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  1. playme123

    playme123 Thread Starter

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    I have just installed a slave hard drive, have downloaded acronis true image free trail.
    Basically what I want to do is to copy the os of the main drive and put this copy onto the slave drive as back up in case the main hard drive fails
    how do I do it:eek:
     
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    I'm not sure copying to the slave drive is your best option as it removes the amount of available space on your extra HD. I would make an image of your system that could be stored on CD/DVD or on a shared system. Then, if there was a failure, you could apply the image.
    :cool:
     
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    ok will try that
     
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    I always use images, not clone copies. Images restore to the same exact disk contents and they're much smaller than making a clone partition.
     
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    how do you do that though, have never backed up in me life and need to start doing it:eek:
     
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    The first thing to do is Click on "Create Bootable Rescue Media"
    And make a Bootable Acronis CD.
    Check Back when you've done this.
     
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    sorry how do i do that
     
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    See Below ...
     

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    done that
     
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    Next .. Create a Folder in you Slave Named “Acronis”

    The object now is to make an Acronis “Backup” of your C: drive ..
    and place the backup in you Slave/Acronis folder.

    When asked …
    Place the Acronis backup image as a file named 07.07.07.tib in the (slave) Acronis folder

    It should look like this … (slave) Acronis/07.07.07.tib

    Click on Backup to get started ....
     

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    when I back up what do I pack up the computer, or files and folders
     
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    To backup your operating system and all ... back up the C: drive.

    Then, you'll be able to restore your entire computer from the backup Image .. the tib file.
     

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    doing it know will take over an hour will let you know how I get on
     
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    That sounds kinda long ...
    How many gig (occupied) is your C: Drive.
    Hope you have space on the slave.

    My C: drives are the OS and installed programs only ... My Data is in another partition.
    Only takes me about 5 minutes to backup, or recover, my OS C: drive ... somewhere around 15 gig occupied.
     
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    no theres 15 minutes remaing sorry my fault
     
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