Re: [artshow_photo] Faster way to clone one TB drive?

Do you only have one computer?

The reason I ask is that I have additional computers for specific
purposes. I have my old XP computer set up just for scanning. It has
two older versions of Photoshop and is connected to four scanners.
And my laptop for e-mail and web browsing. When I want to make a copy
of a backup drive, I connect the two drives to my scanning computer
so it doesn't matter how long it takes.

Larry

>All the discussion about online storage leads me to ask this question.
>
>I use portable external hard drives for my photos. I've had
>redundancy copies, but now want to keep a copy off-site for extra security.
>
>I have a 1 TB external drive that I'd like to copy or clone. (I use
>a PC.) But if I tried to do this with Windows Explorer and the
>Windows copy function, it would take me forever.
>
>I started to research this, and found some "fast file-copying"
>software, including some freeware (specifically, TeraCopy). But it
>seems that although this is a smarter way to copy, it's not
>necessarily faster. Apparently, with this software, you can pause
>the copying process if you need to, and you can instruct the
>software to skip over problems instead of getting stuck at a dialog
>which waits for a response. That means you can more successfully
>walk away while it does the work. But the reviews seemed to say it
>didn't really work much faster.
>
>Do I need to take my 1 TB drive to an IT place to have it
>copied? Is there any better way to do it myself, rather than
>breaking it into smaller chunks and taking weeks to get it done?
>
>I'm betting there's a smarter way to do this that I just don't know
>about. If anyone has a suggestion, I'd really appreciate it.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Beth

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