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