In article <#oZK5hQwHHA.484@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>, I'ecus wrote:

> ... can I make*
> an image of everything except my xp so when I install vista, I can just*
> run the image to restore all of my programs and files?

If you mean make an image of what is installed under XP and use that to
reinstall under VISTA (or rather to avoid reinstalling but jusst to copy)
then I doubt very much if that will work.

Also by definition an image is an image and when you reverse it onto a
drive you get an image -- I don't think it will just add the image onto
the installation that is there.

I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong and you can correct me if I've
misunderstood the bit I quoted.