Personally I wouldn't partition C;
Simply within Acronis follow the prompts to create a Clone (I also use the
verify option)
Then create a incremental clone based on the origonal full clone
(Acronis 10 has the facility to either only use xx space on the target drive
or only keep xx backups before restarting the process)

"Patti Barden" wrote in message
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Thanks DL.
I have a disk of Acronis True Image 10 Personal I got in a magazine.
In my mind this is what I understand I should do:
1. Partition my 500 GB C drive.
2. Partition my 1T GB Fexternal hard drive.
3. Copy my C disk with Acronis to my Fexternal hard drive.
4. then when I do a incremental clone/backup it should be saved to a
separate partition on the Fexternal Hard Drive??

Am I close?
Thank you, Patti

"DL" wrote in message
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I dont use Paragon, but Acronis TI
Generally you create an initial full clone / backup, then a regular
incremental clone/backup to add any changes.
At some stage your backup drive will be full, then you have to start
over, having deleted the old backups

"Patti Barden" wrote in message
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Using XP SP3, 500 GB HD & 1T External Hard Disk

I want to make a Copy of my C hard disk to put on my F Externals Hard
Disk and then do
backups to record any changes since the original Copy was made.

I have the PHDM CD installed and have read and reread directions (the
most unhelpful
the world) for days trying to figure out what I am doing. All about
Sector-Based Backup,
File-Based Backup, File Increment to a Sector Backup, and Differential
Sector Backup, etc.

I am a simple soul and this is too hard for me but I must figure it out.
(Recently had a hard
disk failure with no backups - bad news)
Thanks for any help.
Patti