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  1. 23rd December 2011, 11:08 AM #1
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    Unhappy Hard drive dying

    My hard drive appears to be dying.I keep getting a warning to b/u etc.
    Can I clone/copy my hd onto a ext drive ,complete with os?
    I'm thinking that way if it does die I can fit new hd and load os from ext hd.

    Its win 7 32 bit on a all in one
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  2. 23rd December 2011, 11:57 AM #2
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    you can make a back up image of the hdd onto an external drive but it would take forever to boot if you could get it to boot from there..

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    Thanks Dave.I want to have a copy so if the old hd shytes itself I can just boot up on ext hd and load copy to new hd..
    Does that make sense ?
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    makes sense to store the image on a backup drive ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    makes sense to store the image on a backup drive ...
    Yep,
    I have a new 500gb seagate ext drive ,hard drive is 1 tb (using about 900gb) ,how do I copy complete drive contents to ext drive .(inc os).

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  6. 24th December 2011, 10:00 AM #6
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    Youll need a 1tb external i would think unless the image compresses really really well ...
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