Copying to Maxtor OneTouch 4MIni

sunbeamtalbot · 11-18-2008, 05:47 PM

Have just got a Maxtor OneTouch 4Mini 250g. I will use this on an ASUS 900HA netbook with XP and 160g HDD

Want I would like to be able to do without installing the software is copy a whole partition, my C drive, which is about 3g. How would I do this

I partition my HDD into small partitions, C 4g for OS, D 1.5g for virtual ram, E 12g for programs and F for storing stuff - photos etc. I find that this this way everything runs smoothly.

I bought this because of the SafteyDrill sw that I believe is an imaging program. But on reading the manual it seems to only be able to image the whole HDD not individual partitions. Is this correct or am I not fully understanding how this works.

Thanks

**grimx133** · 11-19-2008, 12:41 AM

Imaging software should take an image of one partition. Have 3 on my main drive and I just image the c: partition, no problems there. Of course, it's up to the software itself. If the included Maxtor software isn't up to the task, there are always alternatives. xxclone comes to mind, though I use commercial software for this, it's a highly recommeded freeware program. http://www.xxclone.com/

11-18-2008, 05:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
sunbeamtalbot Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1 OS: XP	Copying to Maxtor OneTouch 4MIni Have just got a Maxtor OneTouch 4Mini 250g. I will use this on an ASUS 900HA netbook with XP and 160g HDD Want I would like to be able to do without installing the software is copy a whole partition, my C drive, which is about 3g. How would I do this I partition my HDD into small partitions, C 4g for OS, D 1.5g for virtual ram, E 12g for programs and F for storing stuff - photos etc. I find that this this way everything runs smoothly. I bought this because of the SafteyDrill sw that I believe is an imaging program. But on reading the manual it seems to only be able to image the whole HDD not individual partitions. Is this correct or am I not fully understanding how this works. Thanks

11-19-2008, 12:41 AM	#2 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,121 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: Copying to Maxtor OneTouch 4MIni Imaging software should take an image of one partition. Have 3 on my main drive and I just image the c: partition, no problems there. Of course, it's up to the software itself. If the included Maxtor software isn't up to the task, there are always alternatives. xxclone comes to mind, though I use commercial software for this, it's a highly recommeded freeware program. http://www.xxclone.com/ __________________