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"Dominique" <me@domain.net> wrote in message
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> Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> écrivait
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>> On Wed, 12 May 2010 11:22:19 -0400, ng_reader <wilgrow_co@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
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> <snip>
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>>>
>>>And, while we're on it, if I want to upgrade my hard disk to say
>>>something over at terabyte, does Windows 7 have a utility that will
>>>allow me to clone my disk to a new, *larger* disk?
>>
>> I don't know about internal utilities. I use Acronis True Image and
>> love it.
>>
>>>Used to be a product called "ghost" that was purchased by Symantec, but,
>>>I generally stay away from anything Symantec.
>>
>> Good advice to stay away from Symantec, but Ghost would be an
>> exception, IMO.
>>
>>
>
> Windows7 has an utility that allows to create disk images, so you create
> the image, save it to an external HD, replace the internal HD, boot with
> the CD you create at the same time than the image and restore the image on
> the new HD.
>
> Hard disk manufacturers have utilities available for free to clone HD. The
> Western Digital program is a limited version of Acronis True Image, you
> must have a WD hard disk to install it and it only allows to clone HDs or
> create images, you cannot do incremental backups with it like you can with
> the full version.
*** Seagate/Maxtor also offers a free version as WD with the same
limitations. It's available here
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.j...toid=d9fd4a3cdde5c010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD
It's called DiscWizard, but it's the basic True Image with no incremental
backup feature.
Personally, I find the full image creation to be plenty fast enough. By
creating and booting from the CD, I can make a full image of my HDD in about
an hour with it having 60GB used. I can start it in the morning when I get
up, and by the time I have breakfast, read the paper, and take a shower,
it's done.
Also, you don't necessarily need a WD or Seagate/Maxtor drive installed
internally. If you back up to an external drive, you can have a WD if using
the WD version, or a Seagate/Maxtor when using theirs. I use a WD My Book to
write my images to, and my internal drive in my notebook is a Hitachi. Works
just fine. There's a short pause while it looks for a "qualifying hard
drive" and then it starts the interface.
I have restored my notebook HDD, and one of my desktop's drive with the WD
version, and find it extrtemely painless and easy to use. I'm yet to use
anything that is as easy and reliable as True Image.
--
SC Tom
>
> I am a Ghost user too and it's a good program (I use it with Windows XP),
> it doesn't eat ressources like other Symantec programs might do but it's
> more expensive than Acronis True Image and the free Western Digital
> version
> of True Image is fine too if you don't need incremental backups. But as
> far
> as images and backups are concerned, the Win7 utility does the job.
>
> HTH