Leosghost - 2:45 pm on Dec 23, 2009 (gmt 0)

winrar is not a drive imager..nor is winzip, 7 zip or any other archiver ..
the two Bill mentioned are drive imagers ..

you are trying to do the computer equivalent of making toast with a lawnmower ..

use the right tools for the job ..and it will all go easier ..

and as Bill says leave your restore point info alone ..it can be accessed ( no I'm not telling how ..that would be irresponsible of me )..but if you fiddle with it then it's 99.9 to six places certain you'll be back posting from another machine asking how to unbork your Vista SP1 machine ..

thought of just cloning to a second HDD ..USB or whatever ?