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Mani
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02 February 2006 14:57
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Ok, sure we've covered this one before, but having done a complete re-install due to hd errors I'm thinkign about taking an image of my system drive, what tools do people use and how simple is it to restore if you have to?
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Stan
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02 February 2006 16:25
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i use drive image and its very very good, it takes about a min and a half to restore a 5 or 6 gig image of my c:
Its very easy to use as well.
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02 February 2006 16:27
Edited by Re0sLess on 02-Feb-06 at 16:32
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Norton Ghost all the way  its supper easy it makes a bootalbe images on 2-3 DVDs, takes a wile tho, but its norton so what do you expect  -- edit i get 10 gig on 2 dvds with compression, its a bit of a arse tho coz my usb keyboard does not work in DOS 
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Mani
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02 February 2006 16:40
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Ideally, I'd like to create the image on another one of my disks, then after a disastser, boot from a disk, restore that image to C: (All SATA drives tho)
Will drive image and or Ghost do that?
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Midnight
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02 February 2006 17:36
Edited by Midnight on 02-Feb-06 at 17:37
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Yeah ghost lets you put the image anywhere ( I have my image on my D: ) and it'll make the image in about 10 mins with any drivers of your choice etc. Very good easy program and you use it to restore your drive after a format in like 2 mins  I use it all the time.
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06 February 2006 16:51
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Ghost Craig or you could try Nero 7 - that has a nice back-up utility .
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06 February 2006 23:15
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drive image is a doddle and its very quick to use, ive put it on a separate partition for now, ill burn it when i get round to it
cheers stan
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07 February 2006 09:54
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if you do use ghost dont usre ghost 2006 use one of the older versions which lets you backup to DVD and restore with a bootable DVD ( it makes things easier when your trying to restore if the program required to reinstall is included in the image
Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.
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