noob ROM question

[bitst0rm]

Hi All,

First post here. Apologize for the noob post but i've got some questions that others have asked but didn't seem to find any concrete answers.

I've got a Rogers HTC Magic (32A) running latest official ROM.
Would like to try out some alternate ROM's but wanna be smart about it:

Is there a way to do a good safe backup of my current offical ROM as a fallback point?

 

[bluenova]

Yes, the best way is to do a Nandroid backup. I think most custom recovery partitions include this. With your Nandroid backup you can restore the phone to the exact condition it was in when you made the backup.