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External Hard Drive & Vista

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Name: hornman03
Date: March 19, 2007 at 04:49:09 Pacific
Subject: External Hard Drive & Vista
OS: Vista Ultimate
CPU/Ram: 2.2 GHz Athlon/2 gig
Model/Manufacturer: Self

Comment:

I purchased a Western Digital external hard drive (60 gig) with the expressed idea of using it for a mirror backup image of Vista. Problem I have is that it is not NTFS. Is it possible to format this drive with NTFS so I can use it for Vista Backup. Thanks for any and all suggestions

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Response Number 1

Name: mountain
Date: March 19, 2007 at 05:02:04 Pacific

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right click my computer.
click manage, open storage
right click the external drive. one can format ntfs there

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Response Number 2

Name: XpUser
Date: March 19, 2007 at 06:04:36 Pacific

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A 60GB Hd can easily be filled to capacity. You should have bought a bigger one.
To do mirror backup you will need to buy something like this.
i_XpUser

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Response Number 3

Name: heropsycho2177
Date: March 19, 2007 at 13:20:17 Pacific

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XPUser, you don't need Acronis to do a mirror backup with Vista.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/sof...
TECH-NO-LOGICAL ROMANCE!
http://www.homestarrunner.com/tgs12.html

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Response Number 4

Name: XpUser
Date: March 19, 2007 at 13:37:15 Pacific

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My bad - you're rite - it's available only in Vista Business, Ultimate, & Enterprise editions according to this page. For those using other Vista editions, Acronis may be the way to go I guess.
i_XpUser

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