Re: The ultimate Backup method?

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Thanks - it's never simple is it? I don't suppose the new machine would
have the same MB or disk but newer versions! So would Norton Ghost work if
we left out the OS restore but tried to restore everything else - programs
registry settings etc?


"MarkD" <MarkD@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Use a backup utility like Norton Ghost, you can take a complete image of
> the
> machine to another hard drive or CDR
>
> Note, if you are running XP or greater.. that machine you are going to
> will
> need to have the same h/w e.g. motherboard model, hdd model the same as
> windows does not like the h/w change, also windows will need
> re-activating..
>
> "Mervyn Thomas" wrote:
>
>> Can someone tell me how to cover the risk of a complete motherboard /
>> hard
>> disk failure that could restore a mission critical stand alone PC.
>> Somehere else I have asked questions about bootable external hard drives
>> and
>> got confusing answers. Surely there must be a way to collect everything
>> on
>> a drive and to be able to replace it in a new off the shelf PC!
>>
>>
>>


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