Vista - Help Please-Copying Internal Harddrive to External

Hello there, I am running Vista Ultimate on my laptop which has a 50gb internal harddrive. I have less than 500 mb of memory left and was wondering could I move the entire content of my C: drive ( including the vista ultimate ) to an external harddrive, then format my C: drive and boot up from my external harddrive? Also if this is possible could I dual boot with Mac OS X Leapord? If this is possible can you please tell me how.

Thanks in Advance,
Super_JS

Nope, Your registry is all linked to your internal HD, I woudln't try it if I were you.

If you install an OS on an external HD, it will go much slower.

You can't install Mac OS X on a PC. Only Apple Brands.

Yup its best to just backup all you important files, maybe make a back up of program files where the folders may contain saves and cd keys ect, then format and start again

Thanks for the quick reply, but if I did try how would I go about it. I don't really care if it messes up and I have to re-install vista. If I don't do it could you please tell me how to install programs on to an external harddrive. Also what about if I got a higher memory internal harddrive how would I copy everything to that?

Super_JS

Yes, you can dual boot Mac OS / Vista......... but only on a MAC

ok lol forget about the dual boot. Thanks for the reply

So once I plug in the external what folders isit possible for me to move from C: to external

installing programs on an external hard drive is not recommended
upgrading to a bigger hard drive and more ram will help

like i said b4 just back up all important data to your external hard drive and start again

ok yes you can just copy the whole C: drive "well all the bits that windows will allow you to move bot you can not move it all back and expect windows to work correctly
and backing up the whole c driv will also result in backing up a lot of junk that is not needed

when i need to do a fresh instll on my c drive i only back up program files, my documents i.e pics music ect
then i format
then re install everything

ok its a long winded prosesse but we all have to do it

If you have used up 50 GB of space you're in serious need to some fine tuning - you don't need to be moving *folders* - you need to be clearing out your Temp folders and clearing out old System restore files and moving *files* to the external drive.

I'd go through your Documents, Music, Videos and Pictures folders first and see what you can move to the external drive.

But, for the money, I'd get a Seagate 500GB 32MB Cache HD SATA II HD (internal) and add it to your system - it will be ***way*** more responsive and in that situation, you'll be able to physically move those 4 folders (as well as Contacts, Desktop, Favorites, Links, & Saved Games to the new folder - and then Vista will automatically save to those folders when you select those locations to save without having to manually change the drive letter or anything like that.