Drive image

spider

spider

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I will shortly be applying the dreaded "format C:" to my system,
hopefully for the last time !!
I will be reinstalling xp pro & a few updates, then i want to back-up my system.
I have a mate who has some rescue cd's with his new computer,
and when i used them for him i noticed the rescue cd's were made By Powerquest, but there were no floppy disks to boot with,
it booted strait from the cd's.
This is the type of backup i want for my system, but Powerquest Drive Image 2002 requires that i make floppy boot disks as well as a backup of my system onto cd.
Is there a way i could do it without the floppy boot disks ?
+ is Drive image 2002 a good prog to use ?
(Dont want to use norton ghost, ive had problems with it)
 
zver

zver

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Best solution would be acronis--trueimage...It is a very fast app--can image a hd much faster then ghost!!Just be very carefull that is registreed properly--or your image will be corrupted--so you wont restore it..So be sure it`s a good release or buy it---Well worth the price of 44$--i think:) :)
 
Duracell

Duracell

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spider said:
... i noticed the rescue cd's were made By Powerquest, but there were no floppy disks to boot with, it booted strait from the cd's. ...
This is the type of backup i want for my system, but Powerquest Drive Image 2002 requires that i make floppy boot disks as well as a backup of my system onto cd.
Is there a way i could do it without the floppy boot disks ?
Click to expand...
his way was:
1. backup the image to HDD not CD-R;
2. make a bootable CD-R with your favorite CDRSoft,
select the DriveImage boot floppy as source for the boot file,
choose the stored HDD image as CD-R content;

this will work with Acronis TrueImage, Norton Ghost and certainly with PQ DriveImage;
my personal recommendation is still Norton Ghost 2002 in pure PC-DOS mode;


Greetings from
Duracell
 
Z

zen

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Drive Image 2002 ain't bad I've used it.You can store your image on a seperate partition of your HD.You need the floppies cos if windows falls over the only way you can access your image is by the floppies.
 
ponzan

ponzan

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I agree with zen, if you follow it's rules DriveImage does work for you. The only time it didn´t was my own mistake. I've used TrueImage too but really haven't tell the diferences yet. In any case, you´ll need emergency boot disks; floppies (2 for DriveImage, 4 for TrueImage, and boy they do load slow) or a bootable CD (in this case you have to activate this option in your BIOS setup) to access and restore your images in case you can't boot to windows. As said, save images in a separate partition or better in a second harddrive. Ghost I found it more cumbersome (cause I hate going down to DOS domains, but of course this is a matter of personal taste and experience)
 
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