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Posted on Dec 14, 2008

I am unable to copy hard drive c onto simpletech

It won't let me due to pagefile.sys

my windows xp drive sounds like it might be going bad and trying to save it on portable drive.

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Unfortunately you can not perform a straight drag and drop from a boot drive. The best option for the preservation of all your data, as well as being much faster, would be to utilize backup software such as Acronis TrueImage Home:

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Using the link above you can download a 15 day full feature trial which will allow you to create a backup image (with many options available) of your current C: drive to the media of your choice.

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