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emdadhul
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23. December 2007 @ 18:06 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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I was wondering if someone could help me i wanted to create a bootable recovery disk which creates an image of my hard drive then i pop this into the dvd drive and then i install it just as i would install windows xp etc.

Please someone help me because this would make my life more easier and simpler if you know what i mean.

Thank you very much.
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23. December 2007 @ 22:05 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   


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23. December 2007 @ 22:33 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I personally use Acronis to make all my images as I can create a bootable thumb drive. Nero can create the same and Norton Ghost. aswell as many other apps.

Are you willing to pay for a good app or just looking for a freee one?
emdadhul
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24. December 2007 @ 19:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thanks for the reply guys to answer your question i am look to get a free one

Thank you
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25. December 2007 @ 11:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What I can do is send you the files for a bootable disc made from Acronis. All you need to do is burn those files to a cd and restart your pc with the bootable CD and your ready to mak your image.

It taks a bit to get used to but once you get it, its as easy as pie.

PM me if you want those files.
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25. December 2007 @ 11:31 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You could try ghost that makes an image of a drive only 2gb of a 80gb HDD you can esaly burn that to a dvd

Sorry, plz excuse my spelling

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25. December 2007 @ 15:40 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by techman2:
You could try ghost that makes an image of a drive only 2gb of a 80gb HDD you can esaly burn that to a dvd

Sorry, plz excuse my spelling
I dont understand how it can do that. How come every image file I have of a game is like 5gb. How can all your data be on a 2gb thumb drive? I can put 50 gb of music onto there too? I dun understand.
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25. December 2007 @ 22:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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I dont understand how it can do that. How come every image file I have of a game is like 5gb. How can all your data be on a 2gb thumb drive?
Its called "Compression"

Besides, we are not talking about games here.

Have you created a ghost image of your drives -Emenence-?

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emdadhul
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26. December 2007 @ 13:27 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
guy guys i still dont understand please can you help me thanks
Emenence
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26. December 2007 @ 19:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by geestar20:
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I dont understand how it can do that. How come every image file I have of a game is like 5gb. How can all your data be on a 2gb thumb drive?
Its called "Compression"

Besides, we are not talking about games here.

Have you created a ghost image of your drives -Emenence-?
no I havent. I know what compression is. How come I can't download a 5 mb file that has 5gb of compressed data on it then, but you can compress your entire hd onto 2gb ....
MightyOne
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2. January 2008 @ 14:08 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Best way to set up your PC.
2 physical drives...and if u have one...make 2 partitions.
Install OS and important programs.
Install programs to C drive
Put data in D drive (2nd partition)
Even Move MY DOCUMENTS to the 2nd partition (in xp, right click My Documents folder and select MOVE)
Boot from Acronis boot disc.
Make image with Acronis to external USB Drive, 2nd drive or Secure Partition.
(I do both - Secure partition is faster...but USB drive is better incase harddrive gets physically screwed up - then u lost your image)
Then put in games.

Acronis will compress the data and only the data. If u have 160 Gig drive...but only 6 Gig is used...then your image will be around 2 or 3 gig.

Don't make image with all your games installed...it will be HUGE Image...unless u really want to...like your favorite game...u play all the time.

Actually...i usually make a separate partition 4x the amount of ram and put the swap file there. This helps with fragmentation.
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6. January 2008 @ 01:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by MightyOne:

Actually...i usually make a separate partition 4x the amount of ram and put the swap file there. This helps with fragmentation.
I keep hearing people talk about a swap file. Do I need a "swap" partition or not? I have 4gb of ram and vista. Is it better to have swap partition? How do I make a swap partition and what does it do?
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