" Warm and have you experienced catastrophic computer crash when it leaves your hard drive devoid of -- your machine a door stop utterly useless what. Because -- never seen before that happens to help recover data off it she'd replace that itself. Or spin but completely. You know your machine it's simple but effective way to help we're asking your damaged the easy today. Just. This episode system is made possible by. Netflix Squarespace. Godaddy.com. Well the system up -- Norton. And I -- thank you don't it happens to the best of us carelessness and activate your bad -- the electrical system going haywire in your machine goes down. Specifically your hard drive it's a holiday leaving you with a large boxy people wait. That is not the big one. Especially given machine toot your particular preferences browser settings applications installed options turn on off when your machine boots. Yeah I mean the best time to actually create a back of this is when you've got everything installed -- everything to a -- way the one that you stop. And take a snapshot of that we're assuming you're smart computer users have an ice data back up just waiting for you -- you back up weekly right thinking and Italy."

" Now typically when you back if you did you pack up suggested you -- back up your operating system you don't back up the way to browsers -- set. So when you have a totally corrupted hard drive. Making it possible for you to boot up your system and -- you get all the idea that back onto the machine is the install itself as bad."

" Will first install their operating system that you install all the updates and then you install all of your applications. And you manually tweak other settings and then you're ready to drop you get on that hard drive. "

" Yet now just in case that cities I've actually showed you how to spot there are gonna get your laptop right. But yet you just explained the process that would take most people it took me a whole day -- from morning until like 6 o'clock in the evening. And it's not something that a lot of people really think about -- it's a very arduous process and if you haven't done it before it can be very intimidating."

" Yes because it just and -- for get -- the drivers for -- on hardware and in there's a difference between back you know there's a relative in a snapshot of your entire hard drive. Just takes up a lot of space what time is easier to have basically the system configuration. Your applications -- new drivers. That's one back up your data and -- back up it's nice and clean separate. So today we're gonna cover the tools you should have for these instances software tools that within reason we're gonna help you recover data we image you could install your system back on your machine. And basically make a reinstall speedier by updating your disk has overtime to something called. Bit rot basically stuck it's credit up bad drivers can place we -- DLLs every so often it's really good to just wiped her machine and start over fresh in if you haven't. Pre configured."

" Image it so much faster than manually installing everything room. And if you do you need to do a fresh brand new straight from the installed this. OS install. It's always a good idea to have the latest hot fixes updates service packs and drivers in these things change if not on a monthly basis probably every six to twelve months. So -- good to have those updated and ready to go because the last thing you wanna do spend five hour -- for the Microsoft. -- to give you all via patches you need the center and XP and there's like. You know the giant service package for 200 update is literally it's incredibly long."

" Now before we begin -- going to need a few things -- want to see your dvd burn dark secret burnout CDs or dvds that you need to boot from an Internet connection. Preferably high speed because some of these hot fixes downloads and -- are very very large but of course being ubiquitous USB or firewire external drive. I myself prefer one of the smaller ones but you do want an external drive because having the same. Are having -- drive in the same machine that's gonna eventually played out and is probably not to get it."

" Especially if you use the same -- on their. Got one thing yes rescue C rescue C. Right so what is a rescue CD a rescue CD is simply need bootable CD or dvd. That is filled with hard drive utilities system utilities diagnostic software. Things like say if you need to partition your hard drive there's gonna be a couple of hard -- partitioning software. Options available drive imaging software options available and say you've locked yourself out of your system because you put it past her luck. On your bios you can crack the bios and access your system that it simply put it's kind of like Swiss army and Swiss army knife. Of tools available on one disk. Literally half so -- dozen. Images that you can download off. Off the web right totally free -- most of these are open source some of them are not open source but there's still three. I mean you could also include utilities that are provided by your hardware manufacturer. Or motherboard manufacturer. Is just a good idea to have all the stuff collected before you actually need this. One that a lot of people like is the ultimate boot C there's also a windows version is the ultimate PCs Linux based back up the windows ultimate. Boot CD for windows. Com and this is actually based -- loader. And it includes a good wealth of tools this is in the world with all the like illegally cracking no -- this is not high were -- us. -- which is so legendary the legendary Irish bootsy and -- it is one amazing this -- But you can't find it legally online. Now. A lot of people -- use it and I. I like it I think it's a little dated in some it especially interface. But all of these have a very similar interfaces and let you go to a do we set up -- which means you're gonna be looking at a command line for some sort of -- scheme and you basically in either looks like DOS or Linux command window war looks little prettier yeah. Now there's also these system resources CDC it's a basically Olympics. Version. Four -- users includes a lot of analytic tools that most windows DOS users will not be familiar with. And if here you know very comfortable little of the unix environment I recommend that it has to do we based on. This of this -- 86 I think it's KD. That's not manager and you can do a lot of things that you can in battery can gold go to school and do command line. Now the one I like a lot is the ultra boot C it's easy menu driven tool based. Interface program with a bunch of stuff. And it has built in support for firewire as well as you must be -- us. Again you know it faster drive means bastard restorations yes. And hasn't a bunch of really nice tools that you were mentioning about your hard drive utilities from Mac store Seagate. It actually includes all because -- freely available. As downloads and it also has saved and if you really want to get our grief and make it bootable USB version on a flash drive -- can boot off that. In case you're like what is company -- guys as a run them through electrical source of much more convenient than having good to see deal yet. -- What you burn it out you download the -- so you your favorite burning software you burn data CD. Set your PC to boot from the -- first -- unless you boot from last yes or that's lustrous black Betsy first drop it in. Booted your computer -- load -- give the option to the fault of booting to the hard drive in that you select from CD. We'll boot from the CD in the basically -- to a simple menu select the tool that you want. From the screen. And once that's done you just basically follow that particular applications. Instruction."

