Creating a system restore drive

[Razor Ramon]

I was using my friend's computer a few days ago and realized he had part of his hard drive used to restore the system in case anything happens. Does anyone know how I can do this?

[Burky]

Create a partition, set system restore to use that drive, and then use that drive only for system restore, that way any viruses/spyware you pick up downloading stuff won't mess it up.

[Razor Ramon]

How do I go about partitioning? I'm slow. =(

[Burky]

I did mine when reformatting last weekend, but there's programs which do it for you, although I never used one.
Google it and see what comes up.

[Gohron]

Can't you just use FDisk?

[GohanX]

If you use FDisk, it will destroy all the data on the hard drive.

I have Partition Magic, it works great for repartitoning a hard drive without deleting the data, just as long as the drive isn't full. It DOES take forever for it to do it though.

Another alternative would be to just use something like Ghost or Backup my PC to just make some bootable CDr's instead.

[Mykozo]

If you use FDisk, it will destroy all the data on the hard drive.

I have Partition Magic, it works great for repartitoning a hard drive without deleting the data, just as long as the drive isn't full. It DOES take forever for it to do it though.

Another alternative would be to just use something like Ghost or Backup my PC to just make some bootable CDr's instead.

Partition Magic rocks, so easy to use.