"Andy Burns" wrote in message
o.uk...
Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

I
did wonder if I could simply copy the HD on the other PC which runs the
same XP. Like I could do on the Acorns. ;-)

Pretty much, though XP itself won't help you, to do it under Windows you
need something like Acronis or DriveImage or Ghost.



I thought about keeping a backup of my windows install with a disk image for
a very fast recovery .... are any of the above freeware ?