Backup Image of Windows XP

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

What program can I use to make a backup image of Windows XP before I do a clean install and restore files and folders?

 

[tcsenter]

Seagate Disc Wizard (for Windows).

Edit: its free and based on Acronis True Image 10 or 11.

 

[Blazer]

acronis, 2009 if you can find it.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Why 09 over 10?

 

[jkroeder]

free imaging programs

Macrium Reflect
Diskimage XML

If you just want to copy the contents of the drive and not necessarily make an image of it, Runtime's ShadowCopy works great too. Same company that makes Diskimage XML and the GetDataback software

 

[Rottie]

if you have some hard earned cash go with Acronis True Images any versions.

 

[Blazer]

Why 09 over 10?

ati 2009 i have used myself with Vista to image to another HD and creating backup archives, also used ati 11 which was unreliable and just didnt work so returned it for 2009, it worked, 2010 i have no exp with.

 

[corkyg]

Version 10 is perfect for XP. Vista or 7 requires 11 or 2010 (12)

 

[Whisper2]

If you happen to have a 1156 board (or least Gigabyte's implementation of it), you are very limited in your selection.

I used the floppy version of Norton Ghost for many years. It worked with XP, Vista & Win 7 and on at least six different systems. It handled both x32 and x64.

This all changed when I recently upgraded to a Gigabyte P55-UD4P. Ghost no longer worked. The new board was not compatible to pre-XP DOS and Ghost would only work with this ancient code. I then tried Acronis 10, it did not work. I then tried the free (if you have a Western Digial disk) WD version of Acronis 2009. It would boot, but it could not detect the WD drives???. I then tired the free Drive Image XML and it worked but it created massive files and took forever. It was not worth "free". If you are only going to use once, then maybe.

I bought Acronis 2010 and it works great -- much like Ghost but more polished. I run it off the DVD without installing on the system.