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Vista Business Complete Backup

Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by nandrias, Apr 19, 2008.

nandrias Notebook Enthusiast

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Hi everyone!

I just received my HP 8510p with Vista Business and a 120GB HDD.
I must say that this Notebook rocks the hell, but since I want to avoid bad surprises:

I have a fully functioning Acer Travermate 4002LMi with only 60GB HDD which is fully packed (nearly no free HDD-space left).
Now since I decided to keep my mp3's, and College stuff on both notebooks I want an external HDD for additional storage.

How much disk space does an Vista BackUp (complete/data) consume, if I backup a full HDD-disk (all 120GB) because I want to use my 40GB internal HDD as back up?

Thanks in advance

nandrias, Apr 19, 2008

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ravenmorpheus Notebook Deity

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It will take up as much space as what is used on the HDD, so if your only using 40gb of a 120gb HDD the complete backup will only take up 40gb.

ravenmorpheus, Apr 21, 2008

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You do realize that the Complete PC Backup in Vista Business and Ultimate are images. You cannot access the individual files from this type of backup, you can only reinstall/recover your whole hard drive in one go.

andygb40, Apr 21, 2008

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