Hi, No nero doesn't back up the 'entire' OS You need a drive image program. But nero is still nice to use for backing up all of you vital data. rick ======= Contact Information: Skype ID: rharmon928 MSN ID: rharmon928@xxxxxxxxxxx Email: rickharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Phone: 330-724-6093 Location: Akron, Ohio USA "The chief handicap of the blind is not blindness, but the attitude of seeing people towards them." - Helen Keller, 1925 ----- Original Message ----- From: Stephen Faill To: Jaws mailing list Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 2:33 PM Subject: nero and hard drive backup hello list i understand how to use my version of nero to back up my hard drive onto dvd disks but... once i have a selection of dvd disks with my entire hard drive contents on them what use are they? i originally intended to do this to give myself a back up of the hard drive in case of a fatal error with the drive, but if my drive had to be formatted for any reason how would i get the information from the dvd disks onto the new hard drive that i would have to put into my machine? does nero copy the whole operating system over and are the disks bootable? i have tried to get information on this from doing a google search but i don't seem to get anywhere. all help is appreciated. stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.3.3/298 - Release Date: 3/30/2006