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    Any free disk imaging software?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by adinu, Aug 7, 2006.

  1. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    What do u guys reccomend for software to do a clone image of my OS? Ive used acronis tru image once, but the trial period expired and I need to make another image. I tried norton ghost also, but it was kinda crappy and I had trouble gettin the saved image to load, so anythin else?
     
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  2. Shel

    Shel Notebook Evangelist

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    If you're looking for a clone'd image of your entire hard drive, I'd recommend Acronis True Image. It isn't free, but works great.

    If you are interested in only copying your OS, most computers either come with a copy of your OS, or software installed on the hard drive which allows you to create a backup disk.
     
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  3. Lil Mayz

    Lil Mayz Notebook Deity

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    hmm...you could use Daemon tools.

    If you don't have a copy of your OS, 99% of the time you can call the company to order it.
     
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  4. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    No its not the os that I have a problem with. I got plenty of copies of xp around, its just that I want to make an exact image of my hard drive, so that when I install a new HD I can have the same exact setup as before w/o having to install windows and everything else all over again.

    Like I said, I used True Image before, but that was on a trial version which has since expired. I was wondering if there were any free software of that kind
     
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    ChangFest Notebook Consultant

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    HDClone
    I've used the freeware version of HDClone. It's SLOW, but it works well. Some caveats though:
    -It will only clone to a larger hard drive
    -It will only copy the partition size from your source drive so you have to use a partition program to either create a new partition on your new drive or merge the empty data to your Windows partition
    -Its slower than slow

    It's free. You get what you pay for. I've used it to successfully clone my XP install to a larger hard drive.
     
    ChangFest, Aug 7, 2006
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