Imaging to an external drive

I would like to image my C: drive to my external drive, which has 3
times the

capacity.

Will the typical software allow me to image to a special directory on
the external

drive, or do I have to make a partition on the external drive?

I'm using Vista Home Premium.

calstorm <murstorm@gmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to image my C: drive to my external drive, which has 3 times the capacity.

> Will the typical software allow me to image to a special directory on the external drive,

No, you only need that when you are writing the image to the drive you are imaging.

> or do I have to make a partition on the external drive?

Nope, the imager writes a file on the external drive.

> I'm using Vista Home Premium.

On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:45:17 -0800 (PST), calstorm wrote:

> I would like to image my C: drive to my external drive, which has 3
> times the
>
> capacity.
>
> Will the typical software allow me to image to a special directory on
> the external
>
> drive, or do I have to make a partition on the external drive?
>
> I'm using Vista Home Premium.

If by 'typical software' you mean Vista'a backup program, there is no
system imaging backup capability with your version of Vista. A decent
third-party software tool, such as Acronis True Image Home Edition, will do
what you want i.e. create image backups as files on your external drive.