Re: Backing up XP

In article <wblij.1$pt.348@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> of Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:52:24 in alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt, vlmarcor <marco515@xxxxxxxxx> writes
Use nero to backup the c: drive with your basic operating system installation, driver's,and software. With me it only took 2 dvd or around 5GB to backup a basic installation.
Nero often comes bundled
when you buy a dvd burner.

Can Nero do a full, workable system backup - i.e. one that you can then roll back in and thereby get back to your system as it was when you did the backup?

I'm just raising the question, not seeking to answer either yes or no. The reason for my doubt is that although I used Nero entirely satisfactorily for several years, I only used it to back up user files to CD. I wasn't aware that the version I got then could do a proper system backup like True Image or Ghost - but my Nero version is from several years ago and it may be that the more recent versions have that facility.
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