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    How to back up onto DVD for fresh start?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by sketchyd, Aug 26, 2009.

  1. sketchyd

    sketchyd Notebook Enthusiast

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    So i got a new laptop last week.
    But didnt have any blank dvds.
    So i used it for a week, installed programs and such.

    Now I want to make back up of discs.
    But the space needed has grown to over 40gb, when it was originally 20gb.
    It wants to back up the entire C: drive.
    But i only want to back up the back up, if that makes any sense.

    Is there a way to back up only just the fresh-start-backup?
     
    sketchyd, Aug 26, 2009
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  2. ecker

    ecker Notebook Enthusiast

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    I don't know how to do what I think you are describing, but I believe Windows Restore works excellent. Also, I recommend Windows 7 if you are not currently using it. It has worked great on every laptop I have installed it on and you can get the RC for free until next summer.
     
    ecker, Aug 27, 2009
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    Choomnia Newbie

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    I'm curious about this as well (and I write this just to get an subscription to the thread..! ).
     
    Choomnia, Aug 27, 2009
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  4. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Hep!, Aug 31, 2009
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  5. Serg

    Serg Nowhere - Everywhere

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    Id like to know from this too...
     
    Serg, Sep 2, 2009
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  6. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    Unless you have a special tool that came with the computer (like Lenovo and others do for making recovery disks) there's not a way to do this.
    If you wanted you could use a program like Acronis to make an image of the system, and Acronis even allows you to select and deselect certain files/folders - so you could pick and choose what you want to backup for future imaging.
     
    Hep!, Sep 2, 2009
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