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Malcolm H
I have recently installed Vista Premium and am becoming very impressed with
it. In particular the incremental backup system seems excellent - but I have
a question as follows:
If I routinely backup the C: drive to a different hard disk using Vista
Backup and then have a failure of the disk containing the C: partition, will
I be able to completely restore the OS, Apps etc without having to
re-install all the Apps?
Presumably the routine would be as follows:
1. Fit a new hard disk to replace the failed one.
2. Install Vista to the new disk from the original Vista CD
3. Restore the C: drive from the backup disk using the newly installed Vista
backup utility.
If I do the above will the computer then be set up exactly as it was before
the failure without any further action being required?
If the answer to the above is 'Yes' then I am very happy, otherwise I would
presumably have to invest in Norton Ghost (or similar) to create a separate
backup image of the C: drive.
I await your responses with keen anticipation.
it. In particular the incremental backup system seems excellent - but I have
a question as follows:
If I routinely backup the C: drive to a different hard disk using Vista
Backup and then have a failure of the disk containing the C: partition, will
I be able to completely restore the OS, Apps etc without having to
re-install all the Apps?
Presumably the routine would be as follows:
1. Fit a new hard disk to replace the failed one.
2. Install Vista to the new disk from the original Vista CD
3. Restore the C: drive from the backup disk using the newly installed Vista
backup utility.
If I do the above will the computer then be set up exactly as it was before
the failure without any further action being required?
If the answer to the above is 'Yes' then I am very happy, otherwise I would
presumably have to invest in Norton Ghost (or similar) to create a separate
backup image of the C: drive.
I await your responses with keen anticipation.