To do so, use the Diskmgmt.msc command to launch Disk Management, go to Action -> Attach VHD, and select the secondary partition from within the image folder \Windows Image Backup\PC_NAME\Backup Date - it'll be the one with the higher string number in the file name. Your D: drive should still be there - and even if that's messed up, you've still got an image you can mount. In case of an emergency, you can the system image (Windows, your applications, your user account data) and get back to work faster. By doing so, you'll keep the system image size much lower and reduce image restore times for your system partition immensely. To speed up you restore times, try offloading all your larger and personal files (music, photos, documents, virtual machines, etc.) to a separate partition, but still let Windows back up both partitions. XP users don't have this option, but there are a number of applications that will do the trick. You'll find it right under Control Panel -> System and Security -> Backup and Restore -> Create a system image. It gets the job done and is built into the startup repair tools (more on which in a moment). There are some great third-party tools out there, but I tend to use Windows' built-in solution, which is available only on Vista or Windows 7.
Keep an up-to-date image of your entire machine on a portable USB disk drive, and take it everywhere you go. That's why, wherever I travel, I'm prepared for a total crash of my machine - and you should be too. I've experienced my ugly share of Windows boot problems over the years: I've seen my laptop working perfectly fine at home, only for it to inexplicably quit on me when I try to start it up on an airplane a mere two hours later.
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