Drive Image

Money_Saver

Hi,

I am wthinking of bakcing up my entire pc. I have software that came with the pc Roxio creater. Is this the procedure:

Back up pc
do a system restore [factory settings]
then put the disc in and restore to how it was before? Anything else involved?

Thanks
MS

mdbarber

Why do a system restore?
Only downside i can see to that procedure is if the image wasn't perfect you will end up with a flawed restore..
Best back up system and restore on to another hdd to test image creation before relying on it.
Sorry don't know that software so can't advise on that part.

Money_Saver

mdbarber wrote: »

Why do a system restore?
Only downside i can see to that procedure is if the image wasn't perfect you will end up with a flawed restore..
Best back up system and restore on to another hdd to test image creation before relying on it.
Sorry don't know that software so can't advise on that part.

Sorry I meant to say Restore to Factory settings. I dont have another HDD to test it on.

superscaper

Money_Saver wrote: »

Sorry I meant to say Restore to Factory settings.

Still the same logic though. If you've got an image you're restoring to then why do essentially two restores (factory setting restore and then your saved image restore)? The image restore is (should be) the entire image. Nothing else needs to be done.

iviv

For doing a complete drive image, I hear lots of good things about Norton Ghost, if you don't mind paying.

Money_Saver

superscaper wrote: »

Still the same logic though. If you've got an image you're restoring to then why do essentially two restores (factory setting restore and then your saved image restore)? The image restore is (should be) the entire image. Nothing else needs to be done.

Because of all the software which i have, and updates etc etc

superscaper

Money_Saver wrote: »

Because of all the software which i have, and updates etc etc

Nope, I still don't get it. You're still essentially overwriting the factory restore image with your saved image which is surely no different than overwriting ANYTHING with your saved image. The image (if it is a disc image) has everything, software, drivers, updates etc anyway.