Ghost or Acronis TrueImage will record the entire drive,
compress things as it goes, and not save any of the "blank
space" as Nero seems to want to do. (I have had similar
reports from Nero on the quantity of disks required.)

One of the above should require around 6  to 14 CDs.

                                Rick Glazier

From: "Ed Bogert" <[log in to unmask]>



> Good afternoon Listers:  I'm running Win XP Pro on my machine and, I thought this would be a good time to back up my one and only
hd. I've got Nero Burn installed so,, I opened it up and went to the "back up hd" selection in the tools menu and, set everything
up. When it gave me the amount of blank CD'S that would be required, I almost fell outta my chair. It said (66 blanks needed). I've
got a 40gig hd with about 5gigs being used including OS.  Is there any way to back up what is actually installed on the hd without
recording blank space using Nero and, still be able to restore it if need be?  I want to be able to create a free standing backup
that will self boot and proceed on it's own install instructions or, am I just pipe dreaming?  Thanks in advance if anyone out there
has any answers.  Ed Bogert

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