Thinkvantage Suite Program Question

I understand that the Thinkvantage has some back up tools. Similarly to Norton Ghost, does it allow me to make a mirror image of my C drive so that if something happens, I can just take the image off of burned DVDs? I'm not talking about making backups of important files, I'm talking about the whole shabam - an exact mirror image of my drive.

Thanks

 

While it doesnt spit out a perfect ISO or anything, it does give the option to backup an exact copy of your drive to many sources. CD/DVD that it will burn for you, Internal or External HD, and then a network backup.

The backup it produces gets your computer to the *exact* state it was when the backup was made. I have used these many times when I want to try out Vista for a night, and then revert back to XP before I go to bed so the laptop is ready for the next day of work.

 

Now what about OS activation keys. Say I restore the Vista image multiple times, does it think that I am installing the OS on multiple computers?

 

It shouldn't, although I have not tested that. I believe that vista activation is a constant checking program, and if its activated on a "new" setup, the activation on the previous becomes void.

 

If you image it after it's activated (which most OEMs are) and apply it to the same hardware, activation shouldn't be an issue.

 

Cool beans