I thought to myself that I would keep Windows7 until it got loaded up with viri and spyware and all those nice things because I thought that there were things that would be cool to use for a bit..... then I got the machine home! I don't even WANT any of the crap they got on there! On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 6:31 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > Before I blow windows away I think I should make a copy of the hard drive > in case I need to re-install it. How do I do that and can I back up the > boot sector as well? I'll be backing up to a cd. Would I use dd? > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: