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  1. 05-20-2002, 08:36 PM #1
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    Question Imaging your HDD?

    Alrighty Yall,

    I have this habit of reformatting every couple of weeks or so. I was wondering what software I should use to image my C:\ on Blank CD's.

    If I image my C:\ then if I reformat my computer and load the images in... will it look JUST like it was when I imaged it?

    By the way...

    I'm using Windows XP Professional as my OS.

    Thanks
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  2. 05-20-2002, 08:56 PM #2
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    I've always been a fan of Powerquest's Drive Image program, although there are many users who swear by Norton Ghost.

    Drive Image can write directly to CD-R, or can create 650MB image files if you wish.

    Finally, after a restore, your system will look identical to the way it did when you created the image.
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  3. 05-20-2002, 09:03 PM #3
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    Does that program work for Windows XP Pro?
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  4. 05-20-2002, 09:18 PM #4
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    I ghost mine out to a hard drive but Norton Ghost is capable of imaging to CD-R!
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  5. 05-20-2002, 09:23 PM #5
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    Norton Ghost boots off a floppy, so it's compatable with many different partition types. I usually ghost my drive to a CD-RW, because I ghost the drive periodically to keep the data current.
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  6. 05-20-2002, 10:55 PM #6
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    Alrighty.... I got myself GHOST 2K2...

    Now I have no clue what I'm doing...
    This is what I did...

    First went to Norton Ghost Boot Wizard...
    Put a Floppy in...
    Chose CD-ROM Bootdisk....

    Now I couldn't figure out how to boot w/ the floppy, so I booted up w/ an old Windows 98SE CD... and went to command prompt (Win XP Pro is my OS)

    Then from there.... I loaded up the Ghost program off the floppy...
    Then I thought things were going dandy because I some how managed to start recording my C drive to CDR's...

    But THEN.... If I kept the program running w/ out doing anything... my monitor would just shut off.. just after hearing a series of beeps from my chassis speaker... and it would stop recording (my light would go orange from red)

    THen if I hit any key.. it would go back to the program and start recording again...

    What am I doing??????!!!!!!!!
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  7. 05-22-2002, 08:46 PM #7
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    Question

    Anyone got the enlightening skills?
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  8. 05-23-2002, 02:11 PM #8
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    I used Ghost 2002... but whenever my computer is idle while it's burning a cdr... it beeps a few times.. then the monitor shuts off... and stops recording... then when I press any key... it goes back.. and starts burning again.

    Has anyone ever come across that problem?
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  9. 05-27-2002, 10:18 PM #9
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    well.. actually.... i'm running ghost from the boot disk... in the actual program from loading up the command prompt w/ a windows 98 cd... but i'm running xp pro as an os...

    btw.. i have a 40x burner...
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  10. 05-30-2002, 12:11 AM #10
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    Yay.. problem solved.. setting in my bios....

    i had it do that saving power ish... in my bios on... for 30 secs...
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