" Now before we get in depth look at what's going on with this this was able to think one of our sponsors Squarespace. Here to tell you mowers are fabulous editor Parisi yeah."

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" Building your own recovery CD now most new PCs come with some kind of recovery partition or CD right. That's not were building it."

" I know we're building something much more flexible now before we were talking about. Rescue CE CD's that give you the tools to let you tweak or maybe make some adjustments because your PC isn't working just right you can't get it to work. Other what you needed to. A rescue our a system where it's stored CDs essentially a disk that has the good snapshot are good working copy of your hard drive. That you can restore it in the event of a catastrophic failure you machine that requires you to replace the hard drive or replace the data on."

" So the very similar it's just this one is actually customize to actually use the stuff you yes this is designed to be one dropped no one drop. You know 11 keystroke and it automatically does it without you having to fiddle with five or six different applications -- a -- personal restore CD yes it is. So are we -- copy the entire partition or the entire drive or can we do either one do -- do either one in my recommendation is. Normally when I building PCI it was built. Multiple partitions and the main hard drive. In that first partitions -- the OS partition that has the install applications. That has the OS and awfully hot fixes all the updates any -- bug fixes in it. And I just image that out simply because they can back up the data normally I can just take it like going to drive and copy of violence but it's also an advance that it's like if if you leave your system feels like it's slower it's bogged down you installed secretly application that's kind of infested itself in there. If you keep the deal on a separate partition or separate drive. He he basically wipe out to rebuild your operating system and applications without having to spend what could be a Brazilian hours waiting for your that -- 2000 terabyte video collection moved back over."

" And the flip side and this is a side benefit is oftentimes when I do and you OS install. Because it's a separate partition I can just just on that partition I don't have to worry about all that get all my MP three's all my photos that I have to wipe out from scratch and that we look from somewhere else so let's begin it's very simple now oftentimes when you do this people recommend using ghost story Acronis true image. They're real application they're both great applications but they are paid for applications. I nice open source free as in speech and your -- that now there's a bunch of really great open source applications. Unfortunately they're all unix based and they don't oftentimes come with auto boot voters you have to build a separate rescue C. And you kind of have to rolled around a lot of people like that. A lot more people don't like that so I'm going with an application I've found about three weeks ago called Mac screen reflect on -- reflect as a free edition -- It has an interface very similar to that it goes to orchestra's image. And it supports. Firewire USB and it has it and has utility to create either a -- or BartPE plugin to create a Bart PE boot disk. The -- to boot. If your system will not boot from a CD and then access should drive and copier image over. That's actually a lot utility for free applications it is it's amazing and you know wet. In case basically they might -- locked on the freakish try to download why can't -- now first it is when you want your application is to create -- On -- to do is go to. Mood. Go to other tasks and you basically see a drop down menu for -- rescue CD gives you two options the lyrics BartPE. The previous versions for the update. To -- sort of worked on some machines and didn't work another once the latest update to it actually has it booting up my laptop in my home PC. Yeah okay so we'll choose a Linux version frame up. Unless you really like BartPE they have apart he put it I'd rather not mess with Atlantic is pretty simple. Click next. Basically asks you for a disc. Do enable B update to read it quickly updates to make sure you have the latest. Drivers support on that into the disk and once that's done they'll start burning and you basically and with the disk like this. About you know it's a little Sony makes Batman not a lot. Odds say you only need a seasonally about the -- dvd should work in anything and when you're done that is it. Next you want to create an image of the hard drive that you are -- partition that you -- this'll be taking up a little more space yes but. This is where the external drive comes in I recommend it USB drives. Simply because most machines laptops and Tutsis. All come with -- speech does not so much with a firewire. Hugo with a firewire if you do at firewire enabled some orange says it has discussed so much faster. The important thing is to make sure before you image you download all the updates that you want your system running clean. Any virus scan of your system gets a lasting need to do is to have viruses and Trojan virus and your. In your system -- you see this so make sure that's all cleared away and you know if you have any trash or anything and the like delete all the fun you don't want because there's nothing worse than copying over thirty gigs. A positive one and."

