After I had set up my new Lenovo (OS Windows Vista Business) last April I used BACKUP and Restore to backup the entire computer (7 DVDs). A couple of months later I had a major problem and had to reformat my pc back to its factory settings. After REFORMATTING I tried to use the backup disks (thus avoiding having to do a lot of manual labour). Backup and Restore told me that it couldn't restore from my disks because I Hadn't made a backup!

That was months ago. I had no choice but to install everything manually. I would now LIKE to make a new set of backup DVDs but would appreciate advice on how to get Backup and Restore to recognize them if I ever have to reformat the disk.

PS I have Lenovo Rescue and Recovery, but it apparently requires Norton AntiVirus which I have deleted.I'm not sure but I THINK you're not supposed to format the drive. Probably you just put the recovery discs in and it does everything for you, reformatting included.Thanks, Soviet Genius. I'll wait and see if other people agree with you before I start the time-consuming process of backing up on all those DVDs!