Re: Properly backing up my W2K OS

On Feb 19, 12:17 am, "Pegasus \(MVP\)" <I...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"Tim Holland" <eurotrad.sp...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I've just had a very bad experience trying to ghost my main drive and
installation with Norton Ghost. Now I have to get rid of some
temporary drives which have appeared in the process.

But I'm scared of using Disk Management snap-in without properly
backing up my installation (W2K Pro).

So can someone recommend a reliable back-up program?

Thanks.

Tim

Further to what Dave wrote: Acronis TrueImage Version 7 is now
free:http://www.acronis.com/mag/DVhbcjdI. While it does not
have all the bells and whistles of the later versions, it will do the
job very nicely.

I was away for a few days and, by the time I got back, this page had
expired. So I then downloaded a trial version of TrueImage
Workstation 9.1 and the computer hung after choosing the restart
option in mid-installation.

I'm now really spooked!

I hot restarted, and picked the Last Known Good Configuration option.

Some people are talking about installing either this programme or
Ghost under Dos. Can I do this in the Dos prompt option of W2K?

Can I also actually run the programme under the Dos prompt?

I know only the absolute basics about Dos (dir, cd.., run, exit, and
that's about it), so if there's anything nasty waiting for me, I'd be
grateful if someone would let me know now.

Thanks to everyone who has tried to help.

Tim

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