Re: Backup WinXP Partion to Seagate HDD

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From: Thomas Wendell (tumppiw_NOSPAM_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:59:40 +0300

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
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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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