" Yes and that while you're there actually make sure you don't have duplicate MP3 files or video files. You know basically cache clearly capturing your browsers just look for all the places you might normally look to clean hard drive space. And like Rogers said make sure everything's a dvd as much as you can before -- that this."

" Correct and it's really simple you just like to try that you want. We will go into create an image of selected parchment disk. Do that select where we want to keep it in this time we will point. To the external drive in this case it will be of the drive. He years like that. You can make -- folder oftentimes it's easier so you know what it is. Oftentimes they put the name of the file so -- say it like you know it's my bio OS. And then I put -- date on it because oftentimes they do multiple I do I do multiple images every few months that we have like three of them. And say like them Iowa's go to must -- case that once had this problem that caused my system to crash I can go back to the one before that. What's it's done you're sick now here's ninety that is degree that so my system -- The way. It goes that way of the Roman empire. But you're saying these are gonna source the actual restore process yes so the actual restore process. Drop the CD in. Boot from it. And attached to drive with all your -- disk images on it or the one that you do want to we're replicate that. Now the other thing about this is this is great if you're an institution say in the school he got like a dozen of the same laptops. It's a great way to keep one install for all those machines you go boom boom boom boom boom is to have trying to install by this. For all the same machines oftentimes corporate Mikey does this but a lot of smaller groups sometimes church groups you know non profits -- don't have access that kind of suffer. Mac here reflect actually -- really did. Job doing that stuff looks so just do it justice justify that would be faster external drive we've inserted her boot CP. We started the computer select the the image walk away from it. Actually don't walk away from it just. Keep it keep it within -- the image restore wizard starts starts up. You select the drive that you want. The dread the -- storefronts like the file. It's like that what you need to copy it to and then let it do its job. So when that's done the cool thing about Mac reflect as it actually has a smart functional only. Back up. Do a smart packet it -- not back up like hibernation files or page file which can be huge by the way especially if you set the PayPal like me to four gigabytes for some -- If it super huge yes -- so you know what what -- selected destination and."

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" All right so we just created a system restore disk. What's the difference between that in slip streaming copy of when this."

" So slip streaming is the process where you install. All the updates patches hot fixes service packs that come after the install -- DOS is released on the market a case of what windows XP at one point I did. The operating system install download the service pack and then there was nine. For updates on top of the service pack on top of the the basically the basic insulation this this'll actually turn those into one. Giant -- yeah and the great thing about slip streaming it's actually really get a Microsoft. For them delight you this is it takes those older files and replaces them with the new one. Nice so. All you really need to do is to make sure you download these self executable is for service pack three for XP and if you have Vista masters one because -- there's SP. And this will save you if you have to read some multiple systems even if you're doing it over a network this will save you. Ridiculous amounts of time installing a fresh operating system on multiple computers even one computer defective one of the great aspects of slip streaming isn't just the service packs and the hot fixes -- fixes updates. It's the ability to slip streaming drivers for hardware that you have -- system in case you haven't made it clear slip streaming is really really useful it can also be. Really really confusing if you try to do it manually that's what Roger. Is a strong advocate of an application called and polite yes and Mike is an amazing tool. To use it might even need a couple of things you're -- need -- original windows install disk CD you know the with a with a little holographic. Label on it. You need this service packs and now hot fixes for an operating system. And finally want to download any and all drivers that you have that are specific to your machine that are that public penalize yourself. Very important because as we mentioned before it without the -- drivers connecting to the Internet connecting or doing anything useful. Is would be extremely difficult either remembered download those drivers before or chip the second machine again of those drivers are bored and -- my friend's house to walk you with a thumb drive just. Do this first. -- the only thing -- actually about as a graphics card and update because -- changed like every three to four months depending on what -- it's nice to have one in -- uploaded -- like running BG driver have into the tiny and it's true but that the the thing to remember specially for performance into the this PC users if they -- thing about having previously Nvidia -- drivers -- the system -- if you just -- the generic -- you can put your own you know custom. Immediate download later. So let's just start off all we have to do is selected the location of the windows install. This case is CD's so show us like that."

