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Hi,
I have a quick question about the backup/restore utility in Vista Ultimate.
In the past, under XP, i would install a clean image of the OS, update
drivers and preferences and then make a GHOST 2003 image of the HD. Every
few months i would reformat the HD and then Ghost the image back and reload
my apps.
The reason for making the image... so that when i do the restore i would not
have to reactivate windows every time.
I can no longer do this under Vista Ultimate. Ghost is not compatible.
I did do a FULL PC Backup in Vista Ultimate, however, it took only 6 minutes
to complete and 6 minutes to verify. Additionally, it all fit on only 1 DVD.
That just seems a little fast and that maybe it didn't back up EVERYTHING.
So my question is is three-fold.
First: Is this the correct way to backup my PC? (Does 1 disk sound right
to back up the entire OS?)
Second: How would I do a full restore later on? (Would i have to reinstall
Vista and then perform the backup?)
Third: If I did a "restore" would that put back the settings that Windows
was already activated or would i still need to reactivate the product?
I sure would appreciate any help with these questions.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I have a quick question about the backup/restore utility in Vista Ultimate.
In the past, under XP, i would install a clean image of the OS, update
drivers and preferences and then make a GHOST 2003 image of the HD. Every
few months i would reformat the HD and then Ghost the image back and reload
my apps.
The reason for making the image... so that when i do the restore i would not
have to reactivate windows every time.
I can no longer do this under Vista Ultimate. Ghost is not compatible.
I did do a FULL PC Backup in Vista Ultimate, however, it took only 6 minutes
to complete and 6 minutes to verify. Additionally, it all fit on only 1 DVD.
That just seems a little fast and that maybe it didn't back up EVERYTHING.
So my question is is three-fold.
First: Is this the correct way to backup my PC? (Does 1 disk sound right
to back up the entire OS?)
Second: How would I do a full restore later on? (Would i have to reinstall
Vista and then perform the backup?)
Third: If I did a "restore" would that put back the settings that Windows
was already activated or would i still need to reactivate the product?
I sure would appreciate any help with these questions.
Thanks in advance for your help.