coping to external hard drive

cheeko · 10-03-2007, 01:16 PM

Hi,

I'm hoping someone can help me. I purchased an external hard drive so I can have a backup copy of my C drive. When I copy/paste the C drive it starts coping, but then and error message comes up telling me that the pagefile.sys is being used and it cannot continue. When I found where the pagefile.sys was, I went to turn it off and it said that I shouldn't because if the pagefile is less than 510 megabytes, then the system may not be able to create a debugging information file if a STOP error occurs.

Could someone please advise me on what I should do. I have Windows XP.

Thanks,

Cheeko

**tosh9i** · 10-03-2007, 02:09 PM

For starters, don't waste your time copying the Page File. It's just a swap file (virtual ram), backing it up is entirely worthless, actually it might even cause problems if you try to restore it.

When you backup your C: Drive, are you able to select/deselect which files you want and don't want, if so, then unselect pagefile.sys.

**linderman** · 10-03-2007, 03:56 PM

I think you will find using an image program such as Drive Image XML (free) will be much easier for your

http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm

**linderman** · 10-03-2007, 03:56 PM

I think you will find using an image program such as Drive Image XML (free) will be much easier for you

http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm

cheeko · 10-04-2007, 10:12 AM

Thank you very much. I downloaded the drive image xml and have made a copy of my C drive.

Thanks again,

Cheeko

**linderman** · 10-04-2007, 04:37 PM

now

check out this web page

http://www.runtime.org/peb.htm

you will want to make one of these bootable disks / so when the day comes that windows wont boot

you can boot from the cd-rom (barts PE disk) and then enter the drive image program, from there you simply restore from your saved image file to your "C" drive and you will be back up and running in minutes

dont hesitate to ask more questions

10-03-2007, 01:16 PM	#1 (permalink)
cheeko Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 40 OS: vista	coping to external hard drive Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me. I purchased an external hard drive so I can have a backup copy of my C drive. When I copy/paste the C drive it starts coping, but then and error message comes up telling me that the pagefile.sys is being used and it cannot continue. When I found where the pagefile.sys was, I went to turn it off and it said that I shouldn't because if the pagefile is less than 510 megabytes, then the system may not be able to create a debugging information file if a STOP error occurs. Could someone please advise me on what I should do. I have Windows XP. Thanks, Cheeko

10-03-2007, 02:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
tosh9i TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 3,811 OS: Windows XP	Re: coping to external hard drive For starters, don't waste your time copying the Page File. It's just a swap file (virtual ram), backing it up is entirely worthless, actually it might even cause problems if you try to restore it. When you backup your C: Drive, are you able to select/deselect which files you want and don't want, if so, then unselect pagefile.sys.

10-03-2007, 03:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,429 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: coping to external hard drive I think you will find using an image program such as Drive Image XML (free) will be much easier for your http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

10-03-2007, 03:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,429 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: coping to external hard drive I think you will find using an image program such as Drive Image XML (free) will be much easier for you http://www.runtime.org/dixml.htm __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial

10-04-2007, 10:12 AM	#5 (permalink)
cheeko Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 40 OS: vista	Re: coping to external hard drive Thank you very much. I downloaded the drive image xml and have made a copy of my C drive. Thanks again, Cheeko

10-04-2007, 04:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
linderman Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 20,429 OS: win 2000 pro / Win XP pro My System	Re: coping to external hard drive now check out this web page http://www.runtime.org/peb.htm you will want to make one of these bootable disks / so when the day comes that windows wont boot you can boot from the cd-rom (barts PE disk) and then enter the drive image program, from there you simply restore from your saved image file to your "C" drive and you will be back up and running in minutes dont hesitate to ask more questions __________________ I still know nothing and I respect that fact, striving to improve and, along the way, help anyone that comes from the place that I used to be! Power Supply Selection LEARN TO BACK-UP YOUR DATA FREE & EASY YouTube - Runtime Software DriveImage XML tutorial