Can I Save Vista???

sunofsony140E · 05-15-2008, 05:36 AM

I bought my computer with vista pre-loaded on it so i dont have a physical copy of vista. anyways I have been wanting to try ubunu (linux for human beings LOL!) but if its not for me i would like the opportunity to switch back with out re-buying vista...any ideas???

thanks

Vizy93 · 05-15-2008, 05:37 AM

First off...the amzing thing is that Ubuntu comes on something called a Live CD. This way, you can just boot from the CD and you can just do a dry run with ubunto, without installing anything.

spanky · 05-15-2008, 05:37 AM

you could clone the hard drive onto another one?

sunofsony140E · 05-15-2008, 05:40 AM

how do you clone your hard drive??? i have a seagate external 500gb so i would be able to...

Vizy93 · 05-15-2008, 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by sunofsony140E

how do you clone your hard drive??? i have a seagate external 500gb so i would be able to...

Use a cloning program. Read this. http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=418

sunofsony140E · 05-15-2008, 05:47 AM

that helps but i was wonering if there was a way to back it up on a nice physical cd/dvd???

Vizy93 · 05-15-2008, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by sunofsony140E

that helps but i was wonering if there was a way to back it up on a nice physical cd/dvd???

Lol, not anyway that i knw of. Your hdd is atleast 9 gb+. no cd/dvd riught now can hold that. except the bluray/hddvd. You said you have an external drive, no?

sunofsony140E · 05-15-2008, 05:50 AM

yah, 500gb, would it work the same way as saving it on a cd to save it to the external???

Vizy93 · 05-15-2008, 05:54 AM

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Many disk cloning software packages allow for a disk image to be stored on another type of media such as magnetic tape, DVD-R, CDR/RW, or kept in a central location to be cloned to many computers via a network. Most disk cloning software packages operate outside WindowsXP using bootable disks or CDs to start, as the operating system places limits on hard drive access which make cloning drives directly difficult.

found on the link i gave you. Just read through the site, it'll answer your questions on how and what. at the bottom of the page of the link i gave you, theres the table of contents.

sunofsony140E · 05-15-2008, 05:56 AM

thanks man, one last question what happens if the vista file saves copy over wrong? will i be ****ed? is there a free way to run two OS's? is that recommended?

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sunofsony140E New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bay Area! Age: 15 Posts: 5	Can I Save Vista??? I bought my computer with vista pre-loaded on it so i dont have a physical copy of vista. anyways I have been wanting to try ubunu (linux for human beings LOL!) but if its not for me i would like the opportunity to switch back with out re-buying vista...any ideas??? thanks __________________ Paper or Plastic? P.S. If you are being attacked by a robot tell it, "the following statement is true, this statement is not true" then its head will explode!

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sunofsony140E New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bay Area! Age: 15 Posts: 5	how do you clone your hard drive??? i have a seagate external 500gb so i would be able to... __________________ Paper or Plastic? P.S. If you are being attacked by a robot tell it, "the following statement is true, this statement is not true" then its head will explode!

05-15-2008, 05:47 AM	#6 (permalink)
sunofsony140E New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bay Area! Age: 15 Posts: 5	that helps but i was wonering if there was a way to back it up on a nice physical cd/dvd??? __________________ Paper or Plastic? P.S. If you are being attacked by a robot tell it, "the following statement is true, this statement is not true" then its head will explode!

05-15-2008, 05:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
sunofsony140E New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bay Area! Age: 15 Posts: 5	yah, 500gb, would it work the same way as saving it on a cd to save it to the external??? __________________ Paper or Plastic? P.S. If you are being attacked by a robot tell it, "the following statement is true, this statement is not true" then its head will explode!

05-15-2008, 05:56 AM	#10 (permalink)
sunofsony140E New Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bay Area! Age: 15 Posts: 5	thanks man, one last question what happens if the vista file saves copy over wrong? will i be ****ed? is there a free way to run two OS's? is that recommended? __________________ Paper or Plastic? P.S. If you are being attacked by a robot tell it, "the following statement is true, this statement is not true" then its head will explode!

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