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Back up internal HD w/eSata drive

What do I need to do to create an image of my internal HD to a external SATA HD connected via a eSATA cable.

1.) Is the drive available to the bios so that image software (not booting into Windows) can see it ?

2.) Do I need to provide an external Power to the external SATA drive ?

3.) Can I boot up in something like Symantec Ghost and copy the image to a eSATA drive ?

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rindi

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stevepo

The other experts have covered most of the methods / questions, but I thought I would add that if you are using Windows 7 and go the System Image with Backup and Restore route be aware that when booting from the Windows media to perform a restore you may need the drivers for the eSATA controller in order for Windows to recognize it during the restore process as Windows may not have the drivers natively. Another option would be to create and boot from a custom Windows install media with the drivers already added.

David

In other words .. backups are easy, they always work even if you have missing drivers and try to back up open database files.

The trick is being able to restore ;)

sidwelle

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Thanks