I'm finding I can't backup my Windows XP Professional system which is on a 2TB HDD to an external 1TB HDD.
Here are the details:
The internal 2TB Hitachi HDD is divided into 4 drives of 500GB each. I've installed Windows XP Professional and all my software plus other operating software on the C Drive.
I tried to create two backup operating systems on two Seagate external HDDs. I don't want just a backup. I want to be able to reinstall a running operating system if the C Drive on my internal Hitachi computer crashes.
I've tried doing this using Acronis, Areca and Paragon Backup and Recovery. The basic message I get back is that there is not enough space on the target Seagate drives for a system backup.
I can see that this makes sense since I'm trying to backup a 2TB HDD to a 1TB HHD. However, all I want to backup is the C Drive which is only 500GB and only has less than 100GB of data on it.
I'd now like to put a 500BG HDD in my computer and make my 2TB Hitachi HDD my external backup HDD. I just don't need all that space in my computer. I realize I made a big mistake installing it in the first place.
So if anybody could suggest how I can copy my C drive onto a 500 GB drive that I can then use as my internal computer HDD I'd be very grateful.
Unfortunately, I can't do a reinstall, as I've got a lot of my software from GiveawayOfTheDay. A lot more of it is on CDs of considerable age and I'm not anxious to test how well these CDs have aged.
I'm think I'm pretty much stuck with copying and migration. I have copies of Windows Vista and Ultimate. I've heard bad things about Vista and it looks like a lot of the software I use won't run on Ultimate.
My computer is a Dell Dimension 8400.
My thanks for your advice and suggestions in advance.
Here are the details:
The internal 2TB Hitachi HDD is divided into 4 drives of 500GB each. I've installed Windows XP Professional and all my software plus other operating software on the C Drive.
I tried to create two backup operating systems on two Seagate external HDDs. I don't want just a backup. I want to be able to reinstall a running operating system if the C Drive on my internal Hitachi computer crashes.
I've tried doing this using Acronis, Areca and Paragon Backup and Recovery. The basic message I get back is that there is not enough space on the target Seagate drives for a system backup.
I can see that this makes sense since I'm trying to backup a 2TB HDD to a 1TB HHD. However, all I want to backup is the C Drive which is only 500GB and only has less than 100GB of data on it.
I'd now like to put a 500BG HDD in my computer and make my 2TB Hitachi HDD my external backup HDD. I just don't need all that space in my computer. I realize I made a big mistake installing it in the first place.
So if anybody could suggest how I can copy my C drive onto a 500 GB drive that I can then use as my internal computer HDD I'd be very grateful.
Unfortunately, I can't do a reinstall, as I've got a lot of my software from GiveawayOfTheDay. A lot more of it is on CDs of considerable age and I'm not anxious to test how well these CDs have aged.
I'm think I'm pretty much stuck with copying and migration. I have copies of Windows Vista and Ultimate. I've heard bad things about Vista and it looks like a lot of the software I use won't run on Ultimate.
My computer is a Dell Dimension 8400.
My thanks for your advice and suggestions in advance.