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drive backup software that supports recovery from an external HDD

Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by FusiveResonance, May 2, 2008.

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I would like to clone both my partitions on my internal HDD to my external HDD. The application should also include a recovery cd ISO or sub-app which allows me to create my own recovery CD. I will not be backing up my files to the CD, but instead to the external.

In addition, the application must support recovery from a usb device (external HDD). I recently installed paragon partition manager 9.0 pro, and burnt my own recovery cd. I popped in the cd and restarted my machine, but the paragon software would not see my external drive. this is a big no no.

Suggestions are welcome.

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bump. hoping someone would know. thanks

FusiveResonance, May 3, 2008

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Try acronis true image echo. I use it at work and have had no problems reinstalling from either an external usb drive or a shared network resource. It can be a pain with some PC's not seeing the external drive but this was due (for me at least) to the bios not supporting legacy usb devices very well.

andygb40, May 3, 2008

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