anonymouse2 Posted July 11, 2004 Report Share Posted July 11, 2004 I have a laptop with a hard drive that may be dying/going bad. Rather than waiting for it to die and then doing some sort of disaster recovery, is there a way to basically clone (including my OS, system/hidden files, registry, etc.) my hard disk using an externally mounted 2.5" disk say on my USB or Firewire port ? I see some info in the support areas about this, but it is not clear if there is any way to basically duplicate an existing drive. I am using the professional version 6.5 under Windows XP Pro. Thanks, in advance, for your help and ccoperation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awnews Posted July 12, 2004 Report Share Posted July 12, 2004 You might want to glance at this thread for a recent discussion on cloning vs. file-by-file backups. http://forums.dantz.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=42828&page=3&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=&fpart=1#42828 IMHO, *after* you make sure you've got your critical data backed up *now* however you can do it quickly (given your comments about a dying harddisk)--drag to the USB/FW external drive, copy to CDR, email to yourself... -- your best *cloning* option is using Norton Ghost, saving to clone image to a data *file* on your USB/FW drive. You can also make a "pretty good" backup of your data and/or entire drive using Retrospect (e.g. to a file backup on the external USB/FW drive) and perhaps the Disaster Recovery procedure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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