Hi Peerless
Cheers for your reply and here's the answer to your first question.
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you want to create an image of a freaking 640GB drive?
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Well, not quite, you see my C:\ drive only has less than 29.5GBs on it, which works out at approximately 8 recordable DVDs, i.e. 8 x 4GB = 32GB (counting each DVD as 4GB, not 4.7GB).
I would expect that the imaging/cloning software would not image/clone blank spaces, perform a certain amount of data compression and have the ability to boot my PC and format a new blank disk.
The other features I would expect from the software is clone all working features, settings and apps, including my O/S, so that when and if my C:\ drive fails I can replace it with a new HD, of the same spec, size and make, and put that working cloned image onto the new disk.
Now, you must admit, I'm not asking for (too) much, just something that can clone my main drive.
UK Bob