" Do do do do do do click okay it should find it soon. -- it yes. It's not ask me where I want to put all these files that it needs to change. -- create a folder on the desktop offices. And lights. That."

" And not just gonna copy over all files. -- right so it copied over all in now have to do is select any kind of hot fixes. Service pack two -- downloaded like all we have accusing you want to manually download all -- the updates in the service -- yes and typically with service pack two want to make sure you're downloading the actual service -- executable not installing download in the XQ will there is it smaller executable that does the updated separately. That's not what you want if it's around two to 300 makes that secrete. This week."

" Little those logos all up and now I can. Select. He what I want to basically integrate. So don't service packs hot Texas drivers if you're clicking here to make sure that and all the stuff I basically telling it okay I want that I want that I want that these -- all the things that clicked it is to think that one you do included. Because oftentimes you might have -- respect. If your -- now one like you know the hot fixes or whatever but for some odd reason. Evidence that a couple of nights it will begin boxes and also the a couple of set up options this is basically if you want to happen XP disk that is. You drop it in the drive that you walk away and installs itself that needs. You can set up an unintended and so you sit at the premise for like the time unattended or unintended. On attended. The -- intended to -- walk up greens. Stop right there so parts. -- listen -- what about the other options. The other options are like bootable ISO two weeks so be bootable I so again you drop the disk in the machine you turn it on does everything for us. Tweaks options you can go through it. It's more the trial and there depending on the kind of configuration you want I used to do everything and didn't realize well maybe I don't want to do that because. You know eight years the I want to treat them myself depending on the location of -- yes. -- all the hot fixes and want. Drivers. And yet to be careful what they've got the drivers one machine get the right drivers and I'll -- a 32 bit or 64 bit because it's not adding to it. It's -- because you have the wrong driver. And its if that's our way. Components that I want to and I love this component section when you click it on and -- you can actually turn off things it won't install so. In -- little tiny applications like don't mind sweeper game. That's really cool languages keyboard like -- you know how to -- has the 32 different layouts that 32 different -- and they also have you know the function for people with. Poor vision and you can prevent it from installing services yup so cool so you can actually stop all these things. It actually. Get it removes it. From the disk so won't install I like that so again. It's one of those things -- there I actually recommend you not touch any of these especially in the services area. That applications are fine but man and if you don't the services that you definitely don't need it. The book that. And then now I have all my users. Suggested has appeared that allows super unattended installation you can actually putting passwords in network passwords and in the passage to put the serial number of the disk so -- you're not actually appetite it there yourself you can integrated it. You can integrated into the CD. So it boots up with the key itself all that it's pretty much -- Vista contestants -- What you've done. It's -- start the process it's gonna compile an -- so when you're done all you have to do is burn up that -- so you should be able to drop it in. Do not copy I have to file using disparate application that converts the -- so into the data that your computer can use. This is what I end up -- This is basically my XP install this with us all the way at this a respectfully. It's self bootable unintended have to waste so put in the serial number and all that stuff at me. So this has saved me so many times. Because you hat you've destroyed the computer like at least four times the last three months to this yeah I. Constantly had to rebuild this machine either for segments or because it's just -- giant pilot crap. And it's you know it's great I moved onto Mac reflecting treated and it's because that's so much faster. But if you anticipate yourself doing anything where you just want to do a clean install a lot of people like doing it. Every year get kind of spring cleaning you'll applications near everything and it's really it's in -- can not give rats he does it work with Vista. It does not. However they the author has created to be light which is the same thing for Vista and light -- Vista yet and might for Vista. The thing to know about it is that still going to be that. Beta version so it's not as well. Developed as it might because it has so many years to -- It works are right. There's still some you know it's just about this issue are all moving to windows seven few months but it's you know committee of the same functions has some additional stuff in there to specifically for Vista. Look at it if you want to try and play around with fit. Make sure you do now puts -- your install you know creating. Anything just to test out make sure it's you know it's it's perfectly good. On another machine. --"

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" Right so that's pretty much it. These are basically tools that you -- or should have if you want -- kind of recovery system either from you know kind of some sort of catastrophic crash bad installed. -- infested with fire I mean that's the -- bad driver install even something as simple as a bad drivers -- yes. And you know it's not one of those things that I don't think. You could basically screw up. This system but it's it's one of those things that you do kind of want to make sure when you create these pay attention paid attention mystery meat keynote mixer. You have everything what you wanted and you should be aren't. And you know what."

