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Kristi
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      18th Nov 2006
I have been using Ghost 8 (apparently rel 10 is a hog), but thought I'd see
what other good options are out there.

Thanks!

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JS
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      18th Nov 2006
I've used ghost 8, 9 and 10 and find that 10 is not a hog. I only do manual
backups and not Scheduled backups.
The graphical interface is better in 10 as is the Recovery CD.

JS

"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have been using Ghost 8 (apparently rel 10 is a hog), but thought I'd see
> what other good options are out there.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Kristi
> -----
> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT
> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
> Raxco PerfectDisk8
> XP Pro SP 2++++



 
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      18th Nov 2006
Kristi wrote:

> I have been using Ghost 8 (apparently rel 10 is a hog), but thought I'd see
> what other good options are out there.


Other programs besides Ghost are Acronis True Image, Terabyte
Unlimited's Image for Windows, and CasperXP. I still use Drive Image 7
from PowerQuest which was bought out by Symantec and incorporated in Ghost.

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Kristi
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      19th Nov 2006
On 11/18/2006 12:44:12 PM, "JS" wrote:
>I've used ghost 8, 9 and 10 and find that 10 is not a hog. I only do manual
>backups and not Scheduled backups.
>The graphical interface is better in 10 as is the Recovery CD.
>
>JS
>
>"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:455f3fed$0$7000$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have been using Ghost 8 (apparently rel 10 is a hog), but thought I'd see
>> what other good options are out there.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> --
>> Kristi
>> -----
>> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT
>> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
>> Raxco PerfectDisk8
>> XP Pro SP 2++++

>
>


Thanks for your 2 cents on Ghost 10 - I think the comments I saw were wrt
it's incremental backup capability which I would not use. I'll look at it. My
real prob at the moment is to get it to do CD/DVD burns faster than PIO1 -
the fault of my mobo's bios, so I have a little Syba IDE PCI card on order
which hopefully will do the trick under DOS.

Thanks again!

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Kristi
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Kristi
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      19th Nov 2006
On 11/18/2006 5:32:38 PM, Rock wrote:
>Kristi wrote:
>
>> I have been using Ghost 8 (apparently rel 10 is a hog), but thought I'd see
>> what other good options are out there.

>
>Other programs besides Ghost are Acronis True Image, Terabyte
>Unlimited's Image for Windows, and CasperXP. I still use Drive Image 7
>from PowerQuest which was bought out by Symantec and incorporated in Ghost.
>


I have had very bad luck with Acronis and Terabyte, both changing the mbr
incorrectly. I haven't tried Acronis lately, though I did try terabyte within
the past 6 months. Yeah, I used to have PQDI around - 6, I think, which I
finally discarded because I felt Ghost 8 worked better for me. I just
downloaded the trial of Casper XP, but it seems to only do partition of disk
copies, not partition to image file (either on hd file or CD/DVD file), which
is what I use.

Thanks, though!

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ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
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Kristi
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      19th Nov 2006
On 11/18/2006 9:12:05 PM, "Kristi" wrote:
>On 11/18/2006 12:44:12 PM, "JS" wrote:
>>I've used ghost 8, 9 and 10 and find that 10 is not a hog. I only do manual
>>backups and not Scheduled backups.
>>The graphical interface is better in 10 as is the Recovery CD.
>>
>>JS
>>
>>"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:455f3fed$0$7000$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I have been using Ghost 8 (apparently rel 10 is a hog), but thought I'd see
>>> what other good options are out there.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kristi
>>> -----
>>> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT
>>> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
>>> Raxco PerfectDisk8
>>> XP Pro SP 2++++

>>
>>

>
>Thanks for your 2 cents on Ghost 10 - I think the comments I saw were wrt
>it's incremental backup capability which I would not use. I'll look at it. My
>real prob at the moment is to get it to do CD/DVD burns faster than PIO1 -
>the fault of my mobo's bios, so I have a little Syba IDE PCI card on order
>which hopefully will do the trick under DOS.
>
>Thanks again!
>


My error - my Ghost is part of SystemWorks 2003, so I don't know which
release of Ghost that relates to. Any idea?

Also just verified that if I do a backup writing to DVD, it creates a
bootable DVD and when booted starts up with Ghost and would allow me to
restore from the DVD to the HD partition of my choice. Pretty neat!

