Hi Carlos and all, I’ve been doing a bit of research into hard drive cloning and I think that this is the option I’ll probably use to transfer the data from my old drive to the new one. The cost for a

Hi Carlos, I was wondering if there is a way to choose the files that should be included in a system image. I’m asking because most of the files that are on my machine are included in my dropbox folde

I wasn’t aware that dell still sold windows7 computers. I might need to do some investigating.

Hi Anne, this pc is running windows7 and I'm not ready to part with it yet but I will if it's a must. Lol

Gene, I was hasty in writing my reply so I’m going to give some thought to what you have stated in your message.

Not to be argumentative but I probably wouldn't buy a refurbished pc. You never know how long it will last and if I did buy a new machine, Dell lets you pay in installments.

Hi Carlos, I have a couple more questions about system images. When using active at disk image lite, how much space should I have available for a system image? If the program finds errors on the drive

Carlos, thanks for these instructions. I’ve saved them and I’m going to attempt to create an image. I’ll let you know if I need more help.

Hi list, I’m starting a new topic so I don’t confuse anyone. I’m going to need help with creating an image using the program Carlos suggested. Does anyone have instructions on how to create an image u

Carlos, when I create the image, should I be logged on as an administrator or can I run the program as a standard user?

Thank you for your suggestions. I have another question but this one is related to imaging. Will I be able to save things like program settings? I hope that I'll still be able to use my current copy o

Thank you, I'm going to save these model numbers and shop around a bit.

Carlos, would cloning work if the target disk is an external?

Hi, let me see if I understand. If I clone the drive, its like taking an exact copy.

Hi, it's a 1 tb Sata drive by Seagate. I've never had to look at internal drives but I'm wondering how much I could expect to pay for one of these?

I have another question. Can you explain the difference between cloning and imaging?

Thanks Carlos, for now the drive seems to be functional enough that I will try and use the first program you suggested since I'm using Windows home premium. If the drive stops functioning altogether,

I'm going to apologize in advance for all of my questions because there may be a lot of them. Are there programs that will let me clone/image the drive myself or should I let someone else do it? If I

Carlos, if I image from the old drive, will I be able to transfer all of my programs over without having to reinstall them from scratch?

Hello, I have all of my data backed up on an external so this problem doesn't seem like a total disaster. This computer is about 6.5 years old so I might have to contact Dell to find out if the drive