to back up :
1 download Hiren Boot Disc
http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd
2 burn to cd
3 insert the disc and boot from cd rom
4 select Disk Partitioning Tools
5 select Norton Ghost
6 select Partition > to image
7 select the partition you want to back up
8 select destination to store the image (backup)
9 wait till it complete
to restore :
1 boot using the disc u burnt
2 select Disk Partitioning Tools > Norton Ghost
3 select Partition > From Image
4 select the image u created before
the drive u want to back up and the location of the backup file cannot be same
ie. if u backup C, then save the backup to different drive