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January 13th 09, 08:10 PM
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Imaging a Hard drive
On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:34:10 -0500, johnn wrote:
I have a hunch that I may possibly have to replace my hard drive. Obviously, installing the OS, as well as all the programs on a new drive is a time-consuming PITA. Will an imaging program (such as Acronis True Image or Image for Windows) help make the job easier? IOW: Can I take an image of my exsiting hard drive (say on an external HD), transfer the image to a new hard drive, and just keep on using the computer with the new drive without having to reinstall the OS and the programs? Yes. The best such program, in my view, is Acronis True Image, but new hard drives often come with free programs that do this, so if yours does, you might want to try that first. For the $ 50 - $ 65 which those imaging programs cost, this seems to be a really good solution. Knowledgeable opinions, please? Thanks! __________________________________ johnn __________________________________ "God is dead" - Nietzsche (1844-1935) "Nietzsche is dead" - God -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience Please Reply to the Newsgroup 
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January 14th 09, 04:55 AM
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johnn,
If you have a Seagate or Maxtor HDD installed on your PC, you are eligible for a free copy of Seagate's Disk Wizard. It is a stripped down version of Acronis True Image. By reading the info sheet on the program, it is Acronis True Image. With the following exceptions, compared to the full version of Acronis True Image. 1. Cannot create Acronis True Image "Secure Zone", and its features. You will need to create bootable media, to restore backup images during Boot Sequence. Application to do this is included. 2. Cannot schedule automatic backups. -- Add MS to your News Reader: news://msnews.microsoft.com Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule Previous Text Snipped to Save Bandwidth When Appropriate "johnn" wrote in message ... I have a hunch that I may possibly have to replace my hard drive. Obviously, installing the OS, as well as all the programs on a new drive is a time-consuming PITA. Will an imaging program (such as Acronis True Image or Image for Windows) help make the job easier? IOW: Can I take an image of my exsiting hard drive (say on an external HD), transfer the image to a new hard drive, and just keep on using the computer with the new drive without having to reinstall the OS and the programs? For the $ 50 - $ 65 which those imaging programs cost, this seems to be a really good solution. Knowledgeable opinions, please? Thanks! __________________________________ johnn __________________________________ "God is dead" - Nietzsche (1844-1935) "Nietzsche is dead" - God
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January 14th 09, 04:55 AM
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johnn,
If you have a Seagate or Maxtor HDD installed on your PC, you are eligible for a free copy of Seagate's Disk Wizard. It is a stripped down version of Acronis True Image. By reading the info sheet on the program, it is Acronis True Image. With the following exceptions, compared to the full version of Acronis True Image. 1. Cannot create Acronis True Image "Secure Zone", and its features. You will need to create bootable media, to restore backup images during Boot Sequence. Application to do this is included. 2. Cannot schedule automatic backups. -- Add MS to your News Reader: news://msnews.microsoft.com Rich/rerat (RRR News) message rule Previous Text Snipped to Save Bandwidth When Appropriate "johnn" wrote in message ... I have a hunch that I may possibly have to replace my hard drive. Obviously, installing the OS, as well as all the programs on a new drive is a time-consuming PITA. Will an imaging program (such as Acronis True Image or Image for Windows) help make the job easier? IOW: Can I take an image of my exsiting hard drive (say on an external HD), transfer the image to a new hard drive, and just keep on using the computer with the new drive without having to reinstall the OS and the programs? For the $ 50 - $ 65 which those imaging programs cost, this seems to be a really good solution. Knowledgeable opinions, please? Thanks! __________________________________ johnn __________________________________ "God is dead" - Nietzsche (1844-1935) "Nietzsche is dead" - God
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January 15th 09, 10:38 AM
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"johnn" wrote in message
... I have a hunch that I may possibly have to replace my hard drive. Obviously, installing the OS, as well as all the programs on a new drive is a time-consuming PITA. Will an imaging program (such as Acronis True Image or Image for Windows) help make the job easier? IOW: Can I take an image of my exsiting hard drive (say on an external HD), transfer the image to a new hard drive, and just keep on using the computer with the new drive without having to reinstall the OS and the programs? For the $ 50 - $ 65 which those imaging programs cost, this seems to be a really good solution. Knowledgeable opinions, please? Thanks! __________________________________ johnn __________________________________ "God is dead" - Nietzsche (1844-1935) "Nietzsche is dead" - God Usually not a problem as long as the imaging software can address the external hard drive or any other location of said image file(s). Other such locations can be CDs/DVDs, add-on cards with onboard or removable hard drives. And must be able to address the target hard drive as a bootable entity for restoration. -- Dave
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January 15th 09, 10:38 AM
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"johnn" wrote in message
... I have a hunch that I may possibly have to replace my hard drive. Obviously, installing the OS, as well as all the programs on a new drive is a time-consuming PITA. Will an imaging program (such as Acronis True Image or Image for Windows) help make the job easier? IOW: Can I take an image of my exsiting hard drive (say on an external HD), transfer the image to a new hard drive, and just keep on using the computer with the new drive without having to reinstall the OS and the programs? For the $ 50 - $ 65 which those imaging programs cost, this seems to be a really good solution. Knowledgeable opinions, please? Thanks! __________________________________ johnn __________________________________ "God is dead" - Nietzsche (1844-1935) "Nietzsche is dead" - God Usually not a problem as long as the imaging software can address the external hard drive or any other location of said image file(s). Other such locations can be CDs/DVDs, add-on cards with onboard or removable hard drives. And must be able to address the target hard drive as a bootable entity for restoration. -- Dave
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January 15th 09, 03:24 PM
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Thank you to all who responded. It has been very helpful.
I'm keeping your helpful remarks against the day I will actually ned them. Thanks again! On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:34:10 -0500, johnn wrote: I have a hunch that I may possibly have to replace my hard drive. Obviously, installing the OS, as well as all the programs on a new drive is a time-consuming PITA. Will an imaging program (such as Acronis True Image or Image for Windows) help make the job easier? IOW: Can I take an image of my exsiting hard drive (say on an external HD), transfer the image to a new hard drive, and just keep on using the computer with the new drive without having to reinstall the OS and the programs? For the $ 50 - $ 65 which those imaging programs cost, this seems to be a really good solution. Knowledgeable opinions, please? Thanks! __________________________________ johnn __________________________________ "God is dead" - Nietzsche (1844-1935) "Nietzsche is dead" - God __________________________________ johnn __________________________________ "God is dead" - Nietzsche (1844-1935) "Nietzsche is dead" - God
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January 15th 09, 03:24 PM
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Thank you to all who responded. It has been very helpful.
I'm keeping your helpful remarks against the day I will actually ned them. Thanks again! On Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:34:10 -0500, johnn wrote: I have a hunch that I may possibly have to replace my hard drive. Obviously, installing the OS, as well as all the programs on a new drive is a time-consuming PITA. Will an imaging program (such as Acronis True Image or Image for Windows) help make the job easier? IOW: Can I take an image of my exsiting hard drive (say on an external HD), transfer the image to a new hard drive, and just keep on using the computer with the new drive without having to reinstall the OS and the programs? For the $ 50 - $ 65 which those imaging programs cost, this seems to be a really good solution. Knowledgeable opinions, please? Thanks! __________________________________ johnn __________________________________ "God is dead" - Nietzsche (1844-1935) "Nietzsche is dead" - God __________________________________ johnn __________________________________ "God is dead" - Nietzsche (1844-1935) "Nietzsche is dead" - God
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