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Michael Kilgore
I have 3 drives installed in my computer. XP Pro on one drive. Vista
Ultimate 64 on a second drive. And no O.S. on the third drive.
I wish to make a backup image of the drive with Vista, and only that drive.
Apparently this isn't possible with the Complete Backup utility, since the
checkboxes for selecting the drives to be backup are grayed out.
I do not want a backup of XP made along with a backup of Vista. This means
if I wish to restore Vista, I'll need to restore XP. This is both
unacceptable and asinine. If there is no work around, then this program is
completely useless. This feature is the reason I chose Ultimate over Home
Premium. Well, I knew it was foolish to buy Vista in the first place, but
now I see just how stupid my decision was. (This being one of a number of
problems with this O.S.)
I cannot return the O.S. and get my money back. So I can only hope there is
a work around, or settle for the fact that if ever I uninstall XP (very
improbable), I will be able to backup of Vista then. Whatever.
So is there a work around for this? In other words, could I remove the XP
hard drive and then backup Vista? Then add the XP hard drive back, and run
Repair from the Vista DVD? I would like to know if this would work
before trying it, or hope there might be an even simpler solution.
I will thank you kindly for any assistance.
~Mike
Ultimate 64 on a second drive. And no O.S. on the third drive.
I wish to make a backup image of the drive with Vista, and only that drive.
Apparently this isn't possible with the Complete Backup utility, since the
checkboxes for selecting the drives to be backup are grayed out.
I do not want a backup of XP made along with a backup of Vista. This means
if I wish to restore Vista, I'll need to restore XP. This is both
unacceptable and asinine. If there is no work around, then this program is
completely useless. This feature is the reason I chose Ultimate over Home
Premium. Well, I knew it was foolish to buy Vista in the first place, but
now I see just how stupid my decision was. (This being one of a number of
problems with this O.S.)
I cannot return the O.S. and get my money back. So I can only hope there is
a work around, or settle for the fact that if ever I uninstall XP (very
improbable), I will be able to backup of Vista then. Whatever.
So is there a work around for this? In other words, could I remove the XP
hard drive and then backup Vista? Then add the XP hard drive back, and run
Repair from the Vista DVD? I would like to know if this would work
before trying it, or hope there might be an even simpler solution.
I will thank you kindly for any assistance.
~Mike