Re: 2nd HD - mirroring

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Yes Acronis TrueImage will work very well for backing up to a second drive.

check here http://compreviews.about.com/od/tutorials/ss/DIYSecHD.htm

When partitioning and formatting you should partition as a Logical drive not a Primary drive and make certain the drive is formatted as NTFS. You need NTFS as FAT32 can't handle files larger than 4GB and full system backup often exceen 4GBs.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User]
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"Bill" <smile@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ehmTvcXqFHA.3424@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
OS - Windows XP Home SP2
Machine - Dell XPS Gen 5 w/Raptor 74GB, 10K HD

this is my idea:

buy another Raptor HD to install for ''mirroring''/backup purposes.
Since I have never done this before, I thought I'd ask for some guidance.

Is True Image by Aconis a good software buy for this application?

I know Norton has GHOST, but I am not a fan of Norton products - UNLESS -
those in the know tell me it is better than other software for this purpose.

Any things I should be aware of when installing the HD?
I think Windows should pick it up ok.

Any/all suggestions appreciated

TIA
Bill



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