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need some recommendations on some ghosting utilities, as l get my new system back tomorrow once installed lm thinking about ghosting the hard drive after lve setup the way l like it... soo just wondering what ppl use and which one is worth looking at and considering to use for system recovery purposes should the worst happen..

any help and recommendations appreciated.
 
lol that was quick, lve tried it once before but not had much luck with it however newer versions maybe much better (was quite a while back since l tried it "once")
 
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was just looking at a site about it.. thinking about looking into trial software so l can have a look see at the options at least, would be interesting to be able to format via the process of returning a backup which would make it somewhat better as the drive would be clean for the restore so to speak...
 
you know what l may install and try both, technically l cant see any conflicts since they are backup utilities if one doesnt work the other is sure to lol
 
I use Shadow Protect and FDISR which I think are excellent programmes but of course there are many out there (Google) all claiming to be the best.
 
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If you are going to ghost it, remember the following things:

If you change any hardware, its best to redo the ghost image.

If you even change things like which port hardware is connected to (even if its the same hardware) the ghost image might not work.

Do all windows updates and make sure you have the latest drivers for everything.

Its not wise to have many programs installed when you create the image, as this will make the ghost image larger, and might not fit onto a DVD or CD.

Its best to get your PC just how you like it, with all the updates, AV installed, favourites etc with exception to the programs installed. This way it gives you a clean slate without it being to risky when it goes on the net.
 
trying them out on my sisters laptop :D and l only planned on the basics like ms office and the like, would be great as a time saver...
 
Do any of those external HD backup systems offer ghosting and restore by the USB port? Lost my WinXP Tablet edition CD for the Samsung Q1, so wanted to backup the HD so that it could be fully restored if I ever had to format the drive. I can boot from USB, just not sure if any of the external HD's will do this.
 
dont see a problem with booting from external HDs as long as the bios allows for it, my systems all see removable storage fine gunna try out argonis and norton in a mo once my sisters laptops finished installing..

will update to how it goes ;)

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no good my sisters laptop is too old and the progs keep on complaining how there isnt enough memory to make the images...
 
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Acronis True Image is better reviewed everywhere I've seen than Norton and is the one I use.
You get or can make a bootable CD to run it from in the event of total disk wipeout.

The way I used it was to reload XP clean, then add all the programs I use and set them up the way I like them on C:. I used D: for all the data, email storage and other stuff that changes.

Then did an Acronis backup of C: to my second hard drive, and also to my external hard disk. This means that a clean windows install, plus all the programs set to my preferences is just 8 minutes away rather than two days. OK, you may need to update Windows and your virus checker, but that's easy.

You can also do "incremental " updates, which backup only the stuff that's changed. But I find I install so much rubbish that a clean XP install is just the job quite regularly.
Data, kept separately, can be backed up as often as you like and is unaffected by the system backup of disk C:.

So I'd go with Acronis, however you want to use it.
 
well lm thinking of trying both once l get my new system back, lm just hoping this time the damn thing works in my house... sent it back because l couldnt boot from CD now the motherboard and ram have been changed this shouldnt be a problem (even tho from what l was told they couldnt locate any problem at all) wont make sence if l get the same error again, but hey the two main parts been re-newed and been completely different (aka diff make of motherboard and new ram) should at least fix the problem in such a way that something works in all hopes...
 
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