dan-ger-ous
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Right folks, so i've now got the HP G62 laptop [x64 Windows 7]. It looks good and works really quick. I've only just uninstalled Norton on there and was trying to get my backup stratergy sorted BEFORE i did anything with it i.e. installing new programs, shifting files on there and what not..
Well, kind of hit a problem. There are two partitions:
C: 280GB
D: [Recovery] 17GB (Only 2 GB is free, and i know this is a recovery partition and I must not use it for data storage because i may need it one day)
What i initally had in mind is that the D Drive would come seperately with atleast 50GB for personal use? So i can keep my important files off the partition with the OS installed?
So i thought to myself, ok, i'll run the Acronis Rescue CD to see what partitions it picks up...
Hit a problem with the disc, after the Acronis splash screen and then chosing to run Acronis, the screen then shortly goes blank, and does not do anything from there. The CD Drive also goes quiet as if no activity is going on at this stage. [CD works fine, have used it on laptop and PC [WinXP]
Couple of questions on my mind..
1) I really want a D Drive to store important files? Can I just use disk management to make a new drive of lets say 100GB? (Leaving the recovery (D:/) drive alone?
2) Would this potentially mess up the option F11 to boot up to HP recovery manager (which totally sucks as I can only backup files and NOT make a disk image, it only allows me to make a recovery set of DVD's (5) to store back to factory default state).
3) I'm dreading the idea of using Windows 7 built in backup, i want to use Acronis as long as it satisfies the following conditions: It does not screw around with the D Drive partition, i'm able to boot into recovery mode, and that i can make a seperate partition and just restore C when i need to incase i hit a major OS fault?
I'd like to get my backup stratergy sorted before attempting to use my laptop at all.. My head is in abit of a mess thinking about this for over an hour, so i come to my TK buddies for support.. :)
(the reason behind this is i may get extended guarantee, and if Acronis was working for me and i didn't want to get extended guarantee then i wouldn't worry so much about the recovery partition)
UPDATE:
I may have found a solution to my problem.
I've now gone to burning the 5 DVD's so i can keep them safe incase i need to factory reset.
What i then plan to do is make a different partition using the C drive space (shrink it and then use the unallocated space as a new partition).
Then i'm going to do windows 7 image backup and store these files on my newly created partition aswell as external HDD. [Will move important files off C Drive to keep the image file small.
Then i can either use the Windows 7 [F8] for restoring from the image OR if things go horribly wrong, i can put it back to factory state using the recovery DVD's i just created. :)
So at the moment its looking good, will use trial and error till i get there in the end. :)
I consider myself to be a complicated but confusing person, its just a load i need to get off my mind so i can move on with my life (yes it affects me that badly lol)
Well, kind of hit a problem. There are two partitions:
C: 280GB
D: [Recovery] 17GB (Only 2 GB is free, and i know this is a recovery partition and I must not use it for data storage because i may need it one day)
What i initally had in mind is that the D Drive would come seperately with atleast 50GB for personal use? So i can keep my important files off the partition with the OS installed?
So i thought to myself, ok, i'll run the Acronis Rescue CD to see what partitions it picks up...
Hit a problem with the disc, after the Acronis splash screen and then chosing to run Acronis, the screen then shortly goes blank, and does not do anything from there. The CD Drive also goes quiet as if no activity is going on at this stage. [CD works fine, have used it on laptop and PC [WinXP]
Couple of questions on my mind..
1) I really want a D Drive to store important files? Can I just use disk management to make a new drive of lets say 100GB? (Leaving the recovery (D:/) drive alone?
2) Would this potentially mess up the option F11 to boot up to HP recovery manager (which totally sucks as I can only backup files and NOT make a disk image, it only allows me to make a recovery set of DVD's (5) to store back to factory default state).
3) I'm dreading the idea of using Windows 7 built in backup, i want to use Acronis as long as it satisfies the following conditions: It does not screw around with the D Drive partition, i'm able to boot into recovery mode, and that i can make a seperate partition and just restore C when i need to incase i hit a major OS fault?
I'd like to get my backup stratergy sorted before attempting to use my laptop at all.. My head is in abit of a mess thinking about this for over an hour, so i come to my TK buddies for support.. :)
(the reason behind this is i may get extended guarantee, and if Acronis was working for me and i didn't want to get extended guarantee then i wouldn't worry so much about the recovery partition)
UPDATE:
I may have found a solution to my problem.
I've now gone to burning the 5 DVD's so i can keep them safe incase i need to factory reset.
What i then plan to do is make a different partition using the C drive space (shrink it and then use the unallocated space as a new partition).
Then i'm going to do windows 7 image backup and store these files on my newly created partition aswell as external HDD. [Will move important files off C Drive to keep the image file small.
Then i can either use the Windows 7 [F8] for restoring from the image OR if things go horribly wrong, i can put it back to factory state using the recovery DVD's i just created. :)
So at the moment its looking good, will use trial and error till i get there in the end. :)
I consider myself to be a complicated but confusing person, its just a load i need to get off my mind so i can move on with my life (yes it affects me that badly lol)
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