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Hard drive size for backup

I have a computer with two 80 gig hard drives, if i get a another hard drive to back it up will 160 gigs cut it, or do i really need a little more than that? id really like to stay with the 160 gig hard drive but is that cutting it too close? Cuase i know some hard drives don't always have exactly the amount of space they say.....

Wooky Jack

Are the two 80gig hard drives you have completely full? If they are then yes you'd need a minimum of 160 to back up the both of them. Windows XP only takes up 6 gigs at the most on one hard drive. Any additional stuff added will take up space as well. You can check to see how much space is used on each hard drive by going to:

My Computer

One click (selecting) the Local Disk C: and on the left side of the window it should show you the amount of space used to how much you have left. Then you should just be able to determine what is a necessary sized hard drive to back them up.

Let me know if you need help with anything else.

lsimmons85

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the hard drives are not completetly full, i was going to use ghost to back it up. Will that work with the 160 gig drive? I don't plan on filling up the 2 80 gig drives anytime soon

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Wooky Jack

Thanks for the points, I hope things worked out for you!