i have a 320GB hdd and a 160Hdd i want to compleatly back up my 320 on to my 160 (and have a gig or two spare) for free, how can i do this and will windows still run when i restore it or will i have to re-activate it?
2007-01-20 11:44:17 · 5 answers · asked by bob 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
norton save and restore claims to be able to do this but it costs $50US which is $50 more then my budget for this.
2007-01-20 20:21:46 · update #1
U can download free Acronis True Image from here
http://www.acronis.com/mag/vnu-ati7
It's very reliable, easy-in-use and fast backup utility
2007-01-21 06:47:01 · answer #1 · answered by unallocate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have no more than 150 gigs of data on your large drive, you can ghost it to the 160. If either drive is a maxtor, you can do it with the maxblast software. Just copy the source drive to the destination drive. You may also want to install a program called BootUS on both drives. This will create a MBR on both drives and if you run into problems, its a simple matter of booting to the small drive and recopying to the large. Your windows will run exactly as before. no keys or registration needed.
2007-01-20 11:53:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good Grief!! Backup a 320GB to a 160Gb. Even using the most extreme compression, I know of no program that can do this. If someone knows better and can post the name of that program, we will both be learning something ... sorry I couldn't help. :(
2007-01-20 11:50:58 · answer #3 · answered by Acadia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have that much data, you might be better off having two or more hard drives running as mirrors.
2007-01-20 11:49:10 · answer #4 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How about good old-fashioned Copy and Paste?
If in fact you want to copy 320g to 160g, you will have to zip.
2007-01-20 11:48:47 · answer #5 · answered by TheHumbleOne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