Make your own free backup/restore disk.
This is a good piece of software.
Paragon Backup & Recovery Free Advanced Edition.
http://www.paragon-software.com/home/db-express/
Does it make a copy of the operating system, to load onto a new hardrive so you can then load your backed up data? One of my back up discs has Windows XP, the other has Windows Vista. I actually like XP better for writing, editing, but Vista seems better for Internet researching, etc. The new computers do not include a back up disc with the operating system on it.
Just went by there. Thanks so much for the link. I’m going to make a flashdrive backup today!