Re: Reformat harddrive then create and image of it

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On May 27, 6:28 pm, "Anna" <myn...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Discoduck" <fornewsgro...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On May 27, 5:32 pm, Discoduck <fornewsgro...@xxxxxxx> wrote:

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I read a terrific idea, online. That is after reformatting your hard
drive, reinstall XP, and after it is finished updating the operating
system, CREATE an IMAGE of your hard drive so that the next time you
do this, it sint NEARLY as long a process. Excellent idea.
But it did not elaborate on HOW to do this. How would you do this?

I should be a little more specific.  I think it is easy to create an
image of the hard drive (to an external).  But how would you mount
that image BACK onto your hard drive, given in theory the operating
system and the program used to create the image, will be wiped clean
through formatting?

Discoduck:
The disk-imaging program, e.g., Acronis True Image, allows one to create a
"Startup Disk" - in effect a bootable CD that contains the disk-imaging
program. So the user would use that media in the situation you referred to..
Anna

I see.
So I would have to do something like this (assuming back up of data
already done)
1) Format hard drive
2) reinstall XP, driver and all updates (any software I choose (ie
office))
3) install True image
4) Create image using True Image (on DVD or to external).

The should do it, right? Then when I choose to reformat again, I can
simply:
1) reformat hard drive
2) insert bootable DVD (create by True image) or attach external hard
drive with back up image?

On track (ish)?
.

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