Chaps
I am a little apprehensive about the HDD in my venerable Packard-Bell. It's quite old and creaks a touch these days when it boots up (I know just how it feels).
We back-up all data files regularly onto a Seagate FreeAgent USB drive, but if the whole shebang goes pop then it's gonna take me an eon to load all of the programs and update them onto a new hard drive or machine. Think of loading Windows XP Home SP3 for a start.........and then there's Office, AutoCAD, CorelDraw, Photoshop, Dreamweaver etc etc ad nauseam.
I think I need to have a second hard-drive which is an exact mirror of the present one in terms of applications, operating system etc. I've heard that Norton Ghost is one type of software that will do this, but I've had annoying experiences of Symantec before and I'd rather spend our dosh elsewhere.
Can anyone point me in the right direction, please?
FLJ (aka Mr B Wildered)