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    Backing up the entire windows and files/programs/drivers I have

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Neubeehunhun, Dec 17, 2011.

  1. Neubeehunhun

    Neubeehunhun Notebook Evangelist

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    I just did a clean install of windows 7 to get the fresh feel back, it has been crashing and freezing while I play games way too often lately. The process was rather dull and painful since I lost my windows CD and had to create an bootable USB, not to mention backing up all my musics and movies to my iphone, and downlaoding/installing drivers.(oh and windows updates, what a long marathon of downloading and rebooting..)

    So which (free)program/method out there is able to create an exact copy of my current system configuration, including windows settings, files, programs and drivers into one single recovery file so I can restore it to the current state without much hassle?



    Also, has anyone been having trouble loading the Dell Drivers and Downloads page? I haven't been able to access it since yesterday and I need some of the Dell exclusive drivers from there(quickset etc).


    Thanks.
     
    Neubeehunhun, Dec 17, 2011
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    ThisNoName Notebook Enthusiast

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  3. toronto

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    Acronis True Image will take an image of your entire drive. If you ever have a disaster, you can restore everything to the drive or to a replacement drive.
     
    toronto, Dec 17, 2011
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    You can use the 'Backup and Restore' from Windows..
     
    lee_what2004, Dec 17, 2011
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