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From: Victor (victord_at_istar.ca)
Date: 08/13/04


Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 04:48:34 -0700

I'm considering buying a Maxtor One Touch 80GB USB 2.0
External Hard Drive with perhaps the Acronis True Image 6.0
software or Norton Ghost. My question is after I make an
image of my pcs drive(s) on the external device can I still
use the external drive for other stuff? It's 80gb which is
double the size of my current internal drive.

Another concern. When I want to buy a new pc and transfer
the system from my old one, just how easy is it using
ghosting software? Will I need to install a system on the
new pc first? If the new pc doesn't come with a system
installed will I be able to just plop in a backup cd (or
floppy), plug in the external hard disk and then let it
copy?

Thanks for your help.
ps. Which imaging software is better for this purpose?



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