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" Warm and have you experienced catastrophic computer crash when it leaves your hard drive devoid of -- your machine a door stop utterly useless what. Because -- never seen before that happens to help recover data off it she'd replace that itself. Or spin but completely. You know your machine it's simple but effective way to help we're asking your damaged the easy today. Just. This episode system is made possible by. Netflix Squarespace. Godaddy.com. Well the system up -- Norton. And I -- thank you don't it happens to the best of us carelessness and activate your bad -- the electrical system going haywire in your machine goes down. Specifically your hard drive it's a holiday leaving you with a large boxy people wait. That is not the big one. Especially given machine toot your particular preferences browser settings applications installed options turn on off when your machine boots. Yeah I mean the best time to actually create a back of this is when you've got everything installed -- everything to a -- way the one that you stop. And take a snapshot of that we're assuming you're smart computer users have an ice data back up just waiting for you -- you back up weekly right thinking and Italy."

" Now typically when you back if you did you pack up suggested you -- back up your operating system you don't back up the way to browsers -- set. So when you have a totally corrupted hard drive. Making it possible for you to boot up your system and -- you get all the idea that back onto the machine is the install itself as bad."

" Will first install their operating system that you install all the updates and then you install all of your applications. And you manually tweak other settings and then you're ready to drop you get on that hard drive. "

" Yet now just in case that cities I've actually showed you how to spot there are gonna get your laptop right. But yet you just explained the process that would take most people it took me a whole day -- from morning until like 6 o'clock in the evening. And it's not something that a lot of people really think about -- it's a very arduous process and if you haven't done it before it can be very intimidating."

" Yes because it just and -- for get -- the drivers for -- on hardware and in there's a difference between back you know there's a relative in a snapshot of your entire hard drive. Just takes up a lot of space what time is easier to have basically the system configuration. Your applications -- new drivers. That's one back up your data and -- back up it's nice and clean separate. So today we're gonna cover the tools you should have for these instances software tools that within reason we're gonna help you recover data we image you could install your system back on your machine. And basically make a reinstall speedier by updating your disk has overtime to something called. Bit rot basically stuck it's credit up bad drivers can place we -- DLLs every so often it's really good to just wiped her machine and start over fresh in if you haven't. Pre configured."

" Image it so much faster than manually installing everything room. And if you do you need to do a fresh brand new straight from the installed this. OS install. It's always a good idea to have the latest hot fixes updates service packs and drivers in these things change if not on a monthly basis probably every six to twelve months. So -- good to have those updated and ready to go because the last thing you wanna do spend five hour -- for the Microsoft. -- to give you all via patches you need the center and XP and there's like. You know the giant service package for 200 update is literally it's incredibly long."

" Now before we begin -- going to need a few things -- want to see your dvd burn dark secret burnout CDs or dvds that you need to boot from an Internet connection. Preferably high speed because some of these hot fixes downloads and -- are very very large but of course being ubiquitous USB or firewire external drive. I myself prefer one of the smaller ones but you do want an external drive because having the same. Are having -- drive in the same machine that's gonna eventually played out and is probably not to get it."

" Especially if you use the same -- on their. Got one thing yes rescue C rescue C. Right so what is a rescue CD a rescue CD is simply need bootable CD or dvd. That is filled with hard drive utilities system utilities diagnostic software. Things like say if you need to partition your hard drive there's gonna be a couple of hard -- partitioning software. Options available drive imaging software options available and say you've locked yourself out of your system because you put it past her luck. On your bios you can crack the bios and access your system that it simply put it's kind of like Swiss army and Swiss army knife. Of tools available on one disk. Literally half so -- dozen. Images that you can download off. Off the web right totally free -- most of these are open source some of them are not open source but there's still three. I mean you could also include utilities that are provided by your hardware manufacturer. Or motherboard manufacturer. Is just a good idea to have all the stuff collected before you actually need this. One that a lot of people like is the ultimate boot C there's also a windows version is the ultimate PCs Linux based back up the windows ultimate. Boot CD for windows. Com and this is actually based -- loader. And it includes a good wealth of tools this is in the world with all the like illegally cracking no -- this is not high were -- us. -- which is so legendary the legendary Irish bootsy and -- it is one amazing this -- But you can't find it legally online. Now. A lot of people -- use it and I. I like it I think it's a little dated in some it especially interface. But all of these have a very similar interfaces and let you go to a do we set up -- which means you're gonna be looking at a command line for some sort of -- scheme and you basically in either looks like DOS or Linux command window war looks little prettier yeah. Now there's also these system resources CDC it's a basically Olympics. Version. Four -- users includes a lot of analytic tools that most windows DOS users will not be familiar with. And if here you know very comfortable little of the unix environment I recommend that it has to do we based on. This of this -- 86 I think it's KD. That's not manager and you can do a lot of things that you can in battery can gold go to school and do command line. Now the one I like a lot is the ultra boot C it's easy menu driven tool based. Interface program with a bunch of stuff. And it has built in support for firewire as well as you must be -- us. Again you know it faster drive means bastard restorations yes. And hasn't a bunch of really nice tools that you were mentioning about your hard drive utilities from Mac store Seagate. It actually includes all because -- freely available. As downloads and it also has saved and if you really want to get our grief and make it bootable USB version on a flash drive -- can boot off that. In case you're like what is company -- guys as a run them through electrical source of much more convenient than having good to see deal yet. -- What you burn it out you download the -- so you your favorite burning software you burn data CD. Set your PC to boot from the -- first -- unless you boot from last yes or that's lustrous black Betsy first drop it in. Booted your computer -- load -- give the option to the fault of booting to the hard drive in that you select from CD. We'll boot from the CD in the basically -- to a simple menu select the tool that you want. From the screen. And once that's done you just basically follow that particular applications. Instruction."

