Backup solution

I was actually looking for norton ghost software a few weeks ago. Why? Wanted to make a backup copy of my laptop OS with all the driver settings. Touch wood, if something happens (remember I had a pretty bad virus + trojan infection some months back) I was a painful thing to get rid of the invasion. Worst,

1. reinstallation of OS
2. software installation
3. updates of OS and software
   
4. drivers
   
5. email settings
6. profile/desktop settings
7. browser settings
8. msn settings
9. software settings
10. directories and folders management

blah blah was very time consuming, it took me about 3 days to restore everything.

Found out that Acronis actually provide a solution to the above hassle :

Acronis True Image 10 Home creates the exact copy of your hard disk and allows you to instantly restore the entire machine including operating system, applications, and all the data in the event of a fatal system crash or virus attack — no reinstallations required!

With the new version you also can easily back up your music, video, and digital photos, as well as Outlook e-mails, contacts, calendar, tasks, and user settings with just a few mouse clicks!

• Copy your entire PC, including the operating system, applications, user settings, and all data using our patented disk imaging technology.
• Backup your music, video, and digital photos!
• Backup your Outlook e-mails, contacts, calendar, tasks, notes, signatures, news folders, e-mail rules and user settings with just a few mouse clicks!
• Restore all the settings for Microsoft Office, iTunes, Windows Media Player and dozens of popular applications!

Wonderful! Pampered by technology and I will be more lazy. But I like it =D

For the version 10 you will be given trial period and pay thereafter, here's a free version of Acronis True Image 7 just need a email registration. Check your junk mails, it actually landed up there for my case.

Click on the email link and sign in with the password generated. Thereafter, clicked registered products >>download installation file.