Da Mail Man
Active Member
Greetings all,
I may have started a similar thread but, can't find it - ugh!
DETAILS:
Dell desktop
Win XP
SP3
1TB internal SATA HD
Plenty of ram
3.2 ghz Processor
**4TB EXT HD
I crapped out my computer a month ago and still have the corrupted hard drive with data on it. I failed trying to attempt to restore the file system to it to make the drive boot-able and usable. In the past moth, I have been extracting data from it.
What I have done is purchase another 1TB SATA hard drive and started fresh with new installation of
Win XP, etc.
A few programs were recommended to me and I do have quite a few. The known issue is that WIN XP will only recognize a 2 TB MAX hard drive. My intent is to attempt to make (4) four 1TB partitions to clone/back up my NOW WORKING 1 TB hard drive in case I get another catastrophic failure. I could possibly opt for (3) 1TB partitions and a 4th 1TB partition for picts, docs, etc.
What could/would be the easiest way to proceed in this endeavor? At some point, I would like to do incremental back ups as time goes on and over-write the last back up to keep the back up on the EXT HD as up to date as possible.
I may have started a similar thread but, can't find it - ugh!
DETAILS:
Dell desktop
Win XP
SP3
1TB internal SATA HD
Plenty of ram
3.2 ghz Processor
**4TB EXT HD
I crapped out my computer a month ago and still have the corrupted hard drive with data on it. I failed trying to attempt to restore the file system to it to make the drive boot-able and usable. In the past moth, I have been extracting data from it.
What I have done is purchase another 1TB SATA hard drive and started fresh with new installation of
Win XP, etc.
A few programs were recommended to me and I do have quite a few. The known issue is that WIN XP will only recognize a 2 TB MAX hard drive. My intent is to attempt to make (4) four 1TB partitions to clone/back up my NOW WORKING 1 TB hard drive in case I get another catastrophic failure. I could possibly opt for (3) 1TB partitions and a 4th 1TB partition for picts, docs, etc.
What could/would be the easiest way to proceed in this endeavor? At some point, I would like to do incremental back ups as time goes on and over-write the last back up to keep the back up on the EXT HD as up to date as possible.