@Ratul the rescue image / CD /USB will be bootable / and we have to give it the IMAGE we stored in the External HDD . Am I right ? I really fail to understand why backup after 10-15 days when we know our pc is gonna slow down as its passing down the time. ? I know its a misconception may be ..but still . Acc to me , whats the Use of Refreshing the PC, Resetting the PC , and Acronis ? and hey !! thanx for the detailed reply mate !
yes, rescue image will give you an acronis wizard to browse the backup image and restore it, just like the main acronis image, but in a bootable environment..
well, it's been now 6 months since i have installed windows 8, and i have'nt been noticing any significant slowdowns whatsoever, so it's a good practice for me..
and btw, recent intel and amd drivers are PITA to install and can cause severe crashes if anything goes wrong, so i also now create an image before installing any of those drivers to be safe (and believe me i had to use them many times
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If you think that PC's slows down with time, create a backup just after you install everything on your lappy (initial backup), and keep it in a safe place, then you can create alternate backups after some intervals as you wish, this way if in future you feel that your system is slowing down, restore the backup that was initially created, though you'd need to update the drivers and softwares in that..
