H
Hackworth
I've been thinking about investing in an external hard disk drive (USB 2.0
or FireWire), such as the Maxtor OneTouch external hard disk or the Seagate
model.
My question: if my system's internal hard disk crashes, will I be able to
boot from the external disk and then restore a mirror image to the new
replacement internal hard disk? I assume I'd need Norton Ghost or PowerQuest
DriveImage or something like that, correct? My point is that I really don't
want to go through the hassle of reinstalling Windows just to run a restore
program. I want to be able to boot from a backup disk and automatically
start the restore process directly from there.
If any of you have an external hard disk that you've used to do a complete
system restore, I'd like to know about your setup and how you did it.
or FireWire), such as the Maxtor OneTouch external hard disk or the Seagate
model.
My question: if my system's internal hard disk crashes, will I be able to
boot from the external disk and then restore a mirror image to the new
replacement internal hard disk? I assume I'd need Norton Ghost or PowerQuest
DriveImage or something like that, correct? My point is that I really don't
want to go through the hassle of reinstalling Windows just to run a restore
program. I want to be able to boot from a backup disk and automatically
start the restore process directly from there.
If any of you have an external hard disk that you've used to do a complete
system restore, I'd like to know about your setup and how you did it.