I wanna clone my C/drive (1 Viewer)

[GO]

I just got a 2TB external HD which I'm in the process of backing my shit onto....next I want to make a copy of the C partition on my DAW so that in the event of a terminal malfunction I can whack it straight onto a new HD and have it up and running in jig time exactly the way it is now(which I have spent 6 weeks tweaking to my satisfaction) or even put it into my next machine when I save up enough to get it..

So nerds..google was TOO helpful.....whats the handiest way to do this?

fanx in advanx

 

[Theseus Mock]

norton ghost is your man. http://us.norton.com/ghost go a piratin'.

[edit: you should be able to make a backup image of your disk to your external HD however you'll probably have some grieve booting from this ext. HD (or does windows 7 now support booting from usb without any hackery?, that is if you're a win7 user), otherwise you'd have to remove the ext. drive enclosure and hook it up through the regular sata/esata.]

 

[GO]

Thank you Theseus Mock

Just for pig iron is there a way to do it that dosent involve hoisting the jolly roger?

 

[Theseus Mock]

Thank you Theseus Mock

Just for pig iron is there a way to do it that dosent involve hoisting the jolly roger?

D'oh, I just re-read that you'd be whacking the backup from the ext HD to a *new* HD. (and not running it from the ext HD) Yeah, this is no problem, standard ghost restore http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/restoring-a-backup-in-norton-ghost.html

 

[GO]

Brillo....thats a guide I can follow!

Yeah,I'm just looking for something whereby if my drive fails,I can just whack a new harddrive into my regular pc in the second slot,copy the biz onto it from the external HD then lash it into the DAW and get rockin.....as if nothing happened

 

[quaidox]

what OS are ya running gary?

 

[GO]

Windows 7 bro

 

[quaidox]

then you can create disc images from windows 7 itself
start --> control panel --> back up your computer --> create a system image
then if you have a failure you just need to install windows 7 on a new drive and restore the image from there.

 

[GO]

Ohh that sounds handy....but I would prefer to be able to just clone the whole thing,that would save me having to reinstall Win 7...just drag n drop and bish bash bosh

But your method dosent involve any shenanigans which is nice....hmmmmm..

 

[quaidox]

just throwing it out as an option there gazztronic!!

 

[GO]

I'm all about options Ste...chizeers

 

[Ferox13]

No good will come of trying to play God with your hard drives..

Ps _ I was going to say Norton ghosts.

I'm also pretty sure you can change your boot order to boot from USB before c: drive.

 

[RayRay]

There is a free image maker but cant remember the name of it (Bootzilla or something)... If ye can get your hands on Acronis that would be perfect. I use it all the time and with windows 7 machines

 

[throat]

There is a free image maker but cant remember the name of it (Bootzilla or something)...

Clonezilla?

 

[RayRay]

Clonezilla?

Bingo!!! Only used it once to try make an image of a linux OS and it couldn't do it... Anyway its totally free so id give it a go

 

[GO]

Clonezilla looks like the very man!

Muchos gratias!

 

[steve albino]

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

use this all the time, works like a charm - use an incremental back up every week - takes 15 mins - if/when the hard drive dies, bang in a new one, start up the computer with the acronis disc in and 30 mins later bob's your uncle

 

[GO]

Lovely!Cheers Steve...I've yet to do any cloning...gonna set it up to run overnight tonight I think...

 

[RayRay]

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Its not free. I do use this one all the time at never have any real problems with it but for freeware id give clonzilla a go...