Jennifer Murphy wrote:
> It looks like I will have to do some manual repair to clean up after
> an old installation of Acronis True Image which left dangerous debris
> on my PCs.
Its not dangerous.
> I would like to have a safe and reliable procedure in place
> before I attempt any registry or OS-related changes.
Just an image does that fine.
> As I understand it, this is what I need to do:
Fraid not.
> * Back up the registry. I think I know how to do that using RegEdit.
> * Back up the OS. I am not sure how to do that.
And image of the physical drive is the best way to do that.
> * Make a bootable recovery CD. I am not sure how to do that.
The imager can do that.
> I would really like to make a full disk image backup, but I am in a
> bit of a Catch 22 here. The disk image program, ShadowProtect,
> won't install because of the Acronis debris.
Then you need a better imager.
> Is there another way to make a disk image backup
Corse there is, it isnt the only imager around.
> or is this even necessary?
Yes, its the best way to protect yourself before you start molesting the OS install manually.
> I have all of me data files backup using Carbonite.
Doesnt help if you stuff up the OS manually deleting stuff.
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