OS restore image?

imperialreign · Apr 12, 2008

going to be doing another XP reinstall again here soon -

does anyone know how to make a image backup of the OS, similar to what is used on most OE restore CDs? It's the kind of backup that needs it's own seperate HDD partition usually, I think called a "ghost" format or something similar?

I was considering doing this kind of backup after the re-install and everything is too my liking and updated, so next time I run into some screw-ball issue, I can just format the HDD and unload the image and be back up and running (would prob eliminate about a days worth of hardware driver installing, software installing, system updates, etc).

kylew · Apr 12, 2008

I think you're thinking of norton ghost. I've been meaning to do the same thing for my OS installation, I just haven't gotten around to it yet, I think I need to see/hear a bit more about it first.

francis511 · Apr 12, 2008

Ghost = Norton ghost. Acronis true image is another popular one. You can download freeware ones too.

Solaris17 · Apr 12, 2008

also i bet if you took one of those progz and made the image what you do is make a seperate partition a little bigger than the image and you get like ntune and you use it to make that img like autorunable that way if you screw up you go to the partition and double click an exe or something and have it reformat auto style...cool

antzen · Apr 12, 2008

i recommend Acronis True Image.
the easiest and best i ever used.

beyond_amusia · Apr 12, 2008

True Image 11 Home, all the way!!! Ghost leaves too much crap running all the time.

oily_17 · Apr 12, 2008

You could also try DiscWizard : An "Acronis Clone" or

DriveImage XML another free one similar to "Ghost"

Although I use Acronis True Image and really like it alot but check the others out if you want a free one.

Dr. Spankenstein · Apr 12, 2008

Gald someone else found the FREE Acronis based DiscWizard! Thanks Seagate!

antzen · Apr 13, 2008

DiscWizard works with other drives than Seagate ?
i have Samsung SATAII ....

imperialreign · Apr 13, 2008

so, I'm just curious as I won't have the time to do some readin on these apps today -

do these programs need to run in the background (not prefered)? Or, do they only run whne you'r actually making the backup image? Also, is it possible to append to a prexisting image or copy over it with a new one instead?

Just trying to apply some Aspirin to damn WIN XP re-installs :banghead:

oily_17 · Apr 14, 2008

imperialreign said:
do these programs need to run in the background (not prefered)? Or, do they only run whne you'r actually making the backup image? Also, is it possible to append to a prexisting image or copy over it with a new one instead?

With Acronis,which is what I use,you can set it to run at scheduled times or just run it when you want to.
Say when you install Windows and your drivers make one image and then you dont have to run it again until you make any important changes.

Once you have made your initial image you can do an incremental backup each time after that, which will just be of any changes you have made from the base image.This saves time as a full backup can take quite a long time depending on the size of your drive (750GB for me

).
Or if you want just delete the old image and make a complete new one.

If you are using one of these programs to backup important data,it is a good idea to keep a copy of the image on a separate drive,just in case the drive dies and takes any backup images stored on it with it.
What I do is keep one copy on a separate partition on the drive and another copy on my other computer just in case I lose one of them.

imperialreign · Apr 15, 2008

oily_17 said:
With Acronis,which is what I use,you can set it to run at scheduled times or just run it when you want to.
Say when you install Windows and your drivers make one image and then you dont have to run it again until you make any important changes.

Once you have made your initial image you can do an incremental backup each time after that, which will just be of any changes you have made from the base image.This saves time as a full backup can take quite a long time depending on the size of your drive (750GB for me ).
Or if you want just delete the old image and make a complete new one.

If you are using one of these programs to backup important data,it is a good idea to keep a copy of the image on a separate drive,just in case the drive dies and takes any backup images stored on it with it.
What I do is keep one copy on a separate partition on the drive and another copy on my other computer just in case I lose one of them.

I intended to make use of my 3rd HDD with a restore image - from my experience using similar setups with retail systems, it's a lot easier; move all important files you want to save, do a restore (which typically does a quick format of the HDD), boots up and your ready to roll again.

I'll look into it this week; I at least now have a good starting point. Thanks, y'all! :toast:

[I.R.A]_FBi · Apr 15, 2008

i hate acronis' programs, they always install some screwy bootloader that srews up ur hdd when u remove thier program.

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