Creating image file of installed programs

cork-spotters · 10 Mar 2010 at 18:40

Is it possible to use Norton Ghost or Acronis True Image to back up just specific programs?

I want to reformat my HDD, but certain things are such a pain to reinstall, especially FlightSim 2004 with my 50 or so third party addons. It would take me about 3 weeks to a month to get it back working the way it is.
My HDD is 1TB, so I don't really have the option to make a full image file of it, and I don't want to anyway.

cork-spotters · 10 Mar 2010 at 19:35

I don't have a 1TB HDD just lieing around to put image files on.

Just copying the folder elsewhere would loose all of my registry keys making it pointless anyway.

cork-spotters · 10 Mar 2010 at 22:30

That's what I feared. Just as well I have a new chair on order, though the ar*e groove on this one is just right.

cork-spotters · 11 Mar 2010 at 12:36

I'm just about to start a reformat now. Creating a complete image file would probably be of no use to me as it would just resinstate whatever software problems I'm having in the first place.
Oh well. Thanks anyway.

Once I get setup again just the way I like it i'll prob take an image file of that partition of the HDD to solve whatever future problems I'll have!