Image File

One of the options with Acronis True Image is to create a recovery partition on the hard drive.

It has been too long since I used the option, but I don't think it works off of the Windows Boot Option (F8) menu. Very few if any recovery programs work off of F8 as they would need to modify the Windows NTLoader file to do so.

Chas

to do this successfully. The required information is in the .CHM help files.

Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for Windows Vista SP1 and Windows Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/details.aspx?familyid=94BB6E34-D890-4932-81A5-5B50C657DE08&displaylang=en

How to create and deploy custom Windows Vista images using ImageX Abstract

http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/netanelb/archive/2007/11/02/how-to-create-and-deploy-custom-windows-vista-images-using-imagex.aspx

Another alternative although you will need the Vista DVD to access the Backup drive is to do a Complete PC Backup and save it to a USB drive or a Partition on the hard drive.

Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore is included with Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate.

Insert your USB Drive with enough space available to hold the Back up.

Click Start, Control Panel, Backup & Restore Center and select Back up computer. Use the drop down box to select the USB Drive. Follow the prompts.

Edit: because I missed a bit