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Macrium Image Restoration -- A "D'oh" Question
Well. I've got a tiny little problem with html (etc) files not showing up with the proper (firefox) icon, and system restore has not worked remotely reliably on my machine for some time. And has not now.
So, one option is to restore (or whatever the correct verb is) the last Macrium Image I created (C (OS) Drive) - which (I believe) was created at a time before the silly icon problem surfaced. As I understand it, that should solve the problem.
However, as I contemplate restoring this image, it occurs to me for the first time that my C (OS)Drive will -- as a result of the "restore" be rolled back to that image, which means - does it not ? - that all data files which have been created and saved there in the interim will vanish into the aether.
So this is my "d'oh" question, part 1. Is the last paragraph, above, accurate?
If so, then "obviously" I should make backups of where I store files on my C drive; backup my firefox bookmarks; and backup my LiveMail emails and contacts - and save them to a different location. Prior to the "Macrium image restore", so that afterwards I can make everything hunkey-dorey again.
So this is my "d'oh" question, part 2. Is the last paragraph, above, accurate?
Sorry for asking what appears to be such a basic question, but this will be the first time I'm restoring a Macrium Image to my "working computer", and I approach it with a little trepidation. Trepidation both because (1) this is, after all, my "working computer" whose OS I am intending to wipe out and replace, and because (2) the exercise will be a pain in the ass more than generally might otherwise be the case, since the image was taken right after I installed Microsoft Word (Office XP 2002), but before the deluge of Word updates following that install were themselves installed. As such, once I get the saved image "restored", it will be a bit of work to get things back to normal again (and no doubt there are other intervening Windows updates in the mix as well . . .)
Thanks in advance for your comments/responses.