Sven Pran wrote:
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> My Vista Home premium doesn't offer Complete PC backup, and in any case I
> am not so sure I miss that facility?.
>
> What I want is some means to create a CD or DVD from which I can boot my
> machine and in case I need it reinstall my Vista with all upgrades that
> were applied at the time I made that backup. If that backup includes all
> my installed programs at the time so much the better, but backup of my
> user data is a separate issue that causes me no problem.
>
> I once experienced a situation with my older XP machine where I had to
> reinstall Windows XP from the original recovery CD, after which my machine
> entered a long process of installing all the upgrades that had been issued
> since my PC was new. That was not "funny".
>
> If Vista (Home premium) offers this facility and I have just overlooked
> it, OK. If there exists some (reputable) third party product that offers
> it, OK. In any case I should be very grateful for information.
I believe Acronis True Image and an external hard drive should take care of
your needs. There are other imaging programs, like Norton Ghost, but I
prefer Acronis since I don't purchase Symantec products. YMMV.
Malke
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