I have Window Professional XP and so far have only installed the operating system and my software and imported emails and settings from Outlook Express to Windows Live Mail, also two user accounts.When I did a backup to an external hard drive, a folder was created but nothing was in it, not even the system image it said it was going to make

Thw "WindowsImageBackup" folder will intially appear to be empty if you mouse over the folder name. Just double click and at each prompt get the permission to drill down untill you see the .vhd folders.You can also check the contents as follows: How to restore your documents from a Windows 7 System Imagehttp://www.pagestart.com/win7bckprstvhd10131001.htmlJShttp://www.pagestart.comNever be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world available to help.

Thanks for your answer Stuart. I found your pagestart articles very interesting. I was able to see that the Backup folder wasnt empty when I was in administrator mode. I was also intrigued by your partitioning of your hard drives but I guess that is the subject of another forum. As you guessed I made a typo by saying Windows XP when I really meant Windows 7.Thanks again.

You're welcome popskin.JShttp://www.pagestart.comNever be afraid to ask. This forum has some of the best people in the world available to help.