creating an image boot disc

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I have installed Windows XP home edition and some essential programs. I would
like to create an image of my whole hard drive to a single file, so when time
comes, on my computer startup, I can mount that boot disk with the image
file, and restore everything to the way my computer is now.
I know that in the past you could do this with Ghost, but then I'd have to
use a floppy, and I don't have it on my new computer (for some reason Ghost
10 can't do this anymore).
Is there a Microsoft Windows solution for this?
I don't even want to install a program, I want to manage everything from the
startup of the computer (creating the image, and later loading it)

Thank you
 
The Ghost CD is bootable, so a floppy is no longer needed.
Do you have another partition or hard drive to put an image on?
Do you have a DVD burner?
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:I have installed Windows XP home edition and some essential programs. I
would
: like to create an image of my whole hard drive to a single file, so when
time
: comes, on my computer startup, I can mount that boot disk with the image
: file, and restore everything to the way my computer is now.
: I know that in the past you could do this with Ghost, but then I'd have to
: use a floppy, and I don't have it on my new computer (for some reason
Ghost
: 10 can't do this anymore).
: Is there a Microsoft Windows solution for this?
: I don't even want to install a program, I want to manage everything from
the
: startup of the computer (creating the image, and later loading it)
:
: Thank you
 
Ghost 10 certainly can do what you want to do. You boot from the Ghost 10
CD, not from a floppy as in the past. Then you find your image file and
restore it to your computer.

You DO have the Ghost 10 CD, right?

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Tom said:
I have installed Windows XP home edition and some essential programs. I would
like to create an image of my whole hard drive to a single file, so when time
comes, on my computer startup, I can mount that boot disk with the image
file, and restore everything to the way my computer is now.
I know that in the past you could do this with Ghost, but then I'd have to
use a floppy, and I don't have it on my new computer (for some reason Ghost
10 can't do this anymore).
Is there a Microsoft Windows solution for this?
I don't even want to install a program, I want to manage everything from the
startup of the computer (creating the image, and later loading it)

Thank you
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You could use TeraByte Unlimited's Image for Windows
(http://www.bootitng.com/imagew.html) to burn an image of the hard drive
directly to a CD, which the program also make bootable for restoration
purposes.


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Tom said:
I have installed Windows XP home edition and some essential programs. I would
like to create an image of my whole hard drive to a single file, so when time
comes, on my computer startup, I can mount that boot disk with the image
file, and restore everything to the way my computer is now.
I know that in the past you could do this with Ghost, but then I'd have to
use a floppy, and I don't have it on my new computer (for some reason Ghost
10 can't do this anymore).
Is there a Microsoft Windows solution for this?
I don't even want to install a program, I want to manage everything from the
startup of the computer (creating the image, and later loading it)

Thank you
Click to expand...


1) Right-click the Task Bar > Properties > Start Menu, ensure "Classic
Start menu" is selected.

2) Right-click an empty spot on the Desktop > Properties > Themes >
select "Windows Classic."

3) Right-click My Computer > Properties > Performance > Settings >
Visual Effects, ensure "Adjust for best performance" is selected.


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Bruce said:
1) Right-click the Task Bar > Properties > Start Menu, ensure "Classic
Start menu" is selected.

2) Right-click an empty spot on the Desktop > Properties > Themes >
select "Windows Classic."

3) Right-click My Computer > Properties > Performance > Settings >
Visual Effects, ensure "Adjust for best performance" is selected.
Click to expand...


Sorry, that reply definitely went awry.

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=?Utf-8?B?VG9t?= said:
I have installed Windows XP home edition and some essential programs. I would
like to create an image of my whole hard drive to a single file, so when time
Click to expand...

So, if 2 bytes get messed up you have no access to your data. Good
choice.
 
I have installed Windows XP home edition and some essential programs. I
would like to create an image of my whole hard drive to a single file, so
when time comes, on my computer startup, I can mount that boot disk with
the image file, and restore everything to the way my computer is now.
I know that in the past you could do this with Ghost, but then I'd have to
use a floppy, and I don't have it on my new computer (for some reason
Ghost 10 can't do this anymore).
Is there a Microsoft Windows solution for this?
I don't even want to install a program, I want to manage everything from
the startup of the computer (creating the image, and later loading it)

Thank you
Click to expand...

Purchase Acronis TrueImage. It'll do what you require and is easy to use.

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