For those of you that would like to par take in the outstanding premier windows OS back-up / you should look to cloning
I found the site www.xxclone.com about six months ago //// you can test drive their software for 30 days
its damn easy to use >>> after downloading the program and installing it / open the program / there are only two GUI windows to interact with
the main console window >>>> here you select your SOURCE drive (the drive you want to make a spare BOOTABLE cope of ) and select your TARGET drive >>>> thats the slave drive you are going to use to make the exact bootable replicca of
next pick which type of back-up (clone) you want >>>> for first timers >>>choose FULL BOOTABLE back-up
in the main window >>> there is an advanced button on the lower left corner //// click that //// put a check mark in the three bottable options boxes (i.e. boot.ini & bootmbr etc )
then close the advanced section
click >>>> START
AFTER THE PROGRAM FINSHES YOU WILL HAVE AN EXACT BOOTABLE COPY OF YOUR ENTIRE hard drive !!! to test it >>>>> just change you boot options in the bios to boot from your slave >>>> or shutdown your computer >>>> remove the power plug from you master original drive >>> set your bios to boot from the slave >>>> and yippie >>>>> you wont be able to tell the diff from your original drive compared to your cloned drive !!
I dont spend 10 minutes in the "recovery console" any more trying to fix boogered up OS's / I just change my boot order and yippie >>>> right back up and running !!
thats easy / I have reccomended this program to all my friends and computer customers >>>> I have never had anyone belly flop with this program !!! never had anyone that couldnt do it !!!