PCWorld Forums

PCWorld Forums: Transferring Backup - PCWorld Forums

Jump to content

PCWorld Community

Help

Page 1 of 1

You cannot start a new topic
You cannot reply to this topic

Transferring Backup

#1 satnamcat

Newbie

Group: New Member
Posts: 9
Joined: 14-May 12

Posted 26 May 2012 - 12:38 PM

Is formating or partitioning a new hard drive necessary before transferring a complete system backup to said hard drive?

#2 LiveBrianD

Elite

Group: Members
Posts: 11,190
Joined: 31-December 09
Location:Right behind you... made you look! :D

Posted 26 May 2012 - 12:48 PM

I don't think so - you're just going to overwrite that hard drive with the backup data anyway.

Spoiler

"The Internet will be used for all kinds of spurious things, including fake quotes from smart people." -Albert Einstein
Need a Windows ISO image?

#3 coastie65

Moderator

Group: Moderators
Posts: 19,714
Joined: 02-April 07
Location:Henrico, Va.

Posted 26 May 2012 - 03:06 PM

satnamcat, on 26 May 2012 - 12:38 PM, said:

Is formating or partitioning a new hard drive necessary before transferring a complete system backup to said hard drive?

Yes, Initialize and then format the new drive in NTFS. Partioning is entirely up to you, but isn't necessary.

Coolermaster HAF 912 Case....ASUS P8Z68-VPro MOBO.....Intel Core i7 2600k Sandy Bridge ( 4.4 Ghz ).... Gelid Tranquillo cooler.... Samsung 830 256 GB SSD.... Primary HDD- WD 1TB Caviar Black SATA III /6.0 .... SECONDARY HDD - WD 1TB Caviar Black SATA II / 3.0....8Gb GSkill Ripjaws Series X 1600 Mhz Memory....Corsair AX850w PSU....EVGA GTX 680 Super Clocked Signature 2 Gb GDDR5 Video Card....Samsung CD/DVD RW, DL, DVD-Ram, w/ Lightscribe Optical Drive....Samsung SyncMaster 2243BWX 22" Monitor..... Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit OS

http://novabench.com/image/266589.png

______________________________________________________________

Gateway FX6800-01e----Intel Core i7 960 ( 3.2 GHz)---- Seagate Barracuda 750 Gb SATA II / 3.0 Hdd---- 6 Gb Crucial 1066 Mhz memory, running in Tri Channel conf-----Corsair TX650w PSU----- EVGA Nvidia GTX 560Ti 1gb GDDR5 Vram ----DVD +/- RW / CD ,RAM/DL Optical drive w/ Label Flash-----Gateway TBGM-01 Motherboard.... Vista Home Premium 64 bit OS w/ SP2; Samsung Synch Master 2243BWX 22" Monitor.

#4 LincolnSpector

Expert

Group: Members
Posts: 2,391
Joined: 16-October 06

Posted 27 May 2012 - 10:19 AM

coastie65, on 26 May 2012 - 03:06 PM, said:

satnamcat, on 26 May 2012 - 12:38 PM, said:

Is formating or partitioning a new hard drive necessary before transferring a complete system backup to said hard drive?

Yes, Initialize and then format the new drive in NTFS. Partioning is entirely up to you, but isn't necessary.

Coastie--

Why do you feel it's necessary to do that. The act of restoring an image backup to a new drive effectively formats it.

Lincoln

#5 coastie65

Moderator

Group: Moderators
Posts: 19,714
Joined: 02-April 07
Location:Henrico, Va.

Posted 27 May 2012 - 02:02 PM

LincolnSpector, on 27 May 2012 - 10:19 AM, said:

coastie65, on 26 May 2012 - 03:06 PM, said:

satnamcat, on 26 May 2012 - 12:38 PM, said:

Is formating or partitioning a new hard drive necessary before transferring a complete system backup to said hard drive?

Yes, Initialize and then format the new drive in NTFS. Partioning is entirely up to you, but isn't necessary.

Coastie--

Why do you feel it's necessary to do that. The act of restoring an image backup to a new drive effectively formats it.

Lincoln

Hey Lincoln, Probably not, just a personal preference. When I moved the stuff from my Caviar Black 1 TB SATA II drive to the new Caviar Black 1 TB SARA III Drive I did intialized and format the new new drive, but as I said, that was a personal preference.

This post has been edited by coastie65: 27 May 2012 - 02:04 PM