Al, You never want to compress a HD, that can slow it down tremendously. The backup can be compressed on a CD, and as many CD's as you need can be used when you use 'spanning'. However I attempted this with MS Backup that is with win98, and that ridiculous program never prompted for the 2nd CD! It just stopped, said 'an unexpected error has occurred' (duuuhhhh, like how many ARE expected!) and said 'media is full', then it the program shut down. So that ruined one CD so far. I will give Take Two a shot as well as Ghost. Thanks for all the info on this guys (Gary, Jim, John [are you joking?], Quenton, Chaz, Richard, Bil, Jay, Barry) I've just been too busy to reply to any of them or try out any of them just yet. Just too busy right now. :-) -Clint God Bless Us All & Happy New Year Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com http://ComputerHardware-ConsumerElectronics.com sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: 209-882-9602 TechAssist Administration http://tech-assist.org techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 4orpheus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (alternates) orpheuscomputing@xxxxxxxxx (PLEASE include our previous correspondence if replying to this email!!) ----- Original Message ----- From: "al" <alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 10:22 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Ghost 2001 users? Stupid question? Will Hickory work with filling up a CD on a burner?I could put my important stuff on me second hard drive,up to say 600 meg, and "clone" it to a CD for back up. How about compressing my hard drive and "cloning" it to a CD for back up? What say the gurus? appreciate your help. al alleathe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Al Leatherman Mine Hill, NJ 07803 973-361-5796 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clancy Harms" <dickstv1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 10:20 AM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Ghost 2001 users? > > That was good! > > Clancy Harms NESDA's Region 7 Director > Dick's Radio & TV, Inc. > 2319 West Clay St. If it's broken...a real man can > St. Charles, MO. 63301 can break it even better ! > (636)-724-5055 > (636)-724-5531 fax > email: dickstv1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > mailto:dickstv1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Damon" <DAMON101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 4:17 AM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Ghost 2001 users? > > > > > > Wow, so you can clone a drive using a /h/i/c/k/e/r/y switch eh? Beat that > > drive with a hickery switch.....8^) > > > > Damon Brunger > > damon101@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Telrad Electronic Services > > Ft Wayne, IN 46815 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "John Zaborniak" <jzaborniak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 10:15 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Ghost 2001 users? > > > > > > > > > > Yes it does.... I'm running Windows Me and did my own drive last week... > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > John > > > > > > Jim Myers wrote: > > > > > > > John, does this really work? I always used xcopy to clone a hard drive > > until > > > > Windows 95, then it would not work for me, long file names and all > that > > > > fancy stuff. I haven't tried it since I found it would no longer work. > > Has > > > > xcopy been upgraded? > > > > Jim Myers > > > > jr.myers@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "John Zaborniak" <jzaborniak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 1:46 PM > > > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Ghost 2001 users? > > > > > > > > Hi Clint, > > > > > > > > If your plan is to duplicate your existing HD, I have been using this > > > > method for a number of years. > > > > > > > > HARD-DRIVE Duplicate Copy Command > > > > > > > > The command below will copy all the files off the old hard drive and > put > > > > them on the new one. > > > > xcopy /h /i /c /k /e /r /y c:\*.* d:\ > > > > > > > > ( 1 ) Put your second hard drive in as a slave after it's been fdisked > > > > and formatted. > > > > > > > > ( 2 ) From the Win95 or Win98 Command interface, click Start button > and > > > > then on > > > > Run. Then type the following: xcopy /h /i /c /k /e /r /y > c:\*.* > > > > d:\ > > > > > > > > This command will only work when the full operating system is up. You > > > > cannot boot bare and run this command successfully. The above command > > > > will make a perfect copy of your entire hard drive to a second drive, > no > > > > special weird utilities needed. I've been using this command for years > > > > to dupe drives, works like a charm. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > "OrpheusComputing.com Repair" wrote: > > > > > > > > > Has anyone here every used Norton Ghost 2001 to back up and > > > > > HD and restore it? > > > > > -Clint > > > > > > > > > > God Bless Us All & > > > > > Happy New Year > > > > > Clint Hamilton, Owner > > > > > http://OrpheusComputing.com > > > > > http://ComputerHardware-ConsumerElectronics.com > > > > > sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Fax: 209-882-9602 > > > > > TechAssist Administration > > > > > http://tech-assist.org > > > > > techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > 4orpheus@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (alternates) > > > > > orpheuscomputing@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > (PLEASE include our previous correspondence > > > > > if replying to this email!!) > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > > Help make your TechAssist database better! > > > > > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > > > > > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > > > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > > > > > SUBJECT field to the address above. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > Help make your TechAssist database better! > > > > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > > > > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > > > > SUBJECT field to the address above. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > Help make your TechAssist database better! > > > > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > > > > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > > > > SUBJECT field to the address above. > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > Help make your TechAssist database better! > > > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > > > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > > > SUBJECT field to the address above. > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > Help make your TechAssist database better! > > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > > ------------------------------------------ > > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > > SUBJECT field to the address above. > > > > ------------------------------------------ > Help make your TechAssist database better! > Submit your fixes here: http://circuitwork.com/techassist/tip/#tips > ------------------------------------------ > To UNSUBSCRIBE your email address, click here: > mailto:techassist-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > Or send a BLANK email with unsubscribe in the > SUBJECT field to the address above. > ------------------------------------------ Help make your TechAssist database better! 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