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" Building your own recovery CD now most new PCs come with some kind of recovery partition or CD right. That's not were building it."

" I know we're building something much more flexible now before we were talking about. Rescue CE CD's that give you the tools to let you tweak or maybe make some adjustments because your PC isn't working just right you can't get it to work. Other what you needed to. A rescue our a system where it's stored CDs essentially a disk that has the good snapshot are good working copy of your hard drive. That you can restore it in the event of a catastrophic failure you machine that requires you to replace the hard drive or replace the data on."

" So the very similar it's just this one is actually customize to actually use the stuff you yes this is designed to be one dropped no one drop. You know 11 keystroke and it automatically does it without you having to fiddle with five or six different applications -- a -- personal restore CD yes it is. So are we -- copy the entire partition or the entire drive or can we do either one do -- do either one in my recommendation is. Normally when I building PCI it was built. Multiple partitions and the main hard drive. In that first partitions -- the OS partition that has the install applications. That has the OS and awfully hot fixes all the updates any -- bug fixes in it. And I just image that out simply because they can back up the data normally I can just take it like going to drive and copy of violence but it's also an advance that it's like if if you leave your system feels like it's slower it's bogged down you installed secretly application that's kind of infested itself in there. If you keep the deal on a separate partition or separate drive. He he basically wipe out to rebuild your operating system and applications without having to spend what could be a Brazilian hours waiting for your that -- 2000 terabyte video collection moved back over."

" And the flip side and this is a side benefit is oftentimes when I do and you OS install. Because it's a separate partition I can just just on that partition I don't have to worry about all that get all my MP three's all my photos that I have to wipe out from scratch and that we look from somewhere else so let's begin it's very simple now oftentimes when you do this people recommend using ghost story Acronis true image. They're real application they're both great applications but they are paid for applications. I nice open source free as in speech and your -- that now there's a bunch of really great open source applications. Unfortunately they're all unix based and they don't oftentimes come with auto boot voters you have to build a separate rescue C. And you kind of have to rolled around a lot of people like that. A lot more people don't like that so I'm going with an application I've found about three weeks ago called Mac screen reflect on -- reflect as a free edition -- It has an interface very similar to that it goes to orchestra's image. And it supports. Firewire USB and it has it and has utility to create either a -- or BartPE plugin to create a Bart PE boot disk. The -- to boot. If your system will not boot from a CD and then access should drive and copier image over. That's actually a lot utility for free applications it is it's amazing and you know wet. In case basically they might -- locked on the freakish try to download why can't -- now first it is when you want your application is to create -- On -- to do is go to. Mood. Go to other tasks and you basically see a drop down menu for -- rescue CD gives you two options the lyrics BartPE. The previous versions for the update. To -- sort of worked on some machines and didn't work another once the latest update to it actually has it booting up my laptop in my home PC. Yeah okay so we'll choose a Linux version frame up. Unless you really like BartPE they have apart he put it I'd rather not mess with Atlantic is pretty simple. Click next. Basically asks you for a disc. Do enable B update to read it quickly updates to make sure you have the latest. Drivers support on that into the disk and once that's done they'll start burning and you basically and with the disk like this. About you know it's a little Sony makes Batman not a lot. Odds say you only need a seasonally about the -- dvd should work in anything and when you're done that is it. Next you want to create an image of the hard drive that you are -- partition that you -- this'll be taking up a little more space yes but. This is where the external drive comes in I recommend it USB drives. Simply because most machines laptops and Tutsis. All come with -- speech does not so much with a firewire. Hugo with a firewire if you do at firewire enabled some orange says it has discussed so much faster. The important thing is to make sure before you image you download all the updates that you want your system running clean. Any virus scan of your system gets a lasting need to do is to have viruses and Trojan virus and your. In your system -- you see this so make sure that's all cleared away and you know if you have any trash or anything and the like delete all the fun you don't want because there's nothing worse than copying over thirty gigs. A positive one and."

