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Vigo:
 :stupid Yeah, I just drag and drop the emulator directories in a portable drive. I can set up a new windows in my sleep, and don't use any emulators/games that are not portable. On my systems with very limited space, I copy over the roms as well, simply because I have a custom selected romset.  Those systems are under 8gb. Everything else I have just hinges on a master copy of all roms I keep, so there is a stupidly small amount of "custom" installed stuff on my Hard drive.

If my HD goes kabonk, I just do a new windows, then drag in the roms and emulator directory backup and I am back on the road.

BobA:

--- Quote from: yotsuya on September 10, 2014, 04:01:47 pm ---I just back up the MAME/Hyperspin/AtomicFE setup on a portable Hard Drive and don't worry about the system (though I try to keep a backup of the drivers). Setting up Windows is the easy part.  :cheers:

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What type of clear coat do you suggest for the Platters  ;D

Back to the original question.  I use Acronis to create t total image of the drive that I want to back up.

BadMouth:
You guys obviously don't tweak windows as much as I do, especially XP.
Much easier just to recover a backup image which already includes drivers that work and has unnecessary services disabled.

Windows 7 has had it's own issues.  It takes a huge amount of time to download and install all the updates after reinstalling from scratch.

retrogamedude:
I have an entire server rack in the basement that backs up entire drives once a night, I have complete images ready to go as well.  40TB in RAID drives for everything in the house.

yotsuya:

--- Quote from: retrogamedude on September 10, 2014, 10:20:11 pm ---I have an entire server rack in the basement that backs up entire drives once a night, I have complete images ready to go as well.  40TB in RAID drives for everything in the house.

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You could save a ton of porn on there....

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