[Barrykgerdes]

Yes Acronis is quite good but I have two other free programs that will do the same thing. I often resize my disks to free up space where I want it.

When you make an image of a drive it is useful to reduce the size to as little as possible. This will make it easier to re-install because the images don't like drives that are smaller than the image even if you know the contents will fit on the new drive.

I can even get around the problem of installing XP or 2000 when Windows Vista or Windows 7 is already installed and make them multiboot.

Another useful trick is to use a relatively small drive for your main operation system and then keep your valuable data and other installed programs on a secondary drive.

Barry