Zilbandy said:
Look into Acronis True Image. I make my images to a USB removable hard
drive and am able to boot from a rescue cd and restore an image
without having to do anything with loading windows, drivers, or
anything. The rescue cd contains support for usb devices, and probably
others. Take a look before you decide on anything.
www.acronis.com
Yes, I've been using TI for a year and a half and it's great. In fact,
just upgraded from Version 7 to 9 and now can back up individual files or
folders.
FYI, I always make an image prior to installing a program or windows
updates. There have been numerous occasions where a program install has
not gone right, and I've simply gone back to the prior image. Then all
that garbage is not in your registry either!
Also weekly I back up all data (D drive). And on D drive are situated
several parts of programs which I do not want to lose portions of should
I need to go back to a prior C image a week or a month -- for instance,
Mozilla's Profile, WinFaxPro data, MailWasher Pro data, WordPerfect
macros & custom templates. More and more programs these days are
allowing you to store their data portions on another drive -- search
their settings and see what can be done. Oh, incidentally, I also store
my photos, etc on D, not C as msft has set it up.
Miles