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From: fisherman on 30 May 2010 00:02
On Sat, 29 May 2010 14:22:40 -0700 (PDT), Veerle
<veerleverbr(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I installed Windows XP on an old laptop and then installed a whole
>bunch of pc games on it for my kids. It took me quite some time to get
>it all finished. The kids will not have admin rights but nevertheless
>I'm pretty sure that the pc will be all messed up within a few months.
>Now I was wondering: is there a way to make an image of the complete
>hard drive? I have only one partition on it which is being used up for
>about 12 gigabytes. What I want is an image that I can restore the pc
>to after they messed it up so that I won't have to do al the work all
>over again. The last time, my 4 year old son managed it, I don't know
>what he did, but no-one could logon any more. So I will need some kind
>of image that I can restore even if the Windows is not accessible any
>more. The laptop will not be in a domain or something but I have a
>wireless connection on it which could be used to access the laptop
>from another pc. The portable also has a cd/dvd writer. Any
>suggestions?
>
>Veerle

Tell the kids if they screw it up, they wont have a computer anymore.
Then stick to your word.
From: Jim on 30 May 2010 06:49
On Sat, 29 May 2010 14:22:40 -0700 (PDT), Veerle
<veerleverbr(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I installed Windows XP on an old laptop and then installed a whole
>bunch of pc games on it for my kids. It took me quite some time to get
>it all finished. The kids will not have admin rights but nevertheless
>I'm pretty sure that the pc will be all messed up within a few months.
>Now I was wondering: is there a way to make an image of the complete
>hard drive? I have only one partition on it which is being used up for
>about 12 gigabytes. What I want is an image that I can restore the pc
>to after they messed it up so that I won't have to do al the work all
>over again. The last time, my 4 year old son managed it, I don't know
>what he did, but no-one could logon any more. So I will need some kind
>of image that I can restore even if the Windows is not accessible any
>more. The laptop will not be in a domain or something but I have a
>wireless connection on it which could be used to access the laptop
>from another pc. The portable also has a cd/dvd writer. Any
>suggestions?
>
>Veerle

External hard drive and backup program . ( I use Acronis ) .
From: HeyBub on 30 May 2010 08:56
Veerle wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed Windows XP on an old laptop and then installed a whole
> bunch of pc games on it for my kids. It took me quite some time to get
> it all finished. The kids will not have admin rights but nevertheless
> I'm pretty sure that the pc will be all messed up within a few months.
> Now I was wondering: is there a way to make an image of the complete
> hard drive? I have only one partition on it which is being used up for
> about 12 gigabytes. What I want is an image that I can restore the pc
> to after they messed it up so that I won't have to do al the work all
> over again. The last time, my 4 year old son managed it, I don't know
> what he did, but no-one could logon any more. So I will need some kind
> of image that I can restore even if the Windows is not accessible any
> more. The laptop will not be in a domain or something but I have a
> wireless connection on it which could be used to access the laptop
> from another pc. The portable also has a cd/dvd writer. Any
> suggestions?


Windows Steady State

"Windows Disk Protection keeps everything on the Windows disk partition from
being permanently changed by users. This means every change made during a
user session can easily be undone and the computer returned to its original
state."

Free from Microsoft.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.mspx


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