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by kimscomputing

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I want to purchase an external CDRW. If I buy a USB CDRW will I be able to make a mirror copy of my hard drive or do I need an internal one to do it in dos. Which program is easiest or quickest?
I have some experience with drive image but it takes place in dos so I am unsure an external cdrw will work. Thanks!

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by darts32

If you have a 2nd partition on your HD you can dump the image to the 2nd partition. Then boot into the OS and burn. I have used drive image but found the compression of the image to be very low. I recommend Norton Ghost for this.

by rsanchezp

I suggest Powerquest Drive Image 7. This application is so great and its for you!!! Its perfect and very easy to use. It will definately work with USB CDRW I'm 99.9% sure :) and will make a mirror copy of your hard drive with no problems.

I've tried it with a PlexWriter 48/24/48U.

With this great program you won't need to boot into DOS anymore...

Go ahead and read on. Look at the Product FAQ. Your question is answered there as well.

http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/

Have fun!

by rsanchezp

I suggest Powerquest Drive Image 7. This application is so great and its for you!!! Its perfect and very easy to use. It will definately work with USB CDRW I'm 99.9% sure :) and will make a mirror copy of your hard drive with no problems.

I've tried it with a PlexWriter 48/24/48U.

With this great program you won't need to boot into DOS anymore...

Go ahead and read on. Look at the Product FAQ. Your question is answered there as well.

http://www.powerquest.com/driveimage/

Have fun!

by glyall

are you going to use the external CD-RW on more then on PC or laptop? If not but an internal, they on faster and cost less.
Or you can buy a smaller second harddrive and use the second harddrive to place an image of your first harddive on.
At work I have a 120 GB harddrive and make an images of a 40 & 60 GB harddrive with 4 to 5 GB data use drive Image at 50% compression. I do boot from dos and the whole process is done in less then 10 minutes.
This harddrive is used to make masters for several different model of PCs. The fastest transfer rate so far was 1600+ MB per minute.

Good Luck

by souljb2002

I recommand you to try norton ghost 2002 professional.I used norton ghost for must of my work like that.It is a reliable product.Just try it and you will see the result.I hope I have satisfied your question.

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