Save Written Sections Of My Hard-disk

[leonidas]

I run with xp pro corporate, and I usually try so much progs and tips, that I have to perform a clean os instalation every 3 or 4month. So I would like to know if it exists a way to save the written parts of my harddisk on cds, as I don't really want to save my whole disk(120gb).

[3rd gen noob]

i don't understand your question fully, but i think norton ghost may be what you're thinking about...

google search for it if you've never used/heard of it

[leonidas]

Sorry.I've drunk too much last night. post modified

[3rd gen noob]

ghost sounds like what you want

it takes an image of parts of your hard disc that you specify

then you could burn these to disc...

[leonidas]

and then how do you perform the new instalation?

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by leonidas@4 August 2003 - 07:26
and then how do you perform the new instalation?
so are you saying that what you want is a program that will remember the settings after a fresh windows reinstall so that you don't actually need to go through the whole reinstall process again?

if so, i don't know if it's possible or not

[leonidas]

Yes exacty.
I mean like you won't have to reinstal the Os and the other programs.

[3rd gen noob]

Originally posted by leonidas@4 August 2003 - 07:35
Yes exacty.
I mean like you won't have to reinstal the Os and the other programs.
i don't know if this is possible

you'll probably get an answer later from a software expert...

sorry i couldn't be of more help

[leonidas]

Thank you very much

[leonidas]

So someone knoes?

[callum]

Don't know about burning to cd's, but you could try this.

Partition magic allows you to copy partitions, so I think you could copy the partition with your OS and programs onto a another primary partition.
Then when you want a fresh installation you can activate the second partition and use partition magic to format the first partition and copy the second partition back onto the first.

Sorry if my explanation is hard to follow, I think it should work though. :D

Probably easier just to have your OS and programs on a small partition, say a 10GB partition. And everything else on another partition.
Then you would only have to format the partition with your os and progs when you want to do a fresh installation.

[leonidas]

I'll try this.Thanks man. ;)

[lynx]

What's wrong with simply using XP's rollback function, you should be able to revert to any position with regards to system/software installation.