"Xu" wrote:
>I am trying to learn how to clone my drive. I have dabbled
> with it and I see that the actual image would be 32gig in
> size. I am wondering what I can do to make this process
> smaller? I wonder if I reformatted and put XP on a separate
> partition if that would help because right now two clone
> programs I have tried both want to copy the hole HDD.
> I assume that is because I have everything on one partition.
>
> I have no floppy, so trying to use the disks for boot up is
> not much of an option for me unless I can use one of my
> sd disks in the card reader.
>
> What I want is a full copy of my system, and all the files
> that install in the Programs folder. That is all I want. I don't
> care about anything else, so it does not seem necessary
> that I copy the whole drive, which is actually a 75gig drive.


If you want to copy a single partition, not the whole drive,
Casper XP by Future Systems Solutions can do that. It can
even put that single partition among other partitions on the
destination drive. But it works hard drive to hard drive, not
hard drive to CD. It does not need Microsoft .NET Framework
installed like Ghost, and it stays in Windows while copying.
If you're interested, you can get a free 30-day trial copy at
www.FSSdev.com/products/casperxp .

The clone will be bootable, not an "image file" that has to
be "restored", i.e. copied back , in order to boot. As with all
clones, start it up for its 1st time with the original HD
disconnected. Thereafter, the clone can be booted with the
original OS visible without harm to the clone's files.

For shrinking an existing partition without disturbing the
data that is within it, use Partition Magic.

*TimDaniels*