venom762 wrote:

>
> Is there a way to remove this, and install it to a flash drive? I have
> two hard drive c and d and a partition on c that is e and contains my
> factory image. How can I move this and will it still give me the option
> to restore it?

Suggestions:

1. Check with Dell about how to create recovery discs from the image. If
possible, do so. Then you can combine partitions if you want.

2. Purchase an imaging program (I prefer Acronis True Image) and image your
operating system (C. Store the image either on your second hard drive or
an external hard drive. Then you can combine partitions on the main
computer if you want.

Malke
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On Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:43:13 -0700, Malke <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>venom762 wrote:
>
>>
>> Is there a way to remove this, and install it to a flash drive? I have
>> two hard drive c and d and a partition on c that is e and contains my
>> factory image. How can I move this and will it still give me the option
>> to restore it?
>
>Suggestions:
>
>1. Check with Dell about how to create recovery discs from the image. If
>possible, do so. Then you can combine partitions if you want.
>
>2. Purchase an imaging program (I prefer Acronis True Image) and image your
>operating system (C. Store the image either on your second hard drive or
>an external hard drive. Then you can combine partitions on the main
>computer if you want.
>
>Malke
You can also use a free program like Allwaysync, it does an image
backup but the free version will not do incremental ones.
http://allwaysync.com/