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Microsoft => Microsoft Windows => Windows XP => Topic started by: fboxall on April 18, 2006, 04:58:14 PM

Title: clone hard drive for backup
Post by: fboxall on April 18, 2006, 04:58:14 PM

I have Windows XP Pro. with 500 MB memory and a 40G hard drive (call it HDA).  I think HDA is close to failure. I want to be able to copy everything on HDA to another HD (call it HDB) so that when HDA fails I can simply swap it for HDB and have everything work.  I plan to update HDB once per week until HDA fails, then get another one (HDC) to backup HDB.

I don't know how to do this.  I hope someone can tell me or point me to a suitable tutorial.

Title: Re: clone hard drive for backup
Post by: Dilbert on April 18, 2006, 05:11:45 PM

Go here:

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/imagew.html

and download. Follow instructions here:

http://www.computerhope.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=1135076888=post#4

Wait for the second page to load; you will be taken to the correct tutorial.