Installing XP

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Always better to image to a seperate drive, (usb HD or DVD), if the drive with multiple partitions dies, you've lost everything.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

DCFC79

So imaging is just a process where a copy of the data on the hard drive is copied then put onto the second hard drive as a backup,

KathysBoy

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Always better to image to a seperate drive, (usb HD or DVD), if the drive with multiple partitions dies, you've lost everything.

http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?locale=en-US&name=MaxBlast_5&vgnextoid=7add8b9c4a8ff010VgnVCM100000dd04090aRCRD

Whilst I agree in principle, In the 15 years that I've had a Pc at home, I've never had a drive die on me.

DCFC79 wrote: »

So imaging is just a process where a copy of the data on the hard drive is copied then put onto the second hard drive as a backup

Yes

Jaffa.

KathysBoy wrote: »

Whilst I agree in principle, In the 15 years that I've had a Pc at home, I've never had a drive die on me.

Tempting fait there

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DCFC79 wrote: »

So imaging is just a process where a copy of the data on the hard drive is copied then put onto the second hard drive as a backup,

It's an advanced backup, if the worse case scenario happens, hard disk dies or corrupts/virus/windows blue screen, it's a way of getting a complete working system back in less than an hour, with all your data and settings intact. The alternative is to reinstall windows, then programs, then data, which can take the best part of a day or more.

KathysBoy

Jaffa. wrote: »

Tempting fait there

Well not really, as I run this disk health check program to monitor for poblems

Jaffa.

KathysBoy wrote: »

Well not really, as I run this disk health check program to monitor for poblems

That sounds intresting, does it just work on segate drives?

KathysBoy

Jaffa. wrote: »

That sounds intresting, does it just work on segate drives?

It's a Seagate tool

Jaffa.

I'll take that as a no then...

spud17

Jaffa. wrote: »

That sounds intresting, does it just work on segate drives?

Also works on Maxtors (part of Seagate).