i want to backup entired things in my laptop. so what can i use? Norton Ghost or Norton Save &Restore?
my intention is to restore the backup sometime in the future then my laptop is new like now! any advices? or should i backup on DVD or external harddisk?
i m on winxp sp2. thanks

you can use norton ghost to create an image of the hard drive and whenever you want to recover your laptop and put it to the state it was when you create the image ...

thanks papa. i ve norton ghost 14. can i do so with it? n can i backup it on the dvd and can be dvd1, dvd2 cos i ve upto 7gb for backup.
how to restore? till i can logon my computer then i use norton ghost again to restore?
thank u again

Yes u can. u can separated ur backup image into multiple dvd.

blue_ray, very much appreciate if you can quickly write the instruction. i m curious to do it now but no confident at all since all the program r belonging to IT office. if any fail, i ll contact them and they ll ask me why.
thus may u help to instruct? thk u before hand

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as per papa told better do in the DVD cds itself the Dvds count will be based on the complete data size since u r saying 7 gb it may take 1 to 2 dvds and the Norton will ask u to insert the empty DVD when needed and do and the data will be backed up which u can able to restore when it is needed

Cheers

Sorry to ping in

as per papa told better do in the DVD cds itself the Dvds count will be based on the complete data size since u r saying 7 gb it may take 1 to 2 dvds and the Norton will ask u to insert the empty DVD when needed and do and the data will be backed up which u can able to restore when it is needed

Cheers

hi allyrocky. thanks. i ll backup it on dvd. but suppose that my laptop is stuck and cannot start up. are those backup dvds bootable?
or i ve to able to start up my pc then use norton ghost to restore it from dvds? thanks and sorry to ask more!

I think you can make it bootable with Norton Ghost, since it copies the whole OS and anything else in the HDD... If not there are plenty of copies of, well just about all OS's in this forum...

thank u. i m really stuck now with Norton Ghost 14. i tried to back up drive C. then when i tried to recover they ask sth like norton CD cos my OS is running or sth!

Well, i d like to extend a bit more. Is it a good idea kind like I start up my laptop with Windows Live then I copy all files to DVDs. then next time when i want to restore, i just start up my laptop with Windows Live again then copy all files to drive C. then can I have the laptop restore to the time when I copied it?

Pls help if you hv experienced it. thanks u

it take alot of dvd's
go for the extra harddisk
can be inernal or externel
it's at least much faster

it take alot of dvd's
go for the extra harddisk
can be inernal or externel
it's at least much faster

thanks, basflt. u meant through Windows Live?

i don't what that is
i use a 200gb internal harddisk where i copy the files i want to keep
so i can format/reinstall on Cdrive whenever i want