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| Thread ID: 79390 | 2007-05-18 07:10:00 | Making Whole Hard Drive Backups of OS | MasterofZack (11276) | Press F1 |
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| 550871 | 2007-05-18 22:11:00 | Norton ghost should, provided you load USB drivers when you run it or make the boot disk - I've always just done it to another hdd so I can't be sure but I reckon it should yeah. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 550872 | 2007-05-19 22:24:00 | I understand the later variants of ghost do but I havn't tried Ghost personally . I have read but cannot guarantee it, that only ACRONIS and GHOST 10 allow you to back up of a working copy of windows . As a test with acronis, I was DL'ing stuff and writing emails . I backed up my system at the same time and then restored it to an old 20 gb drive . It booted and ran perfectly |
Tony.br (4018) | ||
| 550873 | 2007-05-20 00:00:00 | I have ghost 2003, not sure what version that is but it manages to read/write my SATA drives and NTFS, so it's good :D | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 550874 | 2007-05-20 00:17:00 | Before you go cloning and backing up OS's left right and centre . . . do all 4 machines have the same specs? You may end up having problems with fatal exception errors due to differing hardware configurations . If they are different in terms of hardware then you'd have to do a disc image for each of them as a back-up . Personally I use Acronis True Image . . . it works great . Cheers |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 550875 | 2007-05-20 18:54:00 | I 100% agree with chiefnz If you ever clone a computer and restore it to one with different hardware there is a risk of problems. IF (and only IF) you are used to editing the registry, I would start the new computer in SAFE mode the first time. Start REGEDIT and delete the ENUM key then restart and let it reload all the drivers. It will probably need multiple reboots and you may need the driver disks for the new computer. If you dont know what I am talking about, THEN DO NOT ATTEMPT THIS as any mucking around with the registry can cause a disaster. |
Tony.br (4018) | ||
| 550876 | 2007-05-20 21:49:00 | If the hardware is slightly different, it shouldn't matter though... if everything was the same except say the sound card it should just automatically uninstall the old one and install the new one I think the main problem you get is if the motherboard is significantly different, otherwise it should be fine - but then your machines are probably all the same anyway. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 550877 | 2007-05-21 00:04:00 | Sorry I should have added the word SIGNIFICANT Some years ago I had a friends computer that failed and put the old HD into a newer box . I made the mistake of not backing up his important data and forgot to delete the ENUM key . OOPS! Major error . The process of loading all the new drivers utterly trashed the system with a total loose of data . I suspect some conflict but who knows . |
Tony.br (4018) | ||
| 550878 | 2007-06-19 05:50:00 | I am pretty sure that all the machines are quite the same with the exception of the CPU. Two of them are Celeron 1.7Ghz & the other two Pentium4 1.8Ghz. | MasterofZack (11276) | ||
| 550879 | 2007-06-19 06:06:00 | I was wondering if there is any way that I can create a back up of an entire operating system that I can reinstall onto a computer after wiping the hard drive . The machine I have in mind was one donated to a volunteer organisation that I belong to . It has a clean install of WindowsXP SP2 with nothing else on it . Making backups of each of 4 pcs seems the wrong way to do it . You've got an install but you don't have the entire os unless you have a real disk . Sooner or later you may want to do something that requires drivers or files that aren't currently installed . Do the computers have the COA stickers with product keys on the cases? |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 550880 | 2007-06-19 09:01:00 | Master of Zack before you do anything, you may want to use magic jellybean to get the windows serials off the computers (if they are not attached to the side), as that is probably the most important thing you will need especially if you are messing around with the OS and harddrive, and amke sure you write down which machine each key is for |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
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