Backup WinXP Partion to Seagate HDD

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Question:
My Primary HDD is partitioned to C: (WinXP bootdrive and program files) 60
GB and D: (Data,Games, etc) 100 GB. Can just the boot partition (60GB) be
copied to a seperate harddisk (ie 60 GB Seagate) or would I have to copy the
primary HDD (160GB) to another 160GB drive or larger??

Would this be Seagate's Diskwizard? Or would I be better off with Norton
Ghost et al.?

Is just backing up the 60 GB even possible to another 60 GB HDD?

Thankyou, r.

 

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If you Ghost the C Drive to another partition on separate drive, the image
file will be <50% of the size of the C Drive as it is compressed. Thus if
your 60Gb drive has 40Gb used; then Ghost will create an image file of <20Gb
in size.

There are other 'backup' programs that you can purchase at huge cost
compared with Ghost, however one this is the best and most cost effective
solution for users with one to 15 PCs: my humble opinion.


"namniar" wrote:

> Question:
> My Primary HDD is partitioned to C: (WinXP bootdrive and program files) 60
> GB and D: (Data,Games, etc) 100 GB. Can just the boot partition (60GB) be
> copied to a seperate harddisk (ie 60 GB Seagate) or would I have to copy the
> primary HDD (160GB) to another 160GB drive or larger??
>
> Would this be Seagate's Diskwizard? Or would I be better off with Norton
> Ghost et al.?
>
> Is just backing up the 60 GB even possible to another 60 GB HDD?
>
> Thankyou, r.
>
>
>

 

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Thanks for your reply BAR.

Looking at Symantecs website I can't tell if I can Ghost the C drive
partition only (ie 60 GB) to a separate HDD. This versus 'Ghosting' the
entire 160 GB drive (partition C and D). Is this correct?

r.


"BAR" <BAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:182EE80D-F7C8-411C-83D0-6DDE379BE29F@microsoft.com...
> If you Ghost the C Drive to another partition on separate drive, the image
> file will be <50% of the size of the C Drive as it is compressed. Thus if
> your 60Gb drive has 40Gb used; then Ghost will create an image file of
> <20Gb
> in size.
>
> There are other 'backup' programs that you can purchase at huge cost
> compared with Ghost, however one this is the best and most cost effective
> solution for users with one to 15 PCs: my humble opinion.
>
>
> "namniar" wrote:
>
>> Question:
>> My Primary HDD is partitioned to C: (WinXP bootdrive and program files)
>> 60
>> GB and D: (Data,Games, etc) 100 GB. Can just the boot partition (60GB)
>> be
>> copied to a seperate harddisk (ie 60 GB Seagate) or would I have to copy
>> the
>> primary HDD (160GB) to another 160GB drive or larger??
>>
>> Would this be Seagate's Diskwizard? Or would I be better off with Norton
>> Ghost et al.?
>>
>> Is just backing up the 60 GB even possible to another 60 GB HDD?
>>
>> Thankyou, r.
>>
>>
>>

 

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I'm not sure of Ghost, but at least Drive Image (2002) gave you the choice
what drives/partitions you wanted to make an image of. And I guess that
choice is in Ghost to, at least the latest ones.

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"namniar" <this@that> kirjoitti viestissä
news:uR05vBloEHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for your reply BAR.
>
> Looking at Symantecs website I can't tell if I can Ghost the C drive
> partition only (ie 60 GB) to a separate HDD. This versus 'Ghosting' the
> entire 160 GB drive (partition C and D). Is this correct?
>
> r.
>
>
> "BAR" <BAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:182EE80D-F7C8-411C-83D0-6DDE379BE29F@microsoft.com...
> > If you Ghost the C Drive to another partition on separate drive, the
image
> > file will be <50% of the size of the C Drive as it is compressed. Thus
if
> > your 60Gb drive has 40Gb used; then Ghost will create an image file of
> > <20Gb
> > in size.
> >
> > There are other 'backup' programs that you can purchase at huge cost
> > compared with Ghost, however one this is the best and most cost
effective
> > solution for users with one to 15 PCs: my humble opinion.
> >
> >
> > "namniar" wrote:
> >
> >> Question:
> >> My Primary HDD is partitioned to C: (WinXP bootdrive and program files)
> >> 60
> >> GB and D: (Data,Games, etc) 100 GB. Can just the boot partition
(60GB)
> >> be
> >> copied to a seperate harddisk (ie 60 GB Seagate) or would I have to
copy
> >> the
> >> primary HDD (160GB) to another 160GB drive or larger??
> >>
> >> Would this be Seagate's Diskwizard? Or would I be better off with
Norton
> >> Ghost et al.?
> >>
> >> Is just backing up the 60 GB even possible to another 60 GB HDD?
> >>
> >> Thankyou, r.
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

 

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Thank you.

r.

"Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_NOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23Q48kcvoEHA.2340@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> I'm not sure of Ghost, but at least Drive Image (2002) gave you the choice
> what drives/partitions you wanted to make an image of. And I guess that
> choice is in Ghost to, at least the latest ones.
>
> --
> Tumppi
> Reply to group
> =================================================
> Most learned on nntp://news.mircosoft.com
> Helsinki, Finland (remove _NOSPAM)
> (translations from FI/SE not always accurate)
> =================================================
>
>
>
> "namniar" <this@that> kirjoitti viestissä
> news:uR05vBloEHA.596@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks for your reply BAR.
>>
>> Looking at Symantecs website I can't tell if I can Ghost the C drive
>> partition only (ie 60 GB) to a separate HDD. This versus 'Ghosting' the
>> entire 160 GB drive (partition C and D). Is this correct?
>>
>> r.
>>
>>
>> "BAR" <BAR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:182EE80D-F7C8-411C-83D0-6DDE379BE29F@microsoft.com...
>> > If you Ghost the C Drive to another partition on separate drive, the
> image
>> > file will be <50% of the size of the C Drive as it is compressed. Thus
> if
>> > your 60Gb drive has 40Gb used; then Ghost will create an image file of
>> > <20Gb
>> > in size.
>> >
>> > There are other 'backup' programs that you can purchase at huge cost
>> > compared with Ghost, however one this is the best and most cost
> effective
>> > solution for users with one to 15 PCs: my humble opinion.
>> >
>> >
>> > "namniar" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Question:
>> >> My Primary HDD is partitioned to C: (WinXP bootdrive and program
>> >> files)
>> >> 60
>> >> GB and D: (Data,Games, etc) 100 GB. Can just the boot partition
> (60GB)
>> >> be
>> >> copied to a seperate harddisk (ie 60 GB Seagate) or would I have to
> copy
>> >> the
>> >> primary HDD (160GB) to another 160GB drive or larger??
>> >>
>> >> Would this be Seagate's Diskwizard? Or would I be better off with
> Norton
>> >> Ghost et al.?
>> >>
>> >> Is just backing up the 60 GB even possible to another 60 GB HDD?
>> >>
>> >> Thankyou, r.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>
>