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Answer» Hi - I followed the suggestions and downloaded Macrium Reflect. I have copied the instructions but they have some instructions that don't exactly match what comes up on my monitor. I get the idea and I think I can figure it out. But a couple of questions to get me started. I am running Vista Home Basic 32 bit. My hd has 2 partitions: C & D. Do I want to back up both of these? I guess I want the back up put on DVDs or is there someplace to put it? If I use DVDs should they be formated before inserting them (I'm assuming I will need several) or can I use non-formatted ones? Please bear with me, I'm on a learning curve. Thanks Bob Concentrate on backing up C: for now...D: may be a hidden recovery partition for restoring the machine back to DAY One status...if that's the case there is a different method for creating the Recovery CD's...Patio - OK I will try C when I get through running my security. I want to make sure all the bad stuff is gone before I try a back up. Thanks Bob Good idea Bob...you're an astute Student !Patio - I did it!!! I ran my security and called up Macrium Reflect and followed the instructions (guessing at a couple) and it ran a back up of "C". It took 3 discs. They need not be formatted before as the program will do it when you insert a new disc. I am not going to try to back up "D" as it is the registry and several people have told me to leave that alone. If anything happens to "D" I have a disc to use to start over. Thanks for your help and TIME. BobExcellent ! ! Post more info on your machine and let's get those Recovery CD's built... You don't neccessarily need them now that you have a succesful image created...but it's good to have for peace of mind anyways...Patio - I hope this is what you want, if it is not or if you want more let me know and I will try to find it. Windows Vista Home Basic Intel Celeron D CPU 3.33 GHz 1.50 GB RAM Intel 82945G Express Chipset Family I don't know what this is but I copied it from a "Welcome" page. I know there is a page that has more information but I could not find it. BobPatio - My computer is an E Machine (built by Gateway). While I was looking at programs to find more information about my computer I found a page " eMachines Recovery Center" I wish I could give you a screen shot but I tried that and found out that I did not know how. This page had 4 items listed: Recovery - Factory system recovery Programs - Application recovery - Add/Remove Programs Hardware - Device driver recovery - eMachines User Guide Applications and Drivers external media - Create Application and Drivers recovery disc It sounds like I can GO to these programs to recover somethings. I have not tried any of these nor do I know where I can get any explanation. Do you know where I can get help with E Machine computer? Bob maybe ure CD was the problem try another CD becoz some CD`s that was burn was have a problem....Pardon me Bobh, for butting in. I saw in the thread that Broni suggested some free backup software and went there. Broni, I wanted to find out what the paid edition means when they say, password protection, please. Does that mean it will save the passwords or you can create a password for your files? Thank you Broni and Bobh.Imnoguru - I do not know the answer to your question. BobQuote from: ImnoGuru on January 19, 2010, 03:19:19 AM Pardon me Bobh, for butting in. I saw in the thread that Broni suggested some free backup software and went there. Broni, I wanted to find out what the paid edition means when they say, password protection, please. Does that mean it will save the passwords or you can create a password for your files? Thank you Broni and Bobh. Imnoguru: think about the name. password, if it was saving the passwords, would it be called that? I can see how one might see it as "protecting" your passwords from getting lost, but in common parlance "password protection" means that a password is issued onto something so that only somebody knowing that password can ACCESS whatever is protected. In this case, the image file.Thanks Bobh for the reply, I see that BC_Programmer has the answer I was looking for. Thank you BC_Programmer. I thought I was on the right track... but as they say the only silly question is the one you don't ask. Bobh, I was looking through post for answers to questions, that I had been thinking of myself since obtaining my laptops. Thank you all.

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Hi -
I followed the suggestions and downloaded Macrium Reflect. I have copied the instructions but they have some instructions that don't exactly match what comes up on my monitor. I get the idea and I think I can figure it out. But a couple of questions to get me started. I am running Vista Home Basic 32 bit. My hd has 2 partitions: C & D. Do I want to back up both of these? I guess I want the back up put on DVDs or is there someplace to put it? If I use DVDs should they be formated before inserting them (I'm assuming I will need several) or can I use non-formatted ones? Please bear with me, I'm on a learning curve. Thanks Bob Concentrate on backing up C: for now...D: may be a hidden recovery partition for restoring the machine back to DAY One status...if that's the case there is a different method for creating the Recovery CD's...Patio -
OK I will try C when I get through running my security. I want to make sure all the bad stuff is gone before I try a back up. Thanks Bob Good idea Bob...you're an astute Student !Patio -
I did it!!! I ran my security and called up Macrium Reflect and followed the instructions (guessing at a couple) and it ran a back up of "C". It took 3 discs. They need not be formatted before as the program will do it when you insert a new disc. I am not going to try to back up "D" as it is the registry and several people have told me to leave that alone. If anything happens to "D" I have a disc to use to start over. Thanks for your help and TIME. BobExcellent ! !

Post more info on your machine and let's get those Recovery CD's built...
You don't neccessarily need them now that you have a succesful image created...but it's good to have for peace of mind anyways...Patio -
I hope this is what you want, if it is not or if you want more let me know and I will try to find it.
Windows Vista Home Basic
Intel Celeron D CPU 3.33 GHz
1.50 GB RAM
Intel 82945G Express Chipset Family

I don't know what this is but I copied it from a "Welcome" page. I know there is a page that has more information but I could not find it. BobPatio -
My computer is an E Machine (built by Gateway). While I was looking at programs to find more information about my computer I found a page " eMachines Recovery Center" I wish I could give you a screen shot but I tried that and found out that I did not know how. This page had 4 items listed:

Recovery - Factory system recovery
Programs - Application recovery - Add/Remove Programs
Hardware - Device driver recovery - eMachines User Guide
Applications and Drivers external media - Create Application and Drivers recovery disc

It sounds like I can GO to these programs to recover somethings. I have not tried any
of these nor do I know where I can get any explanation. Do you know where I can get help with E Machine computer? Bob
maybe ure CD was the problem try another CD becoz some CD`s that was burn was have a problem....Pardon me Bobh, for butting in. I saw in the thread that Broni suggested some free backup software and went there.

Broni, I wanted to find out what the paid edition means when they say, password protection, please.

Does that mean it will save the passwords or you can create a password for your files?

Thank you Broni and Bobh.Imnoguru -
I do not know the answer to your question. BobQuote from: ImnoGuru on January 19, 2010, 03:19:19 AM

Pardon me Bobh, for butting in. I saw in the thread that Broni suggested some free backup software and went there.

Broni, I wanted to find out what the paid edition means when they say, password protection, please.

Does that mean it will save the passwords or you can create a password for your files?

Thank you Broni and Bobh.

Imnoguru: think about the name. password, if it was saving the passwords, would it be called that? I can see how one might see it as "protecting" your passwords from getting lost, but in common parlance "password protection" means that a password is issued onto something so that only somebody knowing that password can ACCESS whatever is protected.

In this case, the image file.Thanks Bobh for the reply, I see that BC_Programmer has the answer I was looking for. Thank you BC_Programmer.
I thought I was on the right track... but as they say the only silly question is the one you don't ask.

Bobh, I was looking through post for answers to questions, that I had been thinking of myself since obtaining my laptops.

Thank you all.

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