[mythtv-users] OT: Making image of Windows install for backup?

[Bob Long]

Bobby Gill wrote:
> Being a very scarce user of Windows I am wondering if I can get a 
> recommendation for software to make a disk image of a Windows partition 
> for a friend, it is his laptop with XP. He has an external hard drive he 
> pops on via USB, and with his even more limited knowledge he needs 
> something that will work on a regular schedule.
> 
> Appreciate any suggestions, thanks!
> Bob

Does not work from within Windows itself, do can't be scheduled. It is 
not necessarily very user friendly, but it's not hard once you've done 
it once or twice. It is able to make an image file onto an external USB 
drive.

http://www.clonezilla.org/

If he wants to backup only data, rather than the complete system and 
programs, then look at Microsoft's SyncToy,
http://www.microsoft.com/DownLoads/details.aspx?familyid=C26EFA36-98E0-4EE9-A7C5-98D0592D8C52&displaylang=en
or SyncBack (http://www.2brightsparks.com/).

-- 
Bob Long