Hi all…
I need to create a Image of my C drive ..so that i can restore the image whenever i want…rather than the entire reinstall…
I got a NG10 folder…in that there is a uif image file…
i use XP… or does that matter??..what if i wanted to take backup of vista drive
so if anyone can guide me as to how to do it… be appreciated…
Jerin
I have used Acronis True image before. Just launch the program and everything is more or less there easy to understand.
As far as I remember vista has a backup option inbuilt. which you can restore just like you mentioned. I know windows 7 does.
Ok…
then how to restore it???..
do i have to format the destination and load it..or does that happens automatically
when you make the backup it asks questions there are different types of bakup.
I want to use either Norton or acronis…
My need is so that i can restore my OS drive just like after a fresh install…
I suppose the formatting is done automatically… I want to restore when no other OS is in the HDD…so using a norton/acronis boot disc…
have no idea how to create one either…
acronis is having very much user friendly GUI and better hardware support, but unfortunately some less reliable (as per my exposure). Ghost is trusted player in this field but little less user friendly and relatively less hardware suport, (as per my exposure, for usb storage devices and SATA harddrives), exception is GHOST 14, which is awesome
While loading image back to HDD, the drive/ disk (depending on the case) gets automatically formatted and data lost cant be recovered, as space is overwritten with new data from image.
Let us know if u have bootable media of this disk cloning softwares. I would recommend not installing those in windows inself. Another best option is create virtual machine, setup OS as u like, keep snapshots of different stages and then create images with iso (which can be mounted on drive on VM). This is the zero risk method as u can set aside VM and do changes as an when u like it while u keep using ur parent system routinely.
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Can u explain??..
i have no bootable media…and yes..i like not to install it in the machine itself…
What i want is…install all the OS/Drivers/Essentials… will come to abt 10~12 GB..create a image… store in a DVD DL / BD /USB pen drive
and when after some time…when the sys becomes slow due to bloatware..or just becoz i want to… i just want to boot from the boot cd… load the image…
so i need
which s/w
how to create image (In acronis true image 2009..i know but that i used after installing it in the os itself… ) … if possible using the boot disc
restore…
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i saw u said which s/w means software
but i dont use acronis or Norton boot image is unless for me cause of backup might be corrupt
if u os slow down due to virus attack , spyware and registry corrupt and bsod
why can u use safe anti virus such nod32 and add more spy ware software such spybot search and destroy or any another freeware spyware
also ccleaner has program clean files and fix registry files too 
also driver clean swap too that help u keep the pc hd health Evey week without any error
well i itch to reformat…
I am using Acronis since last two years… Much better than Norton I can say… Options & backup is pretty simple… Use the wizard & you are good to go…
Best thing to do is to create a bootable cd in Acronis & boot the computer with it to load Acronis… Then backup the OS partition to any recordable media suitable…(ya it supports DVD/BD direct burning 
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The hardware support of Acronis is superb… I have A8V Deluxe with SATA controllers with no native support… which means I cannot install Windows without a slipstream disc or without a floppy… What I did instead is to create a WinXP image from an IDE HDD with SATA drivers & use this image to restore to that fresh WinXP boot whenever I need formatting…It now installs Windows directly to my primary SATA HDD using the same bootable CD from that image 
Also that stuff about corrupt backup, I do not see how it can be true if you use a bootable cd environment to create the backup when WinXP is not loaded & all files are available (not locked as in WinXP environment)… This is completely fail safe provided your initial computer is malware free… Also as soon as the backup is created move it to a DVD-R or else burn it directly in Acronis…
Best thing is Acronis gives you same GUI interface & options in Acronis bootable CD as inside windows (installed)… Complete with Wizards & Mouse + Keyboard… I’d used this method 3-4 times… & yet to find any trouble… 
so Acronis True image 2009 it is…
Yup go for Acronis. I guess expenses dont matter
I made a switch from Norton Ghost to Acronis True Image a few years ago and have never looked back.
Version to get now is Acronis True Image Home 2009 , install that and create a bootable CD , so that you can boot into the software without the OS also.
The interface is pretty simple.