Hi thecow,
I've never used an imaging program before. However, I've been giving it some thought, and think its a good idea.
I would think the following is important before one images his hard drive:
1) Ensure your hard drive is free from virus, spyware, etc.
2) After you image your hard drive, I would assume that it's best to disconnect the drive that you used to create the image. If you don't, and you pick up a virus, etc. that it may end up on the attached imaged drive. Thus, an external drive might be the way to go, such as the Maxtor One Touch USB drive.
Question...when one images a drive, do you have to shut down all the programs that are running in the background? How about all the "processes" that are running in XP?
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