External Hardrive

[LSainsbury]

Originally Posted by Matty_

Hey Roy i downloaded Paragon Free today to give it a whirl. As mentioned the first thing is to create a recovery CD. I knocked up a bit of a guide/walk through while evaluating the program, maybe it`ll help.

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Great work there Matty!

[roystheboy]

well just done a recovery disc all went well but it didnt take long ,so if and when my P.C. crashes this disc will sort it out for me is it cool take care best regards

[LSainsbury]

Originally Posted by roystheboy

well just done a recovery disc all went well but it didnt take long ,so if and when my P.C. crashes this disc will sort it out for me is it cool take care best regards

Errr - how long? Might not have created it correctly?

[roystheboy]

hi 10 min at leased all seemed fine when it was doing it cheers

[LSainsbury]

What do you think, all? 10mins to image a drive to an external via USB seems a bit to quick for me? I know it depends on capacity etc...

[roystheboy]

No onto a CD the first one Matty put up ,not a full external drive one I got that to come LOL

[LSainsbury]

Originally Posted by roystheboy

No onto a CD the first one Matty put up ,not a full external drive one I got that to come LOL

So - let's get this right - you have burnt a CD with an image of your C: drive from your computer using the software?

then you have not created a backup all you have done is created a bootable recovery enviroment to use once you have a back up on external drive

[Matty_]

Originally Posted by roystheboy

Hello Just a question as we are on this subject, i am going to order a External Hardrive and it has FAT Installed on it and my P.C. has NTFS Installed on it will that make a difference or can the Hardrive be changed to NTFS thanks take care best regards Roy.

You can change the external drive from fAT32 TO NTFS, i would personally do this first (only if it`s a new drive with no data on) as FAT32 does have some limitations.

Read this topic on how to from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...nced/ntfs.mspx

Still not sure what Operating system you have, is it XP?

p.s. Just done a restore after installing a load of stuff last night and it`s all gone

[roystheboy]

I did the first one Matty said to do create a recovery CD is 10 min ok for that sorry

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thanks Matty do you think I could format from FAT 32 to NTFS is it hard to do

[Matty_]

The recovery CD is only 57.6 MB in size so it should be fine. Pretty sure the one i burned yesterday took a similar amount of time.

What Operating System are you using? XP/Vista or windows 7

[roystheboy]

sorry Matty its VISTA I am useing

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Hi could I format this PIKAONE external hardrive from FAT32 To NTFS would it be possible thanks take care

[Matty_]

I can`t see any reason why not. Only thing does the PIKAONE drive you borrowed have any data stored on it? If it has i would not convert it, there is a chance of data loss. Also how big is said drive?

If the drive still has plenty of space left you could still try a back up with it being FAT32

[roystheboy]

I tried to put games on it but it refused to do it for me because they were over 4gb ended up geting rid of them ,did you do a restore in that program hope so then all i need is the Hardrive thats the problem if I cant convert it to NTFS its no good thanks take care

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Hi my best bet is to find a External Hardrive 1TB with NTFS Installed ready I have been lookung at the Seagate are they any good,and with that drive and Mattys good work with the backup program my problems should be over and yours LOL cheers guys what do you think take care best regards Roy.

yes buy a drive but you may need to format it NTFS yourself but thats a bridge to cross when you have it in you hands