Hard drive backup - NTFS/Win2k

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Hi all,

Does anyone know of a way or the best way to backup a NTFS drive. I'm
backing up a mates computer (his entire hdd) and I want to take an exact
snapshot effectively and drop it onto a folder on my drive. I used to use
"xcopy32 /r/i/c/k/e/y/s/h" under win98 but im not sure this is sufficient
for nfts/win2k.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Jimmy.
 
I use Norton Ghost, or the equivalent. Make sure you have the correct issue
for the operating system you want to back up. It is best to use a second
hard drive for the image, or you can have it back up the image to CD disks.

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Jerry G.
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Hi all,

Does anyone know of a way or the best way to backup a NTFS drive. I'm
backing up a mates computer (his entire hdd) and I want to take an exact
snapshot effectively and drop it onto a folder on my drive. I used to use
"xcopy32 /r/i/c/k/e/y/s/h" under win98 but im not sure this is sufficient
for nfts/win2k.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Jimmy.
 
I use Xcopy /h/e/r with WinNT to backup partitions. File permissions are lost with WinNT workstation (permissions revert to the destination directory permissions), so after restoring I must manually set permissions. With some versions e.g. server versions the permissions are not lost so long as the files are always copied to NTFS partitions.

JW said:
Hi all,

Does anyone know of a way or the best way to backup a NTFS drive. I'm
backing up a mates computer (his entire hdd) and I want to take an exact
snapshot effectively and drop it onto a folder on my drive. I used to use
"xcopy32 /r/i/c/k/e/y/s/h" under win98 but im not sure this is sufficient
for nfts/win2k.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Jimmy.
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JW said:
Does anyone know of a way or the best way to backup a NTFS drive.
I'm backing up a mates computer (his entire hdd) and I want to
take an exact snapshot effectively and drop it onto a folder on
my drive. I used to use "xcopy32 /r/i/c/k/e/y/s/h" under win98
but im not sure this is sufficient for nfts/win2k.
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You are on the right track. Look into xxcopy, which is more
capable and is free. <http://xxcopy.com>. Don't forget its
manual. Things with NTFS drives are likely to make some file
uncopyable, especially system files.
 
JW Tech said:
Hi all,

Does anyone know of a way or the best way to backup a NTFS drive. I'm
backing up a mates computer (his entire hdd) and I want to take an exact
snapshot effectively and drop it onto a folder on my drive. I used to use
"xcopy32 /r/i/c/k/e/y/s/h" under win98 but im not sure this is sufficient
for nfts/win2k.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Jimmy.
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The above methods may\will with some limitiations and are free but may not
clone to your satisfaction., however clone utilities exist (some better than
others). I might suggest Casper, Acronis, and Ghost 2003 or beter. Listed in
order of prefferance, want to try them, contact me?
 
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