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Old Jan 20, 2014 | 3:13 pm
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Originally Posted by Unimatrix One

I back up all my data files regularly but have never used one of those utilities that replicates an entire hard drive (OS and all). If I wipe my hard drive, even with all my data backed up it is going to be a huge pain to restore the OS and all the programs.

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That's why you only need to pull off the data then use a secure wipe to clear it down. You can restore from the backup and leave the programs in place.
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