External drives

Hey everyone, i just got my 500gb Seagate drive back after it bricke
from the little firmware issue they had. I also just purchased a 1TB W
drive. I don't really trust the Seagate any more and want to use the 1t
drive as a backup. I had backed up everything 6 months ago but it'
amazing how much stuff you accumulate in 6 months time.

I am not too knowledgable in hardrives. Not enough to do anythin
complicated. Right now i am running Vista Ultimate 64 on the Seagate
Could i put another copy of Vista on the 1tb drive and just copy what
want over to it? That way if the Seagate dies again i can go right t
the other drive. This will not be an external drive, just another bar
drive in the bay

I realize i'm not going about it the best or most efficient way. Som
people have explained better ways but most of it was over my head.
just want to be able to unplug the bad drive (if it goes bad) an
continue with the other drive

So, would i run into any problems with Vista (not dual boot of course
on both my drives? Does it sound like this approach would work

Thanks, Jerry

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Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2

The simplest way IMO is to buy an imaging program, eg Acronis TI.
This would create a complete image of your installation on the other drive,
and if you use the the schedule option would keep the image files up to date

"iowabucks" <> wrote in message
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>
> Hey everyone, i just got my 500gb Seagate drive back after it bricked
> from the little firmware issue they had. I also just purchased a 1TB WD
> drive. I don't really trust the Seagate any more and want to use the 1tb
> drive as a backup. I had backed up everything 6 months ago but it's
> amazing how much stuff you accumulate in 6 months time.
>
> I am not too knowledgable in hardrives. Not enough to do anything
> complicated. Right now i am running Vista Ultimate 64 on the Seagate.
> Could i put another copy of Vista on the 1tb drive and just copy what i
> want over to it? That way if the Seagate dies again i can go right to
> the other drive. This will not be an external drive, just another bare
> drive in the bay.
>
>
> I realize i'm not going about it the best or most efficient way. Some
> people have explained better ways but most of it was over my head. I
> just want to be able to unplug the bad drive (if it goes bad) and
> continue with the other drive.
>
> So, would i run into any problems with Vista (not dual boot of course)
> on both my drives? Does it sound like this approach would work?
>
> Thanks, Jerry.
>
>
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> iowabucks
>
> / Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H mobo / AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition / Nvidea
> GTX 260 / Sound Blaster X-FI Elite Pro / Corsair Dominator DDRII 4090 MB
> 1066 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb / Zalman CNPS9700 CPU fan /
> Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2

download this and clone the drive (proportional

'DiscWizard | Seagate
(http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...00dd04090aRCRD

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DiscWizard sounds like what i'm looking for.

Is it possible to make a clone of my drive with an OS and leave i
hooked up to my motherboard so i can migrate what information i want
when i want, or will i have a problem with two drives each with the sam
OS

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GTX 260 / Sound Blaster X-FI Elite Pro / Corsair Dominator DDRII 4090 M
1066 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb / Zalman CNPS9700 CPU fan
Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2

iowabucks;1231817 Wrote:
> DiscWizard sounds like what i'm looking for.
>
> Is it possible to make a clone of my drive with an OS and leave i
> hooked up to my motherboard so i can migrate what information i want
> when i want, or will i have a problem with two drives each with the sam
> OS

there will be a CLONE=exact image of the old drive
you will have all the stuff from the original.arty

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I started the Disc Wizard clone but backed out because i still have
few questions

If i make a clone of the original drive, would i be able to leave th
clone hooked up to the mobo afterwards, or would i be better off takin
it out?

I currently have the first drive set as drive C and F (2 partitions)
It looks like it will name the clone C and F also. Will i be able t
change the drive letters to G and H and leave it attached to th
motherboard to transfer data from one drive to the other later

I guess i'm just trying to figure out how to keep them both hooked u
and back them up occationally.

Thanks, Jerr

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/ Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H mobo / AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition / Nvide
GTX 260 / Sound Blaster X-FI Elite Pro / Corsair Dominator DDRII 4090 M
1066 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb / Zalman CNPS9700 CPU fan
Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2

sorry, I clone every 4-6weeks (33minutes) I don't worry about havin
both drives available. I only do this in case I mess up something then
can just go back to the cloned drive and start over

Have you thought about a raid, nas or something like that kind of se
up

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I guess i wouldn't necessarily need to keep them both hooked up, as long
as i back them up every month or two.

So this cloned drive has an OS on it and is basiclly wiped out and
rewritten every time you clone? Or just the extra data added to it?

Thanks for the help so far, sorry about all the questions. I just want
to make sure i know what i'm doing first before i start. I thought about
a raid setup and have been doing some reading on it but don't beleive
i'm up to the task.

Thanks, Jerry.


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iowabucks

/ Gigabyte GA-MA790GP-DS4H mobo / AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition / Nvidea
GTX 260 / Sound Blaster X-FI Elite Pro / Corsair Dominator DDRII 4090 MB
1066 / Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500gb / Zalman CNPS9700 CPU fan /
Enermax Liberty 620W PSU / Vista Ultimate 64bit SP2

iowabucks;1233154 Wrote:
> I guess i wouldn't necessarily need to keep them both hooked up, as long
> as i back them up every month or two.
>
> So this cloned drive has an OS on it and is basiclly wiped out and
> rewritten every time you clone? Or just the extra data added to it?
>
> Thanks for the help so far, sorry about all the questions. I just want
> to make sure i know what i'm doing first before i start. I thought about
> a raid setup and have been doing some reading on it but don't beleive
> i'm up to the task.
>
> Thanks, Jerry.


me either

it's an exact copy of your current drive.

I play around and if something goes wrong, I just put the cloned drive
in and reclone and go on. I clone monthly just to have a *real* backup.


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