Backup of WinXp

Using Drive Image 2002, Had made three (3) DVD+ backups of my
primary drive, "C". In the past Drive has done it's job with excellent
results in restoring Windows. As I restored to pristine install a couple
of times.
These backup DVD dicks were made at 3 month intervals. The last
on 06 Feb 2006.
Note that all three Backup copies contents were verified.

Feburary 8 2006 Windows refused to boot in any method what so ever.
After many attempts to salvage WinXP I used Partition Magic ver 8.0 to
wipe the Primary Partition (C) and re-create it as a Fat 32 primary
partition.

Then, using Drive Image Floppys, I attempted to re-insatll windows XP.
You guessed it.
Not a single one of thje backup DVDs were readable. (sigh)

Question here is really: What other method of backing up is considered
a solid program?

OR, perhaps someone may know what I may have done to cause Drive
Image to corrupt these last three seperate DVD disks?

Thank you for reading and hopefully replying.
drybones


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