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From: GlowingBlueMist on 16 Oct 2009 20:39
Josiah Jenkins wrote:
> On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:54:18 +1000, Maurice Helwig
> <maurice_helwig(a)internode.on.net> wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> All the Best with your problems
>
> Thank you.
>
> It took just over 7 hours to re-install Vista and install
> both SP1 and SP2. All now appears to be OK.
>
> Thanks to all for their input.



Now that you have a working system you might want to look at the program
XXCLONE found at
http://www.xxclone.com/ before something gets corrupted again.

While similar to DriveImage XML it has many nice features and has a freeware
version available.

I use it to make a complete backup of my boot drive to an external USB hard
drive. If your BIOS can be set to boot from USB you can make the backup,
use the program to set it as bootable, and verify that the backup will work
by booting directly to it while leaving your original hard drive as it is.
Nice to be 100% sure a backup will work when needed. Later you can then use
it to restore the original drive should it become necessary and in a much
faster time than re-installing everything from scratch.


From: Josiah Jenkins on 17 Oct 2009 06:08
On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:39:11 -0500, "GlowingBlueMist"
<GlowingBlueMist(a)truely.invalid> wrote:

>Josiah Jenkins wrote:
>> On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:54:18 +1000, Maurice Helwig
>> <maurice_helwig(a)internode.on.net> wrote:
>> <snip>
>>>
>>> All the Best with your problems
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> It took just over 7 hours to re-install Vista and install
>> both SP1 and SP2. All now appears to be OK.
>>
>> Thanks to all for their input.
>
>
>
>Now that you have a working system you might want to look at the program
>XXCLONE found at
>http://www.xxclone.com/ before something gets corrupted again.
>
>While similar to DriveImage XML it has many nice features and has a freeware
>version available.

I've now got a copy of Acronis installed which will clone the drive.
As the laptop has a Western Digital SATA drive, I downloaded their
free version. I assume it'll do a similar job.
>
>I use it to make a complete backup of my boot drive to an external USB hard
>drive. If your BIOS can be set to boot from USB you can make the backup,
>use the program to set it as bootable, and verify that the backup will work
>by booting directly to it while leaving your original hard drive as it is.
>Nice to be 100% sure a backup will work when needed. Later you can then use
>it to restore the original drive should it become necessary and in a much
>faster time than re-installing everything from scratch.

Thanks for that.
>
--


http://www.ian-stewart.eu
From: Martin Jay on 18 Oct 2009 22:08
On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:08:47 +0100, Josiah Jenkins
<josiah-jenkins(a)somewhere_else.invalid> wrote:

>I've now got a copy of Acronis installed which will clone the drive.
>As the laptop has a Western Digital SATA drive, I downloaded their
>free version. I assume it'll do a similar job.

IMO True Image is an excellent product and has got me out of many
difficult situations. I liked it so much I even paid for it. :)

Unfortunately later versions have become bloated so I've switched to
Macrium Reflect, see <http://www.macrium.com/>, which seems to backup
faster.

As well as doing a full drive backup from time to time I also back up
specific files, such as documents and program settings, daily using
Cobian Backup <http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm>.

You can never have too many backups. :)
--
Martin Jay
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