XXClone & Ext Hard Drive

skylon · 11-01-2009, 02:26 AM

I've used XXClone to back up the entire volume of C: Drive to a Toshiba 320GB Ext Drive.It takes up 29GB of the 298GB available.
It also says to make a Quick Boot Diskette by inserting a formatted diskette in A.
That i don't understand...what is a Diskette,please?Is it a blank DVD or CD?If so how do i make the QBD?

Also, am i still able to copy files in the future to the huge free space left of the Ext Drive without it affecting the C: Drive back up?

Many thanks.

**raptor_pa** · 11-01-2009, 07:33 AM

If you did the backup as an image file, then yes you can add additional files to the drive. The diskette they are talking about would be a 3.5 inch floppy disk.

skylon · 11-01-2009, 01:22 PM

Thanks thats a big help.Not being that tech savvy,i'm not sure whether it's an image file.
The back up files look like this on the External Drive:

**raptor_pa** · 11-01-2009, 02:18 PM

That is a clone of the drive, an image would have everything collected in one file. Not sure about adding files to the disk, never used XXClone - not sure how it will react if you add more files. Check the properties and see what they show for free space.

skylon · 11-02-2009, 04:59 PM

Properties is indicating 269GB free space so that's fine.Thanks.

11-01-2009, 02:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
skylon Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xp sp3	XXClone & Ext Hard Drive I've used XXClone to back up the entire volume of C: Drive to a Toshiba 320GB Ext Drive.It takes up 29GB of the 298GB available. It also says to make a Quick Boot Diskette by inserting a formatted diskette in A. That i don't understand...what is a Diskette,please?Is it a blank DVD or CD?If so how do i make the QBD? Also, am i still able to copy files in the future to the huge free space left of the Ext Drive without it affecting the C: Drive back up? Many thanks.

11-01-2009, 07:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,934 OS: XP	Re: XXClone & Ext Hard Drive If you did the backup as an image file, then yes you can add additional files to the drive. The diskette they are talking about would be a 3.5 inch floppy disk. __________________

11-01-2009, 01:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
skylon Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xp sp3	Re: XXClone & Ext Hard Drive Thanks thats a big help.Not being that tech savvy,i'm not sure whether it's an image file. The back up files look like this on the External Drive:

11-01-2009, 02:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
raptor_pa Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Central PA Posts: 4,934 OS: XP	Re: XXClone & Ext Hard Drive That is a clone of the drive, an image would have everything collected in one file. Not sure about adding files to the disk, never used XXClone - not sure how it will react if you add more files. Check the properties and see what they show for free space. __________________

11-02-2009, 04:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
skylon Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 3 OS: xp sp3	Re: XXClone & Ext Hard Drive Properties is indicating 269GB free space so that's fine.Thanks.