Acronis TrueImage. Actually, I prefer PowerQuest drive image, but it's
no longer sold (although it can still be obtained). Ghost is the 3rd
alternative. All of them will work, it's just personal preference.


Larry wrote:
> Barry....
> What software do you recommend for this?
> Thanks
> Larry
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> "Barry Watzman" <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:45ff4c9d$0$1350$4c368faf@roadrunner.com...
>> Frankly, if you lost anything, I have no sympathy for you. It was idiotic
>> to do this without an image backup, and an image backup would have
>> restored EVERYTHING to EXACTLY the way it was before you started.
>>
>> Beyond that, I don't think that your story will prove to be typical. I
>> think that most people will get through the upgrade without extreme
>> difficulty. Now as to whether, having made the leap from XP to Vista,
>> they are happy, well, that's another matter, and quite a few may elect to
>> go back to XP. Partly, that will reflect Vista's strengths and
>> weaknesses, and partly it may be the normal aversion to anything that's
>> different.
>>
>>
>> Ray wrote:
>>> I got a new HP Pavilion dv6000us laptop for Christmas with a free upgrade
>>> to Vista premium.
>>>
>>> The other day the upgrade disc came, and it seemed easy enough to
>>> install. As urged, I made one of those "All-in-One" recovery disc sets --
>>> just in case.
>>>
>>> I was no more than three or four steps into the install before things
>>> started to go haywire. I finally got Vista installed, but all my files
>>> were lost. And in addition, it allowed me no more than 1040 by 768 screen
>>> resolution.
>>>
>>> So I used the recovery discs to go back to XP. I could only get a clean
>>> new reinstall -- all my files were lost.
>>>
>>> Just a cautionary note. If you want Vista, buy a machine with it already
>>> installed.
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