how do i copy my hard drive?

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how do i copy my hard drive?

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this may sound a lil weird but i have an 80 gig HD which i share with another,,, thing is i may loose access to it soon so was wondering whats the best way to copy it.. everything, the whole kit and caboodle. emails, contacts, images, progs, mp3s, games all of it. i don't care if exes doesn't run i just want to know what it is i've lost.

This would be handy to know asap and also something reasonable quick would be good as i'm not sure i can leave it transfering for days

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Ive been through many m8....but ive settled on drivesnapshot....this is fairly quick makes a complete image and even has a viewer that you can mount the image as a drive so to speak and pull files from it....let me know if ya need a hand.

http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/
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there are a number of programs to do what you want
or you could buy an external hard drive plug it in to the computer where the drive you want to copy is -  backup on to it, unplug it from the computer and all done. they nearly all come with some form of backup software.

Backup software - Some free, some not.
I will post back here with some links, or others will :)
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Deano I thought Nortons Ghost was the go??

If you say drivesnapshot is the go, it may be gay, but I'll give it a go!!!!
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i still use it a bit but not as much as snapshot
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how do i copy my hard drive?
take ya hard drive out, place it on to ya printer, and press copy [smilie=evillol.sml[1].gif]
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OK I bought a external 80G HD,, but it wont show up on my list of drives,,, ahhh pulling hair out
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Did you turn it on?

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dodgey wrote:Did you turn it on?
why do most people forget that?
I know i do.

especially the moniter.
"Why isnt the moniter working?"
"Is it on?"
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Blaze-Engaged wrote:
dodgey wrote:Did you turn it on?
why do most people forget that?
I know i do.

especially the moniter.
"Why isnt the moniter working?"
"Is it on?"
"oh"
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I get that a lot at work

little old lady: my phone wont work
me: what sort of phone is it?
little old lady: Its a cordless
me: OK is the power light on?
little old lady: no theres a black out of course its not on!!!
me: OK dear a cordless wont work when theres a blackout.
little old lady: so whens the power coming back on?

OMG some people are thick
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