How to restore backup image?

Greetings,

I just created an image of my c: drive. I have an external hard drive that
I can save it to, but how will I retore the image if windows xp is not on
it (the internal hd c? Does this make sense? I'd like to be sure before
I try this.

I'm using DriveImageXML, and it has a restore button, but what if windows
is hosed and I need to do it from the external drive?

Any recommended freeware that will do this?

Thanks, Mark

<BB@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eW1kJBSNIHA.820@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Greetings,
>
> I just created an image of my c: drive. I have an external hard drive
> that
> I can save it to, but how will I retore the image if windows xp is not on
> it (the internal hd c? Does this make sense? I'd like to be sure
> before
> I try this.
>
> I'm using DriveImageXML, and it has a restore button, but what if windows
> is hosed and I need to do it from the external drive?
>
> Any recommended freeware that will do this?
>
> Thanks, Mark

This is a good post. Lots of people never back up anything, and
many of those who do never bother to check out the recovery
process.

Have a look at the DriveImage manual. It lets you create a bootable
recovery CD, which you can use when Windows is unavailable.
Best to test it now!

Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
>
> > I just created an image of my c: drive. I have an external hard drive
> > that
> > I can save it to, but how will I retore the image if windows xp is not on
> > it (the internal hd c? Does this make sense? I'd like to be sure
> > before
> > I try this.
> >
> > I'm using DriveImageXML, and it has a restore button, but what if windows
> > is hosed and I need to do it from the external drive?
>
> This is a good post. Lots of people never back up anything, and
> many of those who do never bother to check out the recovery
> process.

Agreed. Good point. One always has to check the recovery process before
one trusts a backup method.


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"Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
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> Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
>>
>> > I just created an image of my c: drive. I have an external hard drive
>> > that
>> > I can save it to, but how will I retore the image if windows xp is not
>> > on
>> > it (the internal hd c? Does this make sense? I'd like to be sure
>> > before
>> > I try this.
>> >
>> > I'm using DriveImageXML, and it has a restore button, but what if
>> > windows
>> > is hosed and I need to do it from the external drive?
>>
>> This is a good post. Lots of people never back up anything, and
>> many of those who do never bother to check out the recovery
>> process.
>
> Agreed. Good point. One always has to check the recovery process before
> one trusts a backup method.

And this is one of the problems with the many systems that now require you
to make your own recovery DVD's. How do you test the recovery disks?

-pk

>
>
> --
> http://www.bootdisk.com/
>
>

"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message
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> "Plato" <|@|.|> wrote in message
> news:4753af08$4$15214$bb4e3ad8@newscene.com...
>> Pegasus (MVP) wrote:
>>>
>>> > I just created an image of my c: drive. I have an external hard drive
>>> > that
>>> > I can save it to, but how will I retore the image if windows xp is not
>>> > on
>>> > it (the internal hd c? Does this make sense? I'd like to be sure
>>> > before
>>> > I try this.
>>> >
>>> > I'm using DriveImageXML, and it has a restore button, but what if
>>> > windows
>>> > is hosed and I need to do it from the external drive?
>>>
>>> This is a good post. Lots of people never back up anything, and
>>> many of those who do never bother to check out the recovery
>>> process.
>>
>> Agreed. Good point. One always has to check the recovery process before
>> one trusts a backup method.
>
> And this is one of the problems with the many systems that now require you
> to make your own recovery DVD's. How do you test the recovery disks?
>
> -pk
>

1. You pop it into the CD drive.
2. You set the BIOS to boot from the CD.
3. You proceed to boot from the CD.

And if you want to do a really good job then you
get yourself a spare disk and perform a full test
recovery. I consider this essential for a server.