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Originally Posted by bal8664
Hmm.. not sure about how that'll work. I'd recommend backing up all non-important system files, such as movies, music, images, documents, etc. to CD's while working in windows. Then deleting them and ghosting. You can probaly get it down to 4 or 5 cd's that way and it'll be much easier to restore in the future.
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That's a good idea. Thanks.
I bought (for $29) a hard drive enclosure that connects via USB 2.0. I can pretty much put an old 165 meg hard drive in it, and backing up those files should be a breeze. That enclosure is handy--it also has a couple of USB ports, as well as some memory card reading ports.
I've also got a freeware program called "Clonespy" that I can instruct to delete files on the hard drive, as long as the CRCs of the duplicate files match. A good double-check, IMO.
To add to the discussion, this is why I despise "activating" software. If I haven't made an image, and I have a crash, I've got to contact the software company again to reinstall a lot of programs.
You can do that once, or maybe twice (if you upgrade to a new computer) before they get testy. Macromedia flat-out lied to me about Dreamweaver, while refusing to transfer it to a newer computer.
To round out my bitching, today I get to return Media Studio (standing in line for a half hour) because its advertised "upgrade rebate" didn't mention that they won't honor bundled software. And we all know how much stores like taking back opened software.
I guess I'll quit whining now. Thanks again.