try to backup and it puts 656Gb on backup drive

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  1. Posts : 12,012
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       #21

    martygene said:
    so you don't think then that i have to try to copy all the files on K to another drive before hooking it up after the install tomorrow?
    Does K have anything on it right now that you care about?

    If not, you may as well see if you can delete the K partition right now, before you reinstall. No harm done if there is nothing on it you care about.

    Obviously, whatever data files you have that you do care about should be backed up in some way before beginning any reinstall.

    If you cannot delete K now because it is dynamic or for any other reason, I wouldn't worry about it. Deal with it after the fresh install.
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  2. Posts : 23
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    Thread Starter
       #22

    ok. will do...
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  3. Posts : 23
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       #23

    ufoortunately K has lots of files that i want to save especially a large video project that i was working on.
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  4. Posts : 12,012
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       #24

    martygene said:
    ufoortunately K has lots of files that i want to save especially a large video project that i was working on.
    OK.

    Get those files backed up in some way because your only choice after a fresh install may be to totally delete that partition.
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  5. Posts : 23
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    Thread Starter
       #25

    ok. i can take the drive out and put it into a hard drive dock and copy the files to another computer and then out the drive in and format it and then copy the files back to it...
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  6. Posts : 23
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       #26

    ignatz... that's what my father used to call be when i was a kid...
    thanks so much for your help
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  7. Posts : 23
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       #27

    how's this look? thanks again for all the help. much better to do this now like you said.
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  8. whs
    Posts : 26,210
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       #28

    I would rename the 2 partitions called "New Volume" and give them meaningful names. Else it is easy to confuse them and e.g. when you transfer data, it may end up on the wrong partition.
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  9. Posts : 23
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       #29

    Thanks... I never thought of doing that!!!
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  10. Posts : 23
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       #30

    ok. now that i have reinstalled Win7 64 and everything is fine and i made a backup of C: drive like i tried to do before all this happened, earlier you spoke of a better way to do backups. if you would, can you tell me of those opetions?
    thanks
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