Comments on: Backup your computer by making an image of your hard drive

By: George

George — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 03:13:18 +0000

Hi, this is great. Is there an alternative where i can store my image on a hidden partition, so that in the event of a malicious attack I can press F11 for example and restore that image? I know there are commercial programs out there i was just wondering if someone came across a freebie. Thanks

By: computer - Page 2 - Xbox 360 Forum

computer - Page 2 - Xbox 360 Forum — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 16:38:11 +0000

[...] Just create a boot cd with Drive Image XML on it before you do anything. Create a boot cd info Backup your computer by making an image of your hard drive Also for Indesign performance, set the Scratch space on a Second HDD opposite from the System Page [...]

By: computer - Xbox 360 Forum

computer - Xbox 360 Forum — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:29:52 +0000

[...] it the way you like it, Image it, and then restore the image. That’ll take all of 30 minutes. Backup your computer by making an image of your hard drive Also for Indesign performance, set the Scratch space on a Second HDD opposite from the System Page [...]

By: Alex Krenvalk

Alex Krenvalk — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:23:47 +0000

There is a not bad tool - foto recovery, it able recover files from removable media that use the FAT file systems (FAT12/FAT16/FAT32), restore Deleted files, images, photos and other information (photo recovery, foto recovery, image recovery, picture recovery) is recovered and saved in just four steps, application uses several different data recovery methods and algorithms, compatible with Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP SP2, Windows 2003, and Windows Vista.

By: Saul

Saul — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:18:28 +0000

“Syahid – Good question. If you want to restore, you need to have another computer with the software installed. Basically, if your computer crashed, get a new drive, plug it into a secondary computer and tell the program to restore to that disk. Then take the disk out and put it back into the original computer. It’s a little tricky, but will work.”

The above is not necessary. You can use BARTPE and use the XML plugin so that you can boot from a CD or DVD and reinstall from the hardrive that contains your backup. There are a number of guides on the internet on how to do that. Three particularly good ones are on the DriveImage xml website. The link is at the bottom of the homepage.

By: ali

ali — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:24:46 +0000

IT is very good services

By: Haris

Haris — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:10:59 +0000

I only knew about Ghost. Will give this a try too…

By: akishore

akishore — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:56:49 +0000

Keith – You’re exactly right, it’s basically a free version of Ghost. It works really well.

Madhur – Yeah it’s so much better than copying data back and forth! Much faster.

Syahid – Good question. If you want to restore, you need to have another computer with the software installed. Basically, if your computer crashed, get a new drive, plug it into a secondary computer and tell the program to restore to that disk. Then take the disk out and put it back into the original computer. It’s a little tricky, but will work.

By: Syahid Ali

Syahid Ali — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:38:19 +0000

Awesome tool. I’m okay with the backup part but the restoration part? Eerie.

By: Madhur Kapoor

Madhur Kapoor — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 22:03:14 +0000

Wow i never knew we could create an image of Hard disk .

By: Keith Dsouza

Keith Dsouza — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:15:50 +0000

This is a nice way to backup hdd. I remember when I was studying computers people used to talk about ghost installation I believe this will allow you to do just that. I personally backup my data every week on my 500 Gig monster I purchased to backup data.