back up whole hard drive

i need to back up a xp home edition hp computer with all bookkeeping records and other important data ,my thought was to buy an additional 250gb hard drive to copy too? i would really appreciate an exact proceedure the pc has some sort of glich i have to do a netsh ip reset command everytime it quits communicating with the net i'm confused why ,i was told the best thing to do was back up the data and format the hard drive.

 

There are several back up programs I use a program called acronis true image it will back up your entire hard drive and will restore it in case anything happens and it makes schedule backups on the days you want it too. You could get norton's ghost but i tried it and it leaves an icon running in your systems tray all the time and uses more resources than acronis. Overall acronis is alot easier to use than norton's ghost 9 in my opinion. There are some free backup progams on this site but i have not used any of them but for the $40 U.S dollars i spent on acronis it was well worth it.

 

There is a back-up utility in Windows XP - go to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Back-up (you may have to install the Back-up program from the Windows XP system disk). I used it to back-up my whole hard drive onto an external hard disk drive, and it did the job fine.

Susie

 

yes that works but will not backup windows as a whole operating system acronis and norton's backs up the entire os

 

Just wondering... what're some recommended ways to make a BOOTABLE full backup of a whole hard drive onto a new larger drive? Windows 2000 Pro?

 

acronis and norton's will do it

 

Re: back up whole hard drive ... to DVD ???

Any recommended tool (s) ... or methods, or techniques ... for making bootable backups of a Windows 2000 Pro system and selected folders... onto a DVD +/- RW ???

Whole hard drive is not needed... just bootable system, apps, and selected folders... is there any cheap, easy way?

 

I need the same solution. Have tried the COPY command on Drive Image 2002 (for the first time), usually use the backup command, but cannot get iCOPY to work. Will keep trying, but other options would be nice. Can anyone help? Bazza

 

I wud suggest using NORTON GHOST.It did the perfect job for me.
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/

 

Tried GHOST ages ago, when I had 2 identical 10 gig drives on my laptop, GHOST couldn't figure out which was the source drive and which was the target drive. They've probably fixed that by now. Can't afford to buy a commercial program, at present. Bazza

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Must dig GHOST out of my old software pile. I am trying to copy contents of 30 gig drive to 10 gig drive so it might work. Thanks for the jog to my memory. Must keep taking the tablets. Bazza

 

xp registery key

i cloned my hard drive from a pc exactly like mine but now it has the windows key from the other pc they share a lan so it thinks that they both are the same pc. anyone know how to change tyhe key back to mine that came with pc running xp home edition

 

Winkey Finder

 

I've used Acronis and made bootable disks just fine..but that was with XP, I have no idea if it works for 2000.
I always have a backup on a bootable (just in case), and have had to use it...once.lol

 

Thanks, S_D_L, for the link to Winkey Finder. Looks like a good one and only 77kb.

 

well downloaded winkey finder won't let me run it gives unexpected error message only? now what?

 

Re: xp registery key

RockXP

 

anybody know where i can download operating system programs i have the activation keys my windows 98 se disk is cracked and my compaq pc hard drive crashed with windows millenium built in?

 

You can't, contact Micro$$oft for a replacement, if I understand your question correctly.

BTW, this thread is pretty old.

 

Old? U mean old like a fine Scotch Whiskey?