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HTPC hard drive image

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antok86

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i have an HTPC with 3 hard drives
#1 OS WD BLACK
#2 DVR/TV Recordings WD GREEN DRIVE
#3 Movies WD GREEN DRIVE

i would like to image the WD Black OS drive in case it fails that i can reload it on a new hard drive. Without going through all the OS reinstall and reconfiguring settings and all the other extra stuff to get working where it is now.
thanks
 
dd/ddrescue (found on any recent linux livecd), acryonis clonezilla or the builtin windows backup (assuming you are using windows for the htpc).
 
Create a folder named 'Backup' on drive #2 or #3. Use Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image and do a backup from disk (drive #1 with OS) to image and save the image to the folder 'Backup'. So, if the OS drive fails, you can restore the image from 'Backup' folder to new hard drive. That the way I've done for all my PCs at home.
 
Elpee said:
Create a folder named 'Backup' on drive #2 or #3. Use Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image and do a backup from disk (drive #1 with OS) to image and save the image to the folder 'Backup'. So, if the OS drive fails, you can restore the image from 'Backup' folder to new hard drive. That the way I've done for all my PCs at home.
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thanks thats what i need.
 
Elpee said:
Create a folder named 'Backup' on drive #2 or #3. Use Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image and do a backup from disk (drive #1 with OS) to image and save the image to the folder 'Backup'. So, if the OS drive fails, you can restore the image from 'Backup' folder to new hard drive. That the way I've done for all my PCs at home.
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two things:
1: Not recommended to image to a drive in the same machine, even if it's a separate physical drive. (like say if the PSU dies and kills the HDDs on the way)
2: A decent free alternative to both of those that operates in windows is Drive Image XML. The only small caveat is that it doesn't have a bootable rescue disk of it's own. (gotta use something like ubcd4win)
 
FnordMan said:
two things:
1: Not recommended to image to a drive in the same machine, even if it's a separate physical drive. (like say if the PSU dies and kills the HDDs on the way)
2: A decent free alternative to both of those that operates in windows is Drive Image XML. The only small caveat is that it doesn't have a bootable rescue disk of it's own. (gotta use something like ubcd4win)
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the image would be on a backup location and not on the physical computer itself
 
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