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How to: Save time to rebuild machine with true image?

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hello,

i have a machine with 1 hard disk that has 2 partitions of 20 GB each; im looking steps to sue true image that can create a bootable image of my active and primary partition so that if i have to rebuild my machine with new OS and relevant software then i need not to install everything from start.

what i want is simply a tool that can create a bootable image of my active partition so that i can restore a preinstalled WinXP with ms office from the image to save time and efforts.

thanks in advance

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Well, that's what disk imaging software does.

Check out the User Guide. Full of lots of good  info on things like how to use the program.

You can find a link on this page:

http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/

Simplest thing for you short of that, is make a bootCD,  make a backup fo the entire harddisk and   use the BootCd to restore the backup when needed. This won't work going from one computer to many other computers because, not only is a violation of the license but with diff hardware, the same disk image won't work -- you'll need diff hardware drivers for diff harware. 

But I do recommend you check out the user guide -- there's nothing like following instructions before sticking your fingers in the gears ;)