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Skriven 2006-07-06 21:28:00 av George Vandervort (1:382/8)
  Kommentar till text 19303 av Ed Vance (1:123/140)
Ärende: What Should I Do?
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Hello Ed!

Thursday July 06 2006 17:00, ED VANCE wrote to ALL:

 EV> Since my brother got his HP pc I've been more considering catching up
 EV> with him in the pc world.   ;-]
 EV>
 EV> His pc has a 250GB HD, I don't know if i want or need anything that
 EV> big.
 EV>
 EV> I even see 300GB and 400GB drives advertised now a days.

about 6 months ago I purchased from SAM's Club: for $895.00 including sales Tax

HP 1025C Papillion Desktop Computer that came with
Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz CPU 800 Mhz Front end bus
Asus Motherbord, 1 GB PC3200 MB/Sec DDR2 SDRAM
200 GB SATA 7200 rpm HD
19" LCD  HP f1905 Monitor
HP 16x DVD(+/-)R/RW DL LightScribe Writer drive
2nd 48x DVD-ROM driveHi-Rez 3D Video graphics w/128 MB ram
Realtek ALC 880 8 channel Full Dolby Pro surround sound10/100 Base-T  Lan Card
PCI 56Kflex data/Fax Modem
9 in one Memory Card reader
7 USB-2 ports & 2 Fire-wire ports
HP wireless Keyboard and wireless Mouse
Software: MS Windows XP Home SP2
WinDVD 5, RecordNow 7.2, Encarta 2005, Itunes 4.7,
Real Player, MS Office 2003, MS Money, Quicken 2005,
Norton Security Suite 60 day trial)
PC-Doctor, etc

It's a Very fast Computer..



 EV>
 EV> I'm sure I'd want more than 40GB.
 EV>
 EV> What size HD would you recommend I should get?

I would recommend two 80 GB HD, one to use and one to Image Clone Backups to
using True Image 9, NERO or CASPERXP 3..

 EV>
 EV> I am thinking about Acronis True Image for making backups.
 EV>
 EV> I haven't even made a backup of my DOS pc for a long time.
 EV>
 EV> My thoughts are to make a copy of the new pc as it is when I get my
 EV> copy of True Image and keep it for emergencies.

I have purchased True Image 7, and Upgradeded it to True Image 8 and 9
I don't like it, although the latest Update TI 9 build 3677 has fixed a lot of
the flaws in previous versions

I like NERO 6.6 or CasperXP 3.1124
cor cloning.. and BACKUP-MY-PC for DVD Backups..

 EV>
 EV> I wonder how long it takes you to backup your HD (what size?),
 EV> and how many CDs does it take?
 EV>
 EV> Should I use CD-R or CD-RW disks, do you use CD-R or CD-RW disks for
 EV> backup?

CD's only hold 700 megs, I like the CD-R better than CD-RW


 EV>
 EV> I'll probably have a DVD burner of some kind in the pc so I guess I
 EV> should be asking how many DVD R or DVD RW
 EV> (I don't know if it'd be a + or a - type DVD drive).

DVD'd hold 4.7 GB I like DVD+R LightScribe capable Disk

 EV>
 EV> Does making an Image copy the whole HD including the unused space on
 EV> the drive?

A Clone Image is an Exact Copy of your HD..

 EV>
 EV> If it does I reckon I'd make multiple Partitions like Langa showed
 EV> recently in his newsletter.
 EV>
 EV> Should I use Compression in True Image or not?   Which way is better?

If your Backing up to CD's or DVD's, using Maximum Compression
lets you store more files on fewer CD's or DVD's

and taked les time to backup the files

 EV>
 EV> I appreciate your comments.
 EV>
 EV>
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 EV> of this.
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George Vandervort
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