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04-04-2008
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| | How to delete system area from backup disk? I was installing a new HD in my laptop and used the Seagate Acronis software to clone the HD to a Maxtor external USB drive. I later figured out that was the wrong thing to do, I should have (and did) make a drive image on the external drive and restore it. That worked fine but now my 320GB external HD is down to 275GB and I can find no way to delete the clone files that I copied there from my laptop because they contain system files and apparently Vista protects them to the point that I can find no way to delete them. Tried the acronis software and Vista Disk Management with no luck. I am running Vista Home Prem. Thanks for any help  Neil |
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04-04-2008
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| | Re: How to delete system area from backup disk? Format the drive! "Neil" <NOMAIL@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:CB0819CE-B423-406F-897A-6FD67FB267EC@xxxxxx Quote: >I was installing a new HD in my laptop and used the Seagate Acronis >software to clone the HD to a Maxtor external USB drive. I later figured >out that was the wrong thing to do, I should have (and did) make a drive >image on the external drive and restore it. That worked fine but now my >320GB external HD is down to 275GB and I can find no way to delete the >clone files that I copied there from my laptop because they contain system >files and apparently Vista protects them to the point that I can find no >way to delete them. Tried the acronis software and Vista Disk Management >with no luck. I am running Vista Home Prem. > > Thanks for any help > Neil |
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04-05-2008
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| | RE: How to delete system area from backup disk? Try 'taking ownership' using the following tutorial link, then delete: Take Ownership of file "Neil" wrote: Quote: > I was installing a new HD in my laptop and used the Seagate Acronis software > to clone the HD to a Maxtor external USB drive. I later figured out that > was the wrong thing to do, I should have (and did) make a drive image on the > external drive and restore it. That worked fine but now my 320GB external > HD is down to 275GB and I can find no way to delete the clone files that I > copied there from my laptop because they contain system files and apparently > Vista protects them to the point that I can find no way to delete them. > Tried the acronis software and Vista Disk Management with no luck. I am > running Vista Home Prem. > > Thanks for any help > Neil > |
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