XP Partition Backup / Complete solution?

[peterlobl]

Need to swap out my MBA due to battery discharging while powered off...

very nice at genius bar - i will easily backup my OS X partition... BUT

how do i make complete backup of my PC side?? use standard ghost type program?? or similar?

(I asked if i can pull my ssd and plop into new MBA - but genius said they send back defective MBAs to HQ for analysis, etc)

Is there an all-in-one solution anyone knows of to reconstitute my entire SSD... perhaps incl partitions, etc?

would be so nice if possible - which i feel has to be - or??

thanks for any and all help!

 

[Neil321]

http://www.twocanoes.com/winclone/

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Couldnt you just copy the partition into a dmg file, and then restore the dmg onto the partition when you get it back?

 

[peterlobl]

thanks!

http://www.twocanoes.com/winclone/

gee that looks just perfect - if it works as it looks, easily worth $10 donation - should be easy to rest entire xp part incl bootcamp etc

gracias!

 

[Neil321]

gee that looks just perfect - if it works as it looks, easily worth $10 donation - should be easy to rest entire xp part incl bootcamp etc

gracias!

no problemo

yep it does what it says on the tin

 

[peterlobl]

another questione

no problemo

yep it does what it says on the tin

I think I understand - it seems quite easy to make the restore partition - but just to make sure..

when I restore the XP partition, do I have to prep the size of it with BootCamp myself, up to the loading od XP, or do I have to actually load XP OR

can i just have the program manage it for me automagically?

If I just have a clean Leopard install on my new MBA over full drive, will this program reset the partitions as well as copy back all data/prgrams?

thanks again for your appreciated assistance!