John
Sun Aug 31 11:14:43 PDT 2008
You create a backup image and store that image either on another hard drive
or a set of DVD's. When you need to re-image your hard drive just re-start
acronis (if you are able to access your PC and point acronis to the backup
file and acronis will re-image your drive with the copy stored in the backup
file. If you can't access your operating system use the emergency backup
disk which you should create. This allows you to start he process of
re-imaging from within the pre-windows environment (bit like the old DOS)
The same applies to using the DVD's. make sure you tell acronis to install
the recovery manager files onto the DVD then it is simply a case of
inserting the DVD into your DVD drive, restarting our PC, booting to the
Acronis menu and selecting Restore. All you do then is follow he onscreen
prompts. Incidentally, with DVD's after booting to the acronis menu using
your first disc, you then put the last disc into the drive 'before' trying
to access your DVD-ROM.
To be honest it is harder to explain the process than actually, physically,
doing it.
I suggest you visit www.acronis.com for more information on the product.
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"Steve Miller" <misterblues39@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>> Virtual PC is not used for 'backing up' or 'imaging' your hard drive. It
>> is virtual machine software that allows you to run another operating
>> system on your pc at the same time as your default operating system.
>>
>> If you want to backup/image the whole of your drive (or jut a partition)
>> then you need third party software such as Acronis True Image currently
>> version 11 is available, but a newer versions - version 2009 is in
>> current beta test.) Acronis is the application I use to image my hard
>> drive.
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>> "Steve Miller" <misterblues39@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> Hello NG!
>>>
>>> I haven't found an other more specific NG on the question I want to
>>> ask. That's why
>>> I'm going to ask my question here.
>>>
>>> Can I restore an image of my pc with Microsoft Virtual PC so I'll find
>>> everything
>>> as I left it?
>>>
>>> I know it's said to function but I hardly can think it's true. I have
>>> reinstalled
>>> Window several times after hard drive failures or on new computers as
>>> well.
>>>
>>> I made backups of my files and I'm also familiar with restoring these
>>> files. Only thing
>>> are program settings I had to restore manually, which was getting tiring
>>> today (
>>> due to the number of programs installed ).
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
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> Thank you both.
>
> It's here.
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_disk_imaging_software#Hard_disks
>
> Listed under hard disks.
>
> How do I have to visualize how his works.
>
> Steve
>