" Yes and that while you're there actually make sure you don't have duplicate MP3 files or video files. You know basically cache clearly capturing your browsers just look for all the places you might normally look to clean hard drive space. And like Rogers said make sure everything's a dvd as much as you can before -- that this."

" Correct and it's really simple you just like to try that you want. We will go into create an image of selected parchment disk. Do that select where we want to keep it in this time we will point. To the external drive in this case it will be of the drive. He years like that. You can make -- folder oftentimes it's easier so you know what it is. Oftentimes they put the name of the file so -- say it like you know it's my bio OS. And then I put -- date on it because oftentimes they do multiple I do I do multiple images every few months that we have like three of them. And say like them Iowa's go to must -- case that once had this problem that caused my system to crash I can go back to the one before that. What's it's done you're sick now here's ninety that is degree that so my system -- The way. It goes that way of the Roman empire. But you're saying these are gonna source the actual restore process yes so the actual restore process. Drop the CD in. Boot from it. And attached to drive with all your -- disk images on it or the one that you do want to we're replicate that. Now the other thing about this is this is great if you're an institution say in the school he got like a dozen of the same laptops. It's a great way to keep one install for all those machines you go boom boom boom boom boom is to have trying to install by this. For all the same machines oftentimes corporate Mikey does this but a lot of smaller groups sometimes church groups you know non profits -- don't have access that kind of suffer. Mac here reflect actually -- really did. Job doing that stuff looks so just do it justice justify that would be faster external drive we've inserted her boot CP. We started the computer select the the image walk away from it. Actually don't walk away from it just. Keep it keep it within -- the image restore wizard starts starts up. You select the drive that you want. The dread the -- storefronts like the file. It's like that what you need to copy it to and then let it do its job. So when that's done the cool thing about Mac reflect as it actually has a smart functional only. Back up. Do a smart packet it -- not back up like hibernation files or page file which can be huge by the way especially if you set the PayPal like me to four gigabytes for some -- If it super huge yes -- so you know what what -- selected destination and."

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" All right so we just created a system restore disk. What's the difference between that in slip streaming copy of when this."

" So slip streaming is the process where you install. All the updates patches hot fixes service packs that come after the install -- DOS is released on the market a case of what windows XP at one point I did. The operating system install download the service pack and then there was nine. For updates on top of the service pack on top of the the basically the basic insulation this this'll actually turn those into one. Giant -- yeah and the great thing about slip streaming it's actually really get a Microsoft. For them delight you this is it takes those older files and replaces them with the new one. Nice so. All you really need to do is to make sure you download these self executable is for service pack three for XP and if you have Vista masters one because -- there's SP. And this will save you if you have to read some multiple systems even if you're doing it over a network this will save you. Ridiculous amounts of time installing a fresh operating system on multiple computers even one computer defective one of the great aspects of slip streaming isn't just the service packs and the hot fixes -- fixes updates. It's the ability to slip streaming drivers for hardware that you have -- system in case you haven't made it clear slip streaming is really really useful it can also be. Really really confusing if you try to do it manually that's what Roger. Is a strong advocate of an application called and polite yes and Mike is an amazing tool. To use it might even need a couple of things you're -- need -- original windows install disk CD you know the with a with a little holographic. Label on it. You need this service packs and now hot fixes for an operating system. And finally want to download any and all drivers that you have that are specific to your machine that are that public penalize yourself. Very important because as we mentioned before it without the -- drivers connecting to the Internet connecting or doing anything useful. Is would be extremely difficult either remembered download those drivers before or chip the second machine again of those drivers are bored and -- my friend's house to walk you with a thumb drive just. Do this first. -- the only thing -- actually about as a graphics card and update because -- changed like every three to four months depending on what -- it's nice to have one in -- uploaded -- like running BG driver have into the tiny and it's true but that the the thing to remember specially for performance into the this PC users if they -- thing about having previously Nvidia -- drivers -- the system -- if you just -- the generic -- you can put your own you know custom. Immediate download later. So let's just start off all we have to do is selected the location of the windows install. This case is CD's so show us like that."

