You can test a "clone" by actually booting to it... by either a boot menu option or by physically relocating the clone drive to the boot drive position. The only way to test an "image" is to use the image to restore to a hard drive (say a spare off the closet shelf) and test it the same way you would test a clone. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "rudy" <rudylopeznc@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:00 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: GMan - my tech problem I mentioned > G, here is where I am at right now. We ruled out the APC after plugging > the > tower directly in an AC outlet. Today a tech guy came out with the power > supply ( good thing he did instead of them just mailing it to me because > it > was a dead power supply ) and the tech was pretty sure it was software > related and not the PSU. So I am going to run a system repair with the XP > cd, if the error happens again I'll format. I " think " the PSU is enough > but guess I'll find out. A couple questions..When I formatted last time > after I had all drivers and apps installed, I used Acronis and made a > backup > of the drive onto my slave drive. The next time I wanted to format, not a > clean format of course I booted the acronis cd and installed the backup > and > I was up and running in 10 minutes max. I wonder if the Acronis backup > could > be the software problem? Since the cpmputer boots, the Dell splas screen > flashed and Windows XP loads and then it freezes. They, and I think it is > the OS. If the Acronis backup is the problem I do not know and I have no > idea when I ran the Acronis restore and when the problem happened > first..When I first mentioned this problem you also thought it was > software > related..correct? My Tarheels are in the Final Four! Do you know the > origin > of Tarheel? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_Heel > Rudy --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ http://www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------