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I have hp pavillion laptop & purchased a hard drive for my docking base/ now
I want to copy my laptop hard drive to the new hard drive to access it with another laptop/ hp suggested norton ghost/ for some weird reason anything related to "norton" just comes up for 1 sec & is gone/ I tried going to Norton.com & was instantly thrown off of the internet/ I have the Norton Ghost CD program but cannot install it/ I get 1 sec to see the window to install & then it's gone/ please help -- Karen |
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It depends on exactly what you are trying to do. Ghost could be used to
clone one hard drive to another but I doubt that is what you want to do unless for a total backup solution for disaster recovery that includes applications and operating system or to use the new hard drive in your laptop instead of the existing one. If you simply want to backup your data files such as Word, Excel, Power Point documents or other files such as media then you can copy them from your computer hard drive to the new hard drive [USB external perhaps?] . That way you will have a backup in case your laptop is stolen or damaged and you can easily access them on another computer assuming it is a USB type external hard drive. You could also still using Ghost or Acronis True Image to create an image backup in addition to backing up data files for shared access as most likely the new hard drive has plenty of room. To backup data files find the folders you want to copy via Explorer and copy from the existing hard drive and paste to the new hard drive. Typically most of your data files are in your My Documents folder though you should also search your hard drive for any possible needed data in other folders. Programs such as Quicken, QuickBooks, Peachtree, Money, etc also have the ability to create a backup of the data file typically found under the file menu for the program. One caveat is if you are using the built in EFS encryption of XP Pro be sure to backup your EFS private keys also as you could loose access to any encrypted files otherwise at a later point in time. Offhand I don't know what the problem is with your Norton install but to start I would try and check your computer for malware problems by trying to scan your computer , ideally in Safe Mode to start, with quality spyware detection and removal programs and virus detection and removal programs and also first downloading and installing CCleaner to clean temp files off of your computer. Googlepack includes a free version of the highly rated Spyware Doctor,and Norton AV but only for scan and removal. You need an AV program that also monitors your computer in real time for virus threats and there are some decent free ones such as AVG. Steve http://www.ccleaner.com/ --- CCleaner http://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_...gl=us&ciNum=11 --- Google pack downloads "Karen" wrote in message ... I have hp pavillion laptop & purchased a hard drive for my docking base/ now I want to copy my laptop hard drive to the new hard drive to access it with another laptop/ hp suggested norton ghost/ for some weird reason anything related to "norton" just comes up for 1 sec & is gone/ I tried going to Norton.com & was instantly thrown off of the internet/ I have the Norton Ghost CD program but cannot install it/ I get 1 sec to see the window to install & then it's gone/ please help -- Karen |
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