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| Thread ID: 41016 | 2003-12-26 23:56:00 | Creating A Quick Repair Drive Image | flying_green_leprachaun (1767) | Press F1 |
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| 203430 | 2003-12-26 23:56:00 | Its something Ive been meaning to do for ages . I am a regular reformatter (probably at least once a month) & every time I go thru the rigmarole of reinstalling XP, I think to myself, this time make an image, a nice quick to repair image . But I always get distracted by something shiny . I was wondering What recomendations were out there as per software & methodology . So far all Ive done toward speeding up the reinstall is slipstream SP1 into a new Bootable XP CD . I was planning on doing the same thing with SP2, which got me to thinking again . I should really make a image of a post format, shiny new, sparkly windows install . |
flying_green_leprachaun (1767) | ||
| 203431 | 2003-12-27 00:37:00 | What size is the partition that your OS is on? Myself, I use Nero HD Backup - quick and easy and a doddle to re-install. It does not compress & backs up all the drive - not just the used sections, so pays to have a small primary partition. Bye |
Peter H (220) | ||
| 203432 | 2003-12-27 01:15:00 | ghost makes a smaller backup | drcspy (146) | ||
| 203433 | 2003-12-27 01:37:00 | Hi FGL If you want methodology for ghost imaging, take a look at This Thread ( . pcworld . co . nz/thread . jsp?forum=1&thread=32619&message=142374&q=Ghost#142374" target="_blank">pressf1 . pcworld . co . nz) and any links leading from it . Most, if not all, of your questions will be answered . Cheers Billy *<8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 203434 | 2003-12-27 03:08:00 | thanks for the pointer Billy, Main partition is 30gig. ideally I was looking at an uncompressed network &/or cd backup. my XP install sits at a little over 1.5gigs. |
flying_green_leprachaun (1767) | ||
| 203435 | 2003-12-27 05:06:00 | If you're quick, the december issue of APC has a free full version of Paragon Drive Backup. Haven't tried it, but free is a good price (well, okay, you'll have to fork out ten bucks for the mag but its a good read for new year anyway). There are also full versions of Paint shop pro v5 and adobe Photoshop Album V2 SE so it's not a bad investment. Have a happy new year. Regards, andy |
andy (473) | ||
| 203436 | 2003-12-27 05:16:00 | There's no problems in compressing your OS data, and ghost allows spanning of images across multiple CDs . Ghost allows custom levels of compression too but you need to do some command line additions to your boot disk if not using Ghost in Windows . I always use boot disks myself so I don't know how compression is customised in Windows . You can do the same over a network, though for speed and reliability I usually write the image to a second HDD (or dedicated partition on my laptop) then copy it over the network to a backup storage drive . I keep the original on the host computer until the next backup as a belt and braces butt-saving device . Cheers Billy *<8-{) |
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