Re: Wanted: Freeware drive image/cloner

"Lin Chung" <lin.chung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Simon Finnigan wrote:
I`m just in the process of doing a clean install of Windows XP on a
laptop. It involves installing lots of drivers and other bits and pieces,
so once it`s finished I`d like to be able to create an image of the
drive,
which I can then restore at any point in the future to end up with the
machine back in it`s original state. Freeware is good for this :-)
Ideally I`d like the program to let me create a boot CD/DVD of the image,
which I can boot from and it would then do everything itself, restoring
the machine. Failing that a hidden partition on the machine that is read
by a boot CD to restore the drive would be good.



DrvImagerXP
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-Up-and-Recovery/DrvImagerXP.shtml

I have been using this free software for the last 4 years, though the
author, Tom McCamy, has long abandoned it, so there is no upgrade.
Essentially it is the WinXP's own backup programme. It's short, bug-free,
and very reliable This resides on my D: partition (of 10 GB containing
WinXP, .NET Framework, this, and nothing else) to clone my C: partition
(the system partition) once every week. Both are, of course, Primary
Partitions you can boot into independently. The clone is on a Logical
Partition created within the Extended Partition space. If you are
unfamiliar with all of these partitions, a glance at the Control Panel >
Administrative Tool > Computer Management > Disc Management
(the coloured, partitioned diagram on the Rt.) will make clear. My
scheme, in fact, consists of 3 Logical Partitions devoted to this
housekeeping routine: Clone 1, Clone 2, and Clone 3. The series is
recycled every 4th week. You may find more information from Help,
top Rt of the control panel.

Thanks for the suggestion, i`m just downloading it now and will see if it
does what I need.


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