How to make a backup of entire hard drive on a disk.

is it possible to transfer my entire hard drive to DVD without making a record of each file at a time? I tried to copy before program files, and then reinstall it and it didn't work. hidden files were missing. I'll partition my computer and I don't know of an easy way to back up all my customizations, formats, programs, etc.

This isn't something that Windows XP can do by itself. You need a "Disc imaging" software like Acronis image.

Look at the results of the http://www.google.com/search?q=disk+imaging+programs, especially http://disk-imaging-software-review.toptenreviews.com.

Jay Freedman MS Word MVP

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    Windows vista Basic can back up your files on a fixed schedule

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    @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

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    It seems that you want to restore the files removed from the memory card.

    I will definitely help you with this.

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