i just purchase a laptop. can i copy the entire C drive & use that copy to
restore the system back to the original state if the system crash or start
giving me problem?

"Manny" <Manny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>i just purchase a laptop. can i copy the entire C drive & use that copy to
> restore the system back to the original state if the system crash or start
> giving me problem?[/color]

Yes, with the assistance of programs like Acronis True Image, you can make
an image of your HD and store it for use when needed.

[url]http://www.acronis.com/[/url]

Best program would be Acronis True Image.
Vista Business and Ultimate has a System Backup as well.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Manny" wrote:
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> i just purchase a laptop. can i copy the entire C drive & use that copy to
> restore the system back to the original state if the system crash or start
> giving me problem?[/color]

"Manny" <Manny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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> i just purchase a laptop. can i copy the entire C drive & use that copy
> to restore the system back to the original state if the system crash or
> start giving me problem?[/color]

Probably. Almost all retail laptops come with either a recovery
partition/recovery disk(s) or a program that will burn such disks for you.
Take a look in the manual, or on the manufacturer's support pages for
detailed instructions.

Charlie42

Yup, create fresh images at any major update - you never know when you need
to go back at a fresh one; in fact, should be a standard procedure against
malware. Ideally, you should save on a second HDD installed in your machine.
Moreover, you can mount and explore the images to retrieve whatever you
need... forget the Vista Backup stuff.
Michael

"Manny" <Manny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF71187D-E479-44AD-9795-B5B5EFA5B712@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>i just purchase a laptop. can i copy the entire C drive & use that copy to
> restore the system back to the original state if the system crash or start
> giving me problem?[/color]

Yup, create fresh images at any major update - you never know when you need
to go back at a fresh one; in fact, should be a standard procedure against
malware. Ideally, you should save on a second HDD installed in your machine.
Moreover, you can mount and explore the images to retrieve whatever you
need... forget the Vista Backup stuff.
Michael

"Manny" <Manny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF71187D-E479-44AD-9795-B5B5EFA5B712@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>i just purchase a laptop. can i copy the entire C drive & use that copy to
> restore the system back to the original state if the system crash or start
> giving me problem?[/color]

Mick,

is a type of program that can be purchase & use over & over again. meaning,
can i buy this program & use it on all of the computer that i owm or buy it
with a friend (split the cost) & use it to back up our computer?

"Mick Murphy" wrote:
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> [url]http://www.acronis.com/[/url]
>
> Best program would be Acronis True Image.
> Vista Business and Ultimate has a System Backup as well.
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "Manny" wrote:
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> > i just purchase a laptop. can i copy the entire C drive & use that copy to
> > restore the system back to the original state if the system crash or start
> > giving me problem?[/color][/color]

On Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:58:03 -0700, Manny
<Manny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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>Mick,
>
>is a type of program that can be purchase & use over & over again. meaning,
>can i buy this program & use it on all of the computer that i owm or buy it
>with a friend (split the cost) & use it to back up our computer?[/color]

Acronis True Image must be purchased. It is the best all-around
program for doing backups that you can buy. It will backup your
entire system, or just the data that you want backed up. It will do
it manually or on a schedule.

Best price is at Newegg.com and it has free shipping.

[url]http://tinyurl.com/6acp5o[/url]

What you do with it after you buy it is your business. I have it
installed on my big (tower) computer and my laptop.

While you're at Newegg, buy an external USB hard drive. The biggest
you can afford. And only shop those that have free shipping ;-)

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>"Mick Murphy" wrote:
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>> [url]http://www.acronis.com/[/url]
>>
>> Best program would be Acronis True Image.
>> Vista Business and Ultimate has a System Backup as well.
>> --
>> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>>
>>
>> "Manny" wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>> > i just purchase a laptop. can i copy the entire C drive & use that copy to
>> > restore the system back to the original state if the system crash or start
>> > giving me problem?[/color][/color][/color]

"Manny" <Manny@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:AF71187D-E479-44AD-9795-B5B5EFA5B712@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
>i just purchase a laptop. can i copy the entire C drive & use that copy to
> restore the system back to the original state if the system crash or start
> giving me problem?[/color]

I use Norton Ghost to image my drive nightly onto a shared fileserver (my
old machine) that I keep in the closet for backups and media like photos,
videos, etc.