What you want is a "Complete PC Backup" It takes a second hard drive, or
many DVD's, and some edition of Vista above Home Basic. System restore
cannot do that alone, it needs backup software.
--
Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
interface.
http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...eAPostAsAnswer
Mark L. Ferguson
..
"Paul (in Tor,Ont)" <> wrote in message
news:49D308AF-EE1D-4898-B6C2-...
> If for some reason in a month or so I wanted to restore to my own point,
> can I? I know restore saves all the time but I don't want one that I
> create to be over written.
>
> Thanks
> Paul
>
> --
> HP Pavilion DV9417ca Entertainment Laptop
> AMD Turion 64 x 2 core 1.8GHz
> 160GB/2GB/NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
> 17"Wscreen/Wifi/BT/Built-in cam/RC
> Vista Premium x32-bit SP1
>
> iPAQ 2490 WM5