Another Drive Backup ??

OK... I have a spare drive that I do my backups onto.. I have been using Norton Ghost.. works fine and I trust it!

Curious if there is something better that you TRUST..
Looking at Acronis True Image, but It is new so I don't trust it yet.
I have nothing to base it on other than it is new...

What about Powerquests Drive Image??

Anyone use these various programs.

I don't want to blow away a drive just to find out that the image I have won't work...

Ghost works OK, but I am just looking for something alittle easier to work with and newer..

Any thoughts??

 

I use xxcopy , here are my notes on using it .

xxcopy ( freeware ) from ,
http://www.datman.com/xxcopy

Forum
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy/

Info
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=x...f&scoring=date&as_drrb=quick&as_qdr=&filter=0

Start > Programs > MS-DOS Prompt .
Copy a command from the selection below & click paste in MS-DOS , then click Enter .
No need to close any programs down .

1st command , you get a copy of everything .
2nd command excludes Windows .
3rd command copies Windows only .
4th command excludes Windows Temporary Internet Files .

Adjust drive letters to suit .

1 . XXCOPY C:\ D:\ /CLONE

2 . XXCOPY C:\ D:\ /CLONE /Xwindows\

3 . XXCOPY C:\Windows D:\Windows

4 . XXCOPY C:\ D:\ /Clone /x\windows\temp*\

If you don't want to confirm all the overwrites ( you get 3 choices Y,N,A, Y ( yes )
overwrites that file , N ( No ) , A ( All ) overwrites everthing ) use the /yy switch after Clone .
Eg. XXCOPY /CLONE /YY C:\ X:\

Below applies if you want to make the new hard drive your main drive ( usually C )
http://members.tripod.com/~diligent/harddisk.htm
Use the startup disk to boot the computer and when you are at the A:\
prompt type sys c: and press Enter. The required boot information will
be copied to the new disk and you have a working copy of the old hard
disk .
If the partition is not active , use fdisk , option 2 .

If the drive you copied was partitioned , ( ex. C has the Operating system , D has Programs E
has other files & so on ) the new drive is best partitioned the same way .
You can always change things around on the new drive later .

xxcopy will not clone a Windows 2000 operating system volume , probably will not clone an XP
OS .
The best tool for this now , is from Acronis , called TrueImage .
http://www.acronis.com/products/trueimage/

If you have your new drive as a stand alone ( no other drive installed ) & you want it
bootable , so you can do an install from your Windows CD .

fdisk , reboot & format .

http://www.computerhope.com/sfdisk3.htm
http://www.pcguide.com/proc/setup/hdd.htm
http://www.fdisk.com/fdisk/
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q255/8/67.ASP
http://www.compguystechweb.com/troubleshooting/fdisk/fdisk_scr.html
http://www.compguystechweb.com/troubleshooting/fdisk/index.html
http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/weendoggy/index.htm
http://www.hexff.com/win98_install.html
http://members.tripod.com/ramblingsoftheoran/tutorials/partition-complete.htm
http://home.pacbell.net/dbk4297/fdiskformat.html
http://www3.sympatico.ca/rhwatson/dos7/u-fdisk-1.html
http://fdisk.radified.com/

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If you have used the xxcopy method & the new drive is slaved , you fdisk from Start > Run
( type in fdisk & press Enter )

Next you Format .
My Computor > right click on the new drive & click on Format .

How to Prevent Drive Letters from Changing After You Add a Hard Disk or a CD-ROM (Q282530)
The information in this article applies to:
Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 95
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q282530