Software for creating an image of C:

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Hi guys,

I just bought one of those yummy 64 beasts, and I am about to install a new
OS on it. However, to be perfectly safe, I'd like to create an image of C:
straight after finishing installing windows. I thought about PowerQuest Image
Drive, but it apparently was bought by Symantec, and integrated into their
Ghost product.

Note: NEVER TRY GHOST!! It screwed my computer big time. Straight after
finishing its installation, Ghost asked me to reboot my computer, and Windows
never managed to boot correctly after that, always crashing in the middle of
the boot process, blue screen of death and all. I had so much trouble to make
it boot again, and the system hasnt totally recovered yet. So if you think of
Ghost, dont!

I remember one of my friend used a DOS software started from a boot floppy,
which allowed to create a DVD copy of a drive, and then allowed to restore it
in case of massive crash. But I cannot remember the name. Do you guys know
such a software? No big bulky piece of software, but rather simple and
efficient?

Many thanks

Alexis
.

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