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making restore disk
Can I make a restore disk of win98se computer ? I have it on a older
computer that I want to "mess with" I want a easy way to reinstall the software if need be. I have all the original disks, but a restore disk would be easier. I have tried ghost with no luck, could I have done somethink wrong? Thanks |
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@erols.com wrote: Can I make a restore disk of win98se computer ? I have it on a older computer that I want to "mess with" I want a easy way to reinstall the software if need be. I have all the original disks, but a restore disk would be easier. I have tried ghost with no luck, could I have done somethink wrong? Thanks You can do at least two things that I am familiar with. First you could take a hard drive large enough to hold the data you have on the original HD and copy that data to the second HD with XXCOPY using the clone switch. You can search the web for a free download of that program. I have used XXCOPY, but to do a full system it might be beter to use the free utility that may drive makers have to install a new drive. I have a hard drive in a removable tray that is a duplicate of the one in the computer. Using the free Maxtor program I back up the hard drive about once a month. All data is backed up to a CD when I have enough new data on the drive I think it needs it. Mostly every time I download in new pix of the digital cam. |
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Ralph Mowery wrote: @erols.com wrote: Can I make a restore disk of win98se computer ? I have it on a older computer that I want to "mess with" I want a easy way to reinstall the software if need be. I have all the original disks, but a restore disk would be easier. I have tried ghost with no luck, could I have done somethink wrong? Thanks You can do at least two things that I am familiar with. First you could take a hard drive large enough to hold the data you have on the original HD and copy that data to the second HD with XXCOPY using the clone switch. You can search the web for a free download of that program. I have used XXCOPY, but to do a full system it might be beter to use the free utility that may drive makers have to install a new drive. I have a hard drive in a removable tray that is a duplicate of the one in the computer. Using the free Maxtor program I back up the hard drive about once a month. All data is backed up to a CD when I have enough new data on the drive I think it needs it. Mostly every time I download in new pix of the digital cam. The only advantage I have found with XXCOPY over those diagnostic programs from the HD manufacturers, is that it does an incremental backup when using the CLONE switch. That is if there are only a couple of files that have changed since the last backup, that is all it changes on the target drive. (It does delete any files no longer on the original as well) Using a diagnostic program from a HD manufacturer means that it normally will delete all that is currently on the target drive, and then copy all the data from the original drive again. Some programs may be different, but those that I have seen work that way. |
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www.xxcopy.com
wrote in message ... | Can I make a restore disk of win98se computer ? I have it on a older | computer that I want to "mess with" I want a easy way to reinstall the | software if need be. I have all the original disks, but a restore disk | would be easier. I have tried ghost with no luck, could I have done | somethink wrong? Thanks | |
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Thanks for the ideas, I may use a second hd, but was looking into a cd
restore.( I did mention disk but was thinking cd) The one program I saw required something like 17cd's which is way too many for less than one gig. of space. RobF wrote: www.xxcopy.com wrote in message ... | Can I make a restore disk of win98se computer ? I have it on a older | computer that I want to "mess with" I want a easy way to reinstall the | software if need be. I have all the original disks, but a restore disk | would be easier. I have tried ghost with no luck, could I have done | somethink wrong? Thanks | |
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