2006-10-27 06:30:08 · 12 answers · asked by j123g111 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Yes and no.
You can save files such as word or mp3's no problem
if you try saving the whole hard drive on a dvd and then copy it back, the files will copy back.
You cant guarentee that various programs will work or that the correct drivers are installed for you hardware. This is due to the regestry no being copied.
Also if the computer crashes, simply install a new copy of windows onto the machine. it will overwrite the old copy, but save the other files and programs. You may find that certain virus remain though and other programs will believe that they dont exist etc.
Doing this will allow you to copy the 'important' documents onto a dvd. then formatt the hard drive to remove all viruses/spyware. install a fresh copy of windows and a virus checker.
virus check the dvd. then copy all virus free files to your hard drive
2006-10-27 06:45:44 · answer #1 · answered by Bill S 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you mean Hard Drive not drine, then you can surely make a backup, Norton Ghost is a good software that takes an image of your hard drive including windows and installed software in-case of a crash or something happened you can restore your PC to the same state the backup taken at.
2006-10-27 06:39:25 · answer #2 · answered by midoonline 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One little spelling mistake and every smartarse comes out of the closet!!!
The very best software to back up your whole PC is Acronis True Image. This really is better that Norton Ghost. Check reviews. You will need a portable hard drive to back up to. If your PC hard drive is 80gb, buy a 100gb portable drive. Backing up really is a straightforward process. You can use media like DVD's but you will need a lot.
Alternatively, you could just back up your My Documents (which is a good idea anyway). If your PC drive does crash, you would need to re-install all software but you would at least have all your files intact. Again, you could use DVD's but I would suggest a portable drive.
Hope this helps
2006-10-27 09:33:31 · answer #3 · answered by Cheeses of Nazareth 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
use paragon drine backup 7 it allows you to back up to cd/dvd it only copys the amount of space you have used on your hddits easy enough to use.
2006-10-27 12:02:11 · answer #4 · answered by species8472 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you computer should come with a installation/recovery disk something like that. pop the disk in the cd/dvd drive and look for the sound application to install it. did you format your computer using a recovery disk? well im not an expert on this but if those don't i would try to format the computer again and let see what happens
2016-05-22 01:03:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton Ghost is your best option, it has an option to compress the Clone image that it creates of the drive. You can backup up the drive to an image file, or partition to partition, or partition to image file on another drive.
2006-10-27 07:40:21 · answer #6 · answered by Mark T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you cant back up a drine at all.
2006-10-27 06:32:10 · answer #7 · answered by thecoldvoiceofreason 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, you can use Acronis True Image; you'll never have to reactivate windows again! You can get it from Amazon or Acronis.
http://www.acronis.com/
2006-10-27 11:14:20 · answer #8 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can back up your hard drive,not sure bout hard drine though
2006-10-27 06:34:24 · answer #9 · answered by english bob 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
im not sure myself but, i dont think its possible to "backup" an operating system, it may not recognise its registry, it would need a f**kload of dvds
2006-10-27 06:56:49 · answer #10 · answered by captainivan118 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