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<blockquote data-quote="BGonaSTICK" data-source="post: 88425" data-attributes="member: 176912"><p>Ghost or Partition Magic are both good for this task, though if the drive contains corrupt sectors, either or both may refuse to play ball. Running a verification task first, like scandisk might help. I've had to contend with this several times.</p><p></p><p>Don't make the mistake of trusting the drive for a second longer than you have to, or it may bite you in the arse.</p><p></p><p>When you say 'dump' I assume you just mean copy all the files and directories across manually using Windows Explorer of similar? Do this as well for directories like My_Documents etc. in case the drive doesn't last until your proper backup.</p><p></p><p>Problem with that, is that some of the files may be in use by the OS and will prevent them from being copied. There are ways around it (like booting to floppy/CD/another HDD first) but a bit fiddly.</p><p></p><p>I like Norton Ghost, as you can create and boot to a DOS/Ghost backup diskette with network capability, so you can backup directly to another computer on the network.</p><p>All you need is 10/100 LAN capability in two boxes and a crossover cable.</p><p></p><p></p><p>STICK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BGonaSTICK, post: 88425, member: 176912"] Ghost or Partition Magic are both good for this task, though if the drive contains corrupt sectors, either or both may refuse to play ball. Running a verification task first, like scandisk might help. I've had to contend with this several times. Don't make the mistake of trusting the drive for a second longer than you have to, or it may bite you in the arse. When you say 'dump' I assume you just mean copy all the files and directories across manually using Windows Explorer of similar? Do this as well for directories like My_Documents etc. in case the drive doesn't last until your proper backup. Problem with that, is that some of the files may be in use by the OS and will prevent them from being copied. There are ways around it (like booting to floppy/CD/another HDD first) but a bit fiddly. I like Norton Ghost, as you can create and boot to a DOS/Ghost backup diskette with network capability, so you can backup directly to another computer on the network. All you need is 10/100 LAN capability in two boxes and a crossover cable. STICK [/QUOTE]
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