Use of Image Backup cd

[Arico]

Hi I would like to know if I make a full image back-up cd of my laptop will any one else who gets hold of this cd or back-up disk be able to booth in another pc or laptop, and access my files in their.

in short can a backup disk be used in another pc or laptop.

 

[Michael Walraven]

That is going to be a LOT of CDs, those CDs could be used to restore onto
another computer. That restore may not work depending on the differences in
hardware. If your concern is security (access to the files) then know that
the restore will permit access to the files. EFS (encrypted)
files/directories may be protected depending on the encryption. Depending on
the backup program used the CD's themselves could be used to access files
without restoring to another computer.

 

[George Mathias]

this backup would be of the complete operating system, so will this backup of my operating system work on another laptop of similar hardware configuration, what if I have given a password on booth as I have done now, will this help as a security? and yea I intend to do a backup on DVD around 5 of them.

 

[smlunatick]

this backup would be of the complete operating system, so will this backup of my operating system work on another laptop of similar hardware configuration, what if I have given a password on booth as I have done now, will this help as a security? and yea I intend to do a backup on DVD around 5 of them.

The image CD can be attempted to be restored on another PC. However,
it "may" not boot up correctly since Vista has to be "activated" in
order to work correctly. This activation process uses several
"hardware" components as "flags" to determine which PC this Vista was
installed on. It is highly "unlikely" to have two PCs 100 % identical
so these "hardware" components would "probably" not be the same.

However, there are several imaging software packages that permit the
mounting the images as "virtual" hard drives in order to allow you to
copy files out from the image.

 

[Frank-FL]

this backup would be of the complete operating system, so will this
backup of my operating system work on another laptop of similar
hardware configuration, what if I have given a password on booth as
I have done now, will this help as a security? and yea I intend to
do a backup on DVD around 5 of them.

Backing up to ROM (read only media) would be almost useless after a
few days. Incremental back ups to a remote hard drive would be better
suited.