IRestorer is a free backup and disk imaging program for Windows XP.
Description:
IRestorer creates an exact drive image of your system into a file, including the operating system, installed programs, your data and all security attributes, while Windows is running and you continue to work. In case a disaster occurs (a virus, trojan...), an exact and complete restoration of your system will actually be possible within a few minutes. The image file can be mounted as a virtual drive, so you can easily restore (or use) single files or directories, using the Windows Explorer, or other programs.
Features:
Faster than Ghost & Acronis (3.0 GB/Min on a modern system)
Excellent comperssion ratio (Comparable to WinRAR)
Simple interface
On-the-fly actions
Disaster recovery (Bootable disk)
Image files protection
Image files splitting
Image files verification
Virtual drive...
Disaster recovery:
The Windows system partition can't be restored whilst Windows is running. To overcome this issue the PC has to be started with another operating system using IRestorer Disk.
Virtual drive:
The image files can be mounted as a virtual drive in Windows Explorer for file recovery using copy and paste.
Supported file systems:
FAT16
FAT32
NTFS
EXT2/3/Reiser
System requirements:
IRestorer runs under Windows XP only. Also you need administrative rights to install it.
Other: Floppy disk drive for disaster recovery.