For my periodic validations of the restore process, I proceed as if I were restoring a failed hard drive. So power down the PC, remove the hard...
Regardless of what you use to backup, pick up a spare harddrive to install in place of your "live" one, and test the restore process. A backup...
Might be a good time to switch to Vista. No problems at all with ZoneAlarm AntiVirus (V7.1.248.000) and Vista (SP1). ;)
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WindowsBBS.com caught my interest, so I signed up today.
I backup the entire \USERS\username\ directory to a USB external hard drive weekly as a straight copy. Additionally, the entire PC is backed up...
It was not a problem with the Vista versions of ZoneAlarm, only with the XP versions. I had no problems at all.
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