But if I wanted to do this I'd clone the boot drive. We can't backup "C" (the partition) and get a working Windows. There's more to it than that.
Bob
Hi,
1. I backed up my Seagate win8 "C" partition, using Paragon, in the spare Maxtor HD & it used 61.9GB, the rest 50gb are free space.
As Win8 was installed in "C" I presumed that The Maxtor if installed alone in the PC it would boot up but, it does not. Should't it?
2. The other thing is that when I boot the PC in w8 both HDs show up in the Setup but, the Maxtor does not show up in the w8 win explorer.
If I boot up in the dual boot XP they both show up in the XP win explorer. ....thanx ....nick ![]()

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