Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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What i want to do is take the whole of my HDD as it is and make a backup. Is this possible?
Reason; want to put Windows XP Pro on but the laptop is pre-installed with the Home Ed inc all the drivers  Cannot find the drivers as they are dos files etc on the restore DVD.
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
Location: Derby
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get Norton Ghost
it'll make an image of the drive, then you can burn that image to wherever
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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I want to look at the CD so i can see all the files though.
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Cavey
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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oh ok, don't get Norton Ghost then
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Have to see what i can do. Running the restore CD now
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Rus
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
Location: SE London, Kent
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look at me!!!!11 im a computer g3k3 wooooooOOOO check my badself out!!!1000111010 binary numbers you not know?
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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There is this thing, called the internet.
The manufacturer of the laptop, will have everything you need. So download all the drivers required, and save them to a CD. Its really not a scary job as you are making it seem.
And you were commenting on the quality of certain manufacturers of laptops not so long ago? You seem to know jack when it comes to anything in detail with computers.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
Location: Skoda Octavia Estate, Ford Puma
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Before you point the finger, ask!
I do not know what devices are in the laptop to be able to download the correct drivers from the web-site.
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Skinz
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Registered: 15th May 03
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Why don't you go through each device and write down what it is, then download all the drivers and burn them to CD. Rebuild the machine and then install all the drivers from the CD. Job's a gooden!!
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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Right then go into device manager, and write down all the information possible, or print of a system report. That will give you enough information to find the drivers you need.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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Been in the device manager but it just gives an overview -- i.e audio device.
I've found a folder that was embeded with the drivers. Just playing around now to see what haps.
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Andrew
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Registered: 5th May 04
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I've sorted it. Beast 
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