Hi, Allis -

I used to do images from within Windows originally (and it's definitely faster than using the boot CD)...until a couple of them said they were corrupted when I tried to restore them. That's when I switched to using the bootup disk exclusively and haven't had a bad one since. I'll take the time trade-off, since I usually just kick it off before I head out somewhere or before I go to bed at night. Maybe with ATI 2009 I might not have that problem anymore (I originally had the corruption with version 10 or 11). But, as they say, your backup is only as good as your ability to restore it (that's why I've always tested it). Having a successful backup doesn't necessarily mean the ability to successfully restore. If you can't restore using your backup, then it's just a big file sitting there.

To each his/her own...


John

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