On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 07:14:16 -0500, Harold B wrote: > I have all my personal files, and programs that do not come pre- > installed on the System Restore CD --- all backed up on a RW/CD. And > whenever I had to resort to "the final resort" I would clear the > entire hard drive using my "outdated" Restore CD-1 and back to > square one (like when the computer was bought) with my "outdated" > Restore CD-2. And then the grueling task (which I've become quite > expert at) of re-installing all the personal files and programs. > That's been my life for the last seven years. One easily becomes > accustomed to whatever rut one is in. Isn't life that way? > > > Question (and go slow now) --- how does one back up the entire > operating system? --- Harold Make a Ghost or Drive image of a clean installation of your hard drive, store it on a sperate partition then burn it to CD. spanning over several CD's if you have a lot of stuff.
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