" Do do do do do do click okay it should find it soon. -- it yes. It's not ask me where I want to put all these files that it needs to change. -- create a folder on the desktop offices. And lights. That."

" And not just gonna copy over all files. -- right so it copied over all in now have to do is select any kind of hot fixes. Service pack two -- downloaded like all we have accusing you want to manually download all -- the updates in the service -- yes and typically with service pack two want to make sure you're downloading the actual service -- executable not installing download in the XQ will there is it smaller executable that does the updated separately. That's not what you want if it's around two to 300 makes that secrete. This week."

" Little those logos all up and now I can. Select. He what I want to basically integrate. So don't service packs hot Texas drivers if you're clicking here to make sure that and all the stuff I basically telling it okay I want that I want that I want that these -- all the things that clicked it is to think that one you do included. Because oftentimes you might have -- respect. If your -- now one like you know the hot fixes or whatever but for some odd reason. Evidence that a couple of nights it will begin boxes and also the a couple of set up options this is basically if you want to happen XP disk that is. You drop it in the drive that you walk away and installs itself that needs. You can set up an unintended and so you sit at the premise for like the time unattended or unintended. On attended. The -- intended to -- walk up greens. Stop right there so parts. -- listen -- what about the other options. The other options are like bootable ISO two weeks so be bootable I so again you drop the disk in the machine you turn it on does everything for us. Tweaks options you can go through it. It's more the trial and there depending on the kind of configuration you want I used to do everything and didn't realize well maybe I don't want to do that because. You know eight years the I want to treat them myself depending on the location of -- yes. -- all the hot fixes and want. Drivers. And yet to be careful what they've got the drivers one machine get the right drivers and I'll -- a 32 bit or 64 bit because it's not adding to it. It's -- because you have the wrong driver. And its if that's our way. Components that I want to and I love this component section when you click it on and -- you can actually turn off things it won't install so. In -- little tiny applications like don't mind sweeper game. That's really cool languages keyboard like -- you know how to -- has the 32 different layouts that 32 different -- and they also have you know the function for people with. Poor vision and you can prevent it from installing services yup so cool so you can actually stop all these things. It actually. Get it removes it. From the disk so won't install I like that so again. It's one of those things -- there I actually recommend you not touch any of these especially in the services area. That applications are fine but man and if you don't the services that you definitely don't need it. The book that. And then now I have all my users. Suggested has appeared that allows super unattended installation you can actually putting passwords in network passwords and in the passage to put the serial number of the disk so -- you're not actually appetite it there yourself you can integrated it. You can integrated into the CD. So it boots up with the key itself all that it's pretty much -- Vista contestants -- What you've done. It's -- start the process it's gonna compile an -- so when you're done all you have to do is burn up that -- so you should be able to drop it in. Do not copy I have to file using disparate application that converts the -- so into the data that your computer can use. This is what I end up -- This is basically my XP install this with us all the way at this a respectfully. It's self bootable unintended have to waste so put in the serial number and all that stuff at me. So this has saved me so many times. Because you hat you've destroyed the computer like at least four times the last three months to this yeah I. Constantly had to rebuild this machine either for segments or because it's just -- giant pilot crap. And it's you know it's great I moved onto Mac reflecting treated and it's because that's so much faster. But if you anticipate yourself doing anything where you just want to do a clean install a lot of people like doing it. Every year get kind of spring cleaning you'll applications near everything and it's really it's in -- can not give rats he does it work with Vista. It does not. However they the author has created to be light which is the same thing for Vista and light -- Vista yet and might for Vista. The thing to know about it is that still going to be that. Beta version so it's not as well. Developed as it might because it has so many years to -- It works are right. There's still some you know it's just about this issue are all moving to windows seven few months but it's you know committee of the same functions has some additional stuff in there to specifically for Vista. Look at it if you want to try and play around with fit. Make sure you do now puts -- your install you know creating. Anything just to test out make sure it's you know it's it's perfectly good. On another machine. --"

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" Right so that's pretty much it. These are basically tools that you -- or should have if you want -- kind of recovery system either from you know kind of some sort of catastrophic crash bad installed. -- infested with fire I mean that's the -- bad driver install even something as simple as a bad drivers -- yes. And you know it's not one of those things that I don't think. You could basically screw up. This system but it's it's one of those things that you do kind of want to make sure when you create these pay attention paid attention mystery meat keynote mixer. You have everything what you wanted and you should be aren't. And you know what."

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