Main Hard Drive failure - What to do?

Hi

The main hard drive on my pc that has the operating system on and everything is begining to fail and i need to sort it out before i cant use the disk anymore. The disk is in warrenty so i will be able to get it replaced but not all the things on it.

How can i backup my operating system and all of the programs and files on it, i have another hard drive that i can use as a backup but im not sure how to do it.

Can anyone advise me on what to do?

Would be a great help thanks.

Hi Fields,

Have a look here;
http://www.zdnet.com.au/downloads/0,139024478,10675060s,00.htm

Pooch

I herd about that, unfortunatly it only works with Vista Enterprise, Ultimate, and Business editions.

Since i have Vista Home Premium, im not sure how to do a complete backup of my system, and i really need to get it done.

If you know a way that would be great thanks

Sorry saw that to late
I have now adjusted the link

Pooch

Thanks, will this program let me backup my main hard disk completely?

Because i need to take my c drive out to be sent off for replacement, but while that is happening i need to have its contents on my other hard drive, to use that as my main c drive.

thanks

According to this yes

Ok thanks, ive downloaded the program, one thing i wonder though, on the hard disk that i need to send off, it has C: drive and the D: drive factory image.

Will i need to transfer both of these onto my other hard disk currently E:
So that when i remove the hard disk my other one will work as the main one for the system.

thanks

Then I think you might be better off with this;
Miray Software - HDClone - Hard disk copy, hard disk backup, hard disk rescue!

Pooch

Ok thanks, im trying this one out at the moment, but if its not what i need then il use that one.

Il try the hard disk clone one now.

I finished with the macrium reflect program, it wasnt what i needed as it just saved a file on my other hard disk that would allow me to restore the data to the hard disk i need to send off, this isnt helpful as if i removed the main hard disk i cant boot up from my backup hard disk, which is what i need to be able to do.

I hope this one will work, thanks