[TechAssist] Re: Computer Question
- From: "Julian Panizo" <panizo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 20:37:37 -0300
Take two has been discontinued from Roxio and any actualization of Easy
CD...... will erase take two due to many incompatibility issues. Be cautios.
Julian.
Julian Panizo
Panatronic Pht
C.C. 1867 Asuncion Paraguay
Phone/Fax 595 21 601913
panizo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: "OrpheusComputing.com Repair" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:52 AM
Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Computer Question
>
> Gary you just need to hit 'reply' since it has the same
> function as 'reply all' on this list. That *might* make a
> difference maybe. :-)
>
> Hugh, you cannot DUPLICATE COPY a HD by the drag 'n drop
> method. All that will do is just copy the files, folders,
> etc. It will not copy the appropriate entries in the
> registry that an real INSTALLATION of each program does.
> This would be fine for downloads or any doc's you created,
> but not for installed programs, windows updates, etc. What
> Gary suggested will work, and I recently used Adaptec's Take
> Two (similar to Ghost) for copying a HD and it worked fine.
> Of course by the time you may get one of those programs, 35
> min. would be long gone several times. :-) Take Two is part
> of Easy CD Creator (maybe only version 5) and it MIGHT come
> bundled with some CDRW drives that come with Adaptec (Roxio)
> burning software. I'm not sure if it's available only on
> retail versions of ECDC 5 Platinum (what I have).
>
> LAN's are much slower that direct HD to HD (as in slaving
> one), so you could temp. slave the HD you want the data on to
> the other PC's HD, THEN drag 'n drop. This would be a bit
> faster, but again...this will only work if you just want to
> copy basic files. It would not work for a "mirroring" or
> exact duplicate of one HD to another. Also if it's a
> bootable HD, they are not always visible in windows as
> another drive letter if it is slaved.
>
> FYI, If on a regular basis you do any file copying or sharing
> from one PC to another, I believe the "file and printer
> sharing" has to be on for this and that leaves you wide open
> to hackers getting info off the PC's as well as putting
> Trojan's on them. If what you want to do is NOT mirroring
> one HD to another, and you enable file and printer sharing to
> copy any files, you need to put that back to disabled when
> you are through.
> -Clint
>
> God Bless Us All
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary McCartney" <number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 1:22 AM
> Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Computet Question
>
>
>
> First, a note to Tech Assist Admin: I just hit Reply All when
> I answered
> this. I did not play with any headers or subject line or
> anything. Then
> I pressed SEND.
>
>
> You can get a program such as Norton Ghost which will make a
> perfect
> backup of your hard drive. I have read other posts where
> techs said they
> have used Lap Link and PC Anywhere to do this as well. Ghost
> would
> likely back up 850 meg to another hard drive in the same
> computer in a
> manner of guessing 5 min. or so. Over a network to another
> computer I
> believe would take longer.
>
>
>
> Gary McCartney
>
> McCartney Electronics
> 7134 Fife Rd, RR 7
> Guelph Ontario Canada N1H 6J4
> Fax: (519)821-1530
> email: number63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
>
> maintv wrote:
> >
> > Want to back up one computer Hard drive through LAN network
> (in same
> > shop) to another computer in case first computer HD fails
> > in future. Files total about 850 mg. Tried drag-n-drop
> method --said
> > would take 35 min. Is there a faster way to copy the
> files?
> > I want to copy the complete "C" drive to back-up computer.
> > TIA
> > Hugh
> > Main TV
> >
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> Gary McCartney
>
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