How much can it really be restored?

[javierdlm]

I am trying WinVista (Home Premium) for the first time.
I just backed up Drive C yesterday. I remember prior to do it, it said only some type of files would be backed up. Does this mean that if I were to need to restore drive C, I would still need to start by installing WinVista, motherboard drivers, graphics card drivers, and applications?I use to do an image file type of backup with Symantec Ghost before, so I was hoping it would be like this.

Btw, assuming WinVista cannot do it, if you happen to know of a more affordable program to act like Symante Ghost please let me know. Some of the key features I'm after is to be able to restore drive C completely from a file stored in another partition, using a DOS application that I can run just by booting up from a CD/DVD.

Thanks in advance guys

JDL

 

[pat mcgroin]

Acronis true image is a good prog for that.
Its cheaper than Norton.
Also if you go to majorgeeks.com there are some other imaging programs there but I havent tried any of those.

 

[javierdlm]

I also found ATI in my research for this. And another one called Paragon Hard Disk Manager Suite 2009. The latter one, unlike ATI, it does come with partitioning tools, reason why I may get it instead. I'm still undecided.

Thank you Pat

JDL