lifehacker.com — You don't need a complicated boot CD or expensive software to create a restorable system disk image for your PC: free utility DriveImage XML can save a full, working snapshot of your Windows hard drive while you work on it. With it, imaging your PC's hard drive is a matter of a few clicks, no reboots required.
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slowmotionyNov 27, 2007
Oh f**k YOU, I hadn't lost for so long...
teh_techieNov 27, 2007
Fixmbrfixboot c:
dn11Nov 28, 2007
I prefer the Driveimage XML way of doing things. I backup my data separately from my system. I have a syncing program that runs every night that backs up my email changes, documents, and other important settings. If I have a problem with my system I simply run my BART PE recovery disk with Driveimage XML, and then once I'm back to square one I just drag my data and documents back where they belong. This is much simpler and takes up less room than doing a full system backup continuously. When necessary - like when I have installed a significant number of new programs etc - I update my XML image
dn11Nov 28, 2007
you use BartPE
kingbunnyDec 2, 2007
Yeah. Wooo. XML. Drives. Woo. Hot.. something.. PC... something... *runs away*
298th_scatDec 2, 2007
Is it free? I have been using acronis for year. This the same thing except more polished..
michelmerlinMar 18, 2008
I too have had the same problem with TIH (True Image Home). Version 8 (rebranded) worked OK. First v9 (b2323 of 5 Dec 2005) made big mistakes, 2nd and 3rd (b2337 and b3633 of 19 Apr 2006) worked OK. V10 caused FAT corruptions by just "analysing" partitions where it had nothing to read or write! V11 (that I got free since it came in the month I had bought v10), I didn't dare try it.Versailles, Tue 18 Mar 2008 14:16:00 +0100
michelmerlinMar 18, 2008
Also, TIH disclaims any warranty when using one version to restore backups made using another version (e.g. using TIH11 to restore my backups built with TIH9); while all backups share the same ".tib" extension and have nothing in their properties or inside themselves to tell which version built them. Hence when trying to restore one, TIH won't complain, despite it may bady corrupt the "restored" partition.Another point, TIH dialogs often use a word for another, e.g. "move" for *copy*; worse, when you point this (which can hit an entire partition) to their "support", they will get offended that you are nitpicking!Now other imaging programs too have their shares of risks, even Partition Magic or Drive Image (I mean the original ones, from PowerQuest, before they got "symantecized"); just to weigh them all...Versailles, Tue 18 Mar 2008 16:47:35 +0100