I took your advice and purchased an external hard drive and Acronis
backup software. Now, as a novice, I bought my desktop with Windows XP
Media Edition pre-installed (no CD's). Since I am now backing up my
whole Hard disk, am I safe if something bad happens with the operating
system? (Referring to a
recent question on missing or corrupt windows file.)
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First, let me say good on you for having a backup solution,
regardless of what solution you chose. That already puts you ahead of
the game compared to most other computer users.
A full initial backup is an excellent safety net and can cover for
not having installation CDs in many cases. However from the way I
worded that you can probably guess that there may be issues, but the
good news is that they're rare.
Let's review the best way to use a full backup in a case like
this.
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