topic Re: XL 201 - Backing-up in PCs & Accessories

XL 201 - Backing-up

jamesbramsdon — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 12:08:38 GMT

Dear All

I have now got my XL201 set up & running correctly (after a few false starts). I want to make a back-up (image?) of my setup, as I feel it is prone to breaking-down, and I can't face going through the set-up process again (i.e. uninstalling rubbish software, downloading updates etc etc).

I have Norton Ghost but don't know how to use it (I am a computing novice)! It seems that I can't be selective about which folders I back-up: it's the whole C: drive or nothing.

All my media is on the C drive (music/TV/pictures) in the place where Windows stores it.So, my question is:

Can I move my media to the D drive and reconfigure Windows (so the system knows where "My Documents" are now stored)?

Or can I be selective about what I back-up in Norton Ghost, so I can save everything except the Media (which I have backed-up on DVD already)?

Thanks

Re: XL 201 - Backing-up

kee-lo_ — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:16:09 GMT

Acronis TrueImage is a very good package for this sort of thing.

Re: XL 201 - Backing-up

bluetyler — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:16:32 GMT

Acronis TrueImage is a very good package for this sort of thing.

Agree. Dumped 'Ghost' from my XL 202 in favour of 'TrueImage'. Far better package IMO.

Re: XL 201 - Backing-up

bluetyler — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 08:22:16 GMT

Dear All

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All my media is on the C drive (music/TV/pictures) in the place where Windows stores it.So, my question is:

Can I move my media to the D drive and reconfigure Windows (so the system knows where "My Documents" are now stored)?

Thanks

Yes. Start > Right Click on 'My Documents' > Select 'Properties' > Select 'Target' tab (if it is not already shown) > 'Move' (Create a new folder on your D drive e.g. D:\My Documents

Windows will now move all the data and use this new location as the default 'My Documents'