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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: pcbeginner on November 06, 2004, 11:06:39 AM

Title: How to Back Up The System please?
Post by: pcbeginner on November 06, 2004, 11:06:39 AM

Dear All,

I currently use a notebook, Window XP Pro with many important programs installed in 10 GB Hard Drive...Now, I intent to buy a larger hard drive capacity to 30 GB..My question is, is it possible to upgrade my hard drive to 30 GB (replace my old drive) without reformatting and reinstalling Windows XP Pro and reinstalling my previous programs (again) please????...If it can...how should I do please..??

Thank you for your help...

:)

Title: Re: How to Back Up The System please?
Post by: Raptor on November 06, 2004, 11:08:34 AM

Make an image of your current HDD by using software such as Norton Ghost (http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/ghost_personal/).

Title: Re: How to Back Up The System please?
Post by: merlin_2 on November 06, 2004, 02:25:33 PM

what  laptop is this? system specs..........

Title: Re: How to Back Up The System please?
Post by: pcbeginner on November 06, 2004, 08:06:16 PM

My laptop spec:

Dell C 600 Latitude,
Windows XP Pro,
Pentium III 851 MHz,
512 RAM,
8 MB Video Card, <------ can I upgrade this card pls.???

Title: Re: How to Back Up The System please?
Post by: Raptor on November 07, 2004, 02:38:55 AM

Why would you need to?

Title: Re: How to Back Up The System please?
Post by: afka on November 07, 2004, 08:11:23 AM

Go to http://www.drivesolutions.com. You can buy a kit for about $50 which make a clone of your old drive to you new one. then put the new dirve in your laptop and you are all set.

Upgrade andthing besides RAM and HD on a laptop is next to impossible!!
R

Title: Re: How to Back Up The System please?
Post by: merlin_2 on November 07, 2004, 10:29:30 AM

i would buy an ide adaptor...and connect it to a desktop pc has a slave and transfer the files to it....the you transfer them later using a datalink cable...