does anyone know a good program to backup your icons and avatars ? im formating so just wondering if anyone know something that i can trusth

Re: Msn

nope, i hate formatting OS, just because i lose all of my winks and stinks. hehe

have you tried copying user files?

Re: Msn

Norton Ghost. I've been using it for many, many years without any problems.

Re: Msn

norton ghost?...but it does copy everything of your HD? doesnt it?....

Re: Msn

Yes. And it's damn fast. Just try it. You'll thank me later.

Off topic - Did your sister find you the PS3? There are a lot of them all over the LA area right now.

Re: Msn

beanz....does it deal with serial numbers and registrations ?

tried this a while back and didnt know exactly what to do with it but i,ve been looking for something like this for quite some time now and tbh i'd forgot all about it

Re: Msn

The newer versions, since '03 I think, need a real serial number and have to be registered. I don't remember the details. I just use an older one, send an image to another connected hard drive and I don't even need to be present when it happens.

Re: Msn

no i meant if a particular part of the software on the image needs registering do u have to re register it again when u loads ghosts image disc ?

Re: Msn

Theoretically no need to re-register, because your serial is stored on your hdd as well, usually as some sort of license file or in the registry, and norton ghost basically copies everything on it as is.

But in practice, software that looks at your hardware and requires activation, such as Windows, can be a bit tricky.

After you've imaged your setup to a new hdd, you most probably have to re-activate Windows again, especially if the hardware has changed.

In my Win XP days, there is a utility called [URL="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb457067.aspx"]sysprep[/URL] that prepares Windows for this. So when you boot up your image on a new system or hardware, Windows goes through the motions of activation (IIRC) and redetecting your hardware for drivers.

Win Vista has a [URL="http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial145.html"]Complete PC Backup[/URL] utility that does imaging like Ghost.