I have a 160 GB external hard drive and I want to back up my entire computer onto it. I have a dell laptop, and the external hard drive is surely big enough. I want to back up absolutely everything that is on this computer onto my hard drive just in case anything ever does happen. When I simply try to cut and paste everything, it says that it can't be done because of certain drivers being run. I am sure that some programs that I don't see are at work all of the time and I do not know if them running is what is preventing me from doing what I want. Please help me.
2006-11-15 17:25:53 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
You can backup your entire drive to the external drive using True Image backup software. It can backup almost everything absolutely everywhere. Note that for best safety you need to have at least 2 images of your system, so I'd recommend you to backup it not only to the external drive but also on the CDs/DVDs.
Latest version of ATI:
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/
Free version of ATI:
http://www.acronis.com/mag/vnu-ati7
2006-11-15 22:36:48 · answer #1 · answered by S&H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the latest version of Norton Ghost.
It can backup your entire system to a backup drive while in Windows, and then you can do incremental backups on a regular basis.
2006-11-15 17:49:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a software called Driver Magician. It allows to backup all your system drivers in four different ways. The software can be downloaded at
http://www.drivermagician.com/download.htm
2006-11-15 17:32:51 · answer #3 · answered by Shaj 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use Norton Ghost to create a image of your drive that you can backup
2006-11-15 17:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by klixmaster 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like you want to clone your drive, not just back it up. Here is how to do it with Ghost.
http://www.bay-wolf.com/ghostclone.htm
It will cost you $70
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/products/overview.jsp?pcid=br&pvid=ghost10
DriveClone will cost you $40
http://www.farstone.com/software/driveclone.htm
EaseUs Disk Copy 1.0 is FREE!!
http://www.majorgeeks.com/EaseUs_Disk_Copy_d4845.html
HDClone Free Edition 3.1.12 is FREE!!
http://www.majorgeeks.com/HDClone_Free_Edition_d3809.html
2006-11-15 17:42:05 · answer #5 · answered by Fred C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