This sounds great Kyle. Is this what Norton Ghost 2002 does? Is saw that software the other day. Sounds like what you are talking about. >From: Kyle Elmblade <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Formatting 1 of 2 Drives >Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 23:05:45 -0800 > >I suggest imaging as a backup procedure. It takes a compressed picture of >your hard drive and saves it as a single file. It is used most extensively >in corporate environments where they have a standard desktop and hardware >platform. If you gotta pump 10, 20, or more systems out a day that all >need >to have the same software installed, you just create an image of one that >is >already set up, and put that image on the new systems to be installed. >Very >efficient. > >For home use purposes, it's a fail-safe. Before you go formatting and >reinstalling, you create an image. If something gets messed up on your >system when you rebuild it, and you need to get back up and running >quickly, >you just throw the original image back on the drive and your back in >business. It only needs to be done once before the install, and if >everything goes good and you have a stable system, you can delete the image >(it can hog a lot of your hard drive space). > >It's just something I would do cause I'm the cautious type. > >Kyle Elmblade >Distinct Computer Solutions >Sales - Upgrades - Training - Consulting >[log in to unmask] >"A closed mouth gathers no foot" > >From: "Jeff Allen" <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 6:11 AM >Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Formatting 1 of 2 Drives > > > > Thanks for the information Kyle. I guess my thought behind the >formatting >of > > the drive is to clean out all the unused DLL's and all the junk that is > > there and taking up space, but not being used. Can you explain this >imaging > > program to me a bit. I have never heard of such a thing. It takes an >image > > of your C drive and puts it on the D? When you say an image, do you mean >it > > copies exactly what you have on your C drive to the D? If so, how often > > should you run this. Drive contents are continuously changing. Thanks >for > > your help. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering > Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along > with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD... at a great price!!! > http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml