Re: Restore / Backup on Notebooks

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Yes I am taking the entire partition XP is installed in
At the moment it all fits on a single DVD - roughly 5 CD's worth, I
recommend using a USB hard disk drive though to get the backup off the system

"FL Consultant" wrote:

> If I understand you correctly, you are backing up the entire HD. Or am I
> missing something. That makes it easier to restore but not to backup. How
> many CD are you using to back up you complete hard drive?
>
> Thanks
>
> "esme" wrote:
>
> > Personally I don't like the built in backup/restore tools.
> >
> > I use Partitionmagic to make a spare partition if there isn't one already,
> > format it as FAT32, then use Ghost to back up the entire XP partition to it.
> > I can change the ghost settings so the files produced will fit on either a
> > DVD or CD then use the main system to burn them to the appropriate media.
> > Remember to verify the CD/DVD using Ghost before you delete the backup from
> > the PC though
> >
> > That way even if I crash and replace the hard drive I have a backup I can
> > restore
.

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