studio xps 9000, win 7 ultimate 64 bit

8 gb ram

 

just uipgraded dell datasafe. made backup on external hardrive (14 hours!).

what do i do if the unspeakable happens and my hard drive crashes and i have to get a new hard drive. How do i use the data on my backup? do i have to reinstall the original factory settings first?

thanks

jess