On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "fasi74" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I want to copy my whole harddrive including MBR & all operating systems
> > present on that drive.
> > On an harddrive that is not as same as this harddrive in capacity.
> > is there some software like this ?
> >
> If it is a new hd retail box there should be software on the included floppy
> that will do it. I know that IBM and Maxtor have it. Also you can check your
> hd web site for the program.
> Commercial programs that will do the job are Ghost by Symantec and Drive
> Copy/ Drive Image by PowerQuest.
Ghost is a spectacular program. The latest "Enterprise Edition" (I think
that's the name) has support for FAT, NTFS, and ext2, so it can resize the
filesystem to fit drives of different sizes. It's easy point-and-click
for you GUI fans, and really seems to handle the data well. I use it
often at work to backup filesystems (usually FAT or NTFS); I've never seen
it fail.
For the job you want, I'd recommend it. The problem comes when you don't
want to pay for all that to use it just once. Download the trial version,
instead :). It's fully functional for 30 days.
-Matt Stegman
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