[Tea_Bag]

Hi Guys,

When reinstalling a fresh copy of windows how do you turn that into an iso image file for backup so if anything goes
wrong i can restore my system to its original install! Hope this makes sense!

[Maximus3D]

How big is your drive Teabag ? a iso would grow huge! better try something like good old Ghost or similar backup app so you can easily restore it back again

/ Max

[Tea_Bag]

Its a 250GB hardrive and used 80GB that too large?

[numerobis]

I use Acronis TrueImage to backup a clean Windows Installation.
Saved my a** several times...
http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/ATICW/

[Maximus3D]

A 80gb iso file would probably require a few days to be created so try numerobis suggestion instead, it's better.

/ Max

[Tea_Bag]

I use Acronis TrueImage to backup a clean Windows Installation.
Saved my a** several times...
http://www.acronis.com/enterprise/products/ATICW/

Thanks for the link! I'll give the trial ago

A 80gb iso file would probably require a few days to be created so try numerobis suggestion instead, it's better.

/ Max

Cheers Max!

[tom]

Yes, I use Acronis, too. It simply rocks!

[polynurb]

Yes, I use Acronis, too. It simply rocks!

same here, i use the echo workstation version.
great value for it's price, imo.

[caryjames]

Same here I have used the Acronis backup to save my keester when a hard drive started going wonky. It worked fine, I even contacted customer support which at the time 4-5 years ago was in Russia and they were very helpful.

[Tea_Bag]

I havent installed the trial yet will do over the weekend! Just a few questions:

1) Is this the same type of backup like mozy, carbonite, idrive etc?
2) What about security? Encryption or not?
3) How much storage do you get?