From Leo's mailbag:
> From: A Computer User
> Sent: April 08, 2007
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: How do I image a hard drive?
>
> Leo,
> My question is how does a regular (non-geek)person go about imaging a
> hard drive? I read not only from you but others to "image the hard
> drive when you get it where you want it and burn it to CD". Just how
> does one go about this and how do you reinstall it back to the hard
> drive?
Basically you get a software utility to do so. For example Acronis
True Image is a backup program which will create an image of a hard
disk. There are others as well. Instructions vary based on which tool
you use, but it's relatively simply. Same for restoration.
Only caveat: a hard disk image will not fit on a CD. Or even many CDs.
Typically you'll need some other kind of storage to place the image,
like an external hard drive (what I do) or another machine somewhere
else on your local network.
Thanks for asking,
Leo
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