First, which operating system are you using?
And second, check out Ghost at the link below. It will make a backup of the entire hard drive if you want:
Symantec?s Norton Ghost 9.0
Third, since there is NEVER any guarantee that you won't lose important files and data from other partitions, BE SURE to keep them copied to CD or DVD media.
Hope this helps.
Grif
I have just restored factory settings, downloaded windows updates and installed all my programmes. I don't want to do it again if necessary and want to make a bootable backup disk that ONLY restores my C: drive and keeps all my data on other partitions.
How can i do this? Can I use Nero? and are you sure that I will not lose the partitions I have created?
Many thanks

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