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Kristi
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ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
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Kristi
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      19th Nov 2006
On 11/18/2006 9:42:02 PM, "Kristi" wrote:
>On 11/18/2006 9:12:05 PM, "Kristi" wrote:
>>On 11/18/2006 12:44:12 PM, "JS" wrote:
>>>I've used ghost 8, 9 and 10 and find that 10 is not a hog. I only do manual
>>>backups and not Scheduled backups.
>>>The graphical interface is better in 10 as is the Recovery CD.
>>>
>>>JS
>>>
>>>"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>news:455f3fed$0$7000$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>I have been using Ghost 8 (apparently rel 10 is a hog), but thought I'd see
>>>> what other good options are out there.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Kristi
>>>> -----
>>>> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT
>>>> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
>>>> Raxco PerfectDisk8
>>>> XP Pro SP 2++++
>>>
>>>

>>
>>Thanks for your 2 cents on Ghost 10 - I think the comments I saw were wrt
>>it's incremental backup capability which I would not use. I'll look at it. My
>>real prob at the moment is to get it to do CD/DVD burns faster than PIO1 -
>>the fault of my mobo's bios, so I have a little Syba IDE PCI card on order
>>which hopefully will do the trick under DOS.
>>
>>Thanks again!
>>

>
>My error - my Ghost is part of SystemWorks 2003, so I don't know which
>release of Ghost that relates to. Any idea?
>
>Also just verified that if I do a backup writing to DVD, it creates a
>bootable DVD and when booted starts up with Ghost and would allow me to
>restore from the DVD to the HD partition of my choice. Pretty neat!
>


Also just discovered that Ghost 9 and 10 are really PQDI re-packaged, so I
guess the original Ghost, per se, is gone.

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JS
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      19th Nov 2006
2003 is most likely Ghost version 7, I have it but have moved up over the
years, currently waiting to see if there will be a System Works 2007 with
Ghost. So far no info on their site about a 2007 version.

It should be noted than on Symantec's web site System Works 2006 includes
not only Ghost version 10 but also comes with Ghost 2003, presumably for
Windows 98 users.
See: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=ghost%2B2003

JS

"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 11/18/2006 9:12:05 PM, "Kristi" wrote:
>>On 11/18/2006 12:44:12 PM, "JS" wrote:
>>>I've used ghost 8, 9 and 10 and find that 10 is not a hog. I only do
>>>manual
>>>backups and not Scheduled backups.
>>>The graphical interface is better in 10 as is the Recovery CD.
>>>
>>>JS
>>>
>>>"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>news:455f3fed$0$7000$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>I have been using Ghost 8 (apparently rel 10 is a hog), but thought I'd
>>>>see
>>>> what other good options are out there.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Kristi
>>>> -----
>>>> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek
>>>> PX6600GT
>>>> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
>>>> Raxco PerfectDisk8
>>>> XP Pro SP 2++++
>>>
>>>

>>
>>Thanks for your 2 cents on Ghost 10 - I think the comments I saw were wrt
>>it's incremental backup capability which I would not use. I'll look at it.
>>My
>>real prob at the moment is to get it to do CD/DVD burns faster than PIO1 -
>>the fault of my mobo's bios, so I have a little Syba IDE PCI card on order
>>which hopefully will do the trick under DOS.
>>
>>Thanks again!
>>

>
> My error - my Ghost is part of SystemWorks 2003, so I don't know which
> release of Ghost that relates to. Any idea?
>
> Also just verified that if I do a backup writing to DVD, it creates a
> bootable DVD and when booted starts up with Ghost and would allow me to
> restore from the DVD to the HD partition of my choice. Pretty neat!
>
> --
> Kristi
> -----
> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT
> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
> Raxco PerfectDisk8
> XP Pro SP 2++++



 
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Jonny
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      19th Nov 2006
"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On 11/18/2006 9:42:02 PM, "Kristi" wrote:
>>On 11/18/2006 9:12:05 PM, "Kristi" wrote:
>>>On 11/18/2006 12:44:12 PM, "JS" wrote:
>>>>I've used ghost 8, 9 and 10 and find that 10 is not a hog. I only do
>>>>manual
>>>>backups and not Scheduled backups.
>>>>The graphical interface is better in 10 as is the Recovery CD.
>>>>
>>>>JS
>>>>
>>>>"Kristi" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>>news:455f3fed$0$7000$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>>I have been using Ghost 8 (apparently rel 10 is a hog), but thought I'd
>>>>>see
>>>>> what other good options are out there.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Kristi
>>>>> -----
>>>>> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek
>>>>> PX6600GT
>>>>> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
>>>>> Raxco PerfectDisk8
>>>>> XP Pro SP 2++++
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for your 2 cents on Ghost 10 - I think the comments I saw were wrt
>>>it's incremental backup capability which I would not use. I'll look at
>>>it. My
>>>real prob at the moment is to get it to do CD/DVD burns faster than
>>>PIO1 -
>>>the fault of my mobo's bios, so I have a little Syba IDE PCI card on
>>>order
>>>which hopefully will do the trick under DOS.
>>>
>>>Thanks again!
>>>

>>
>>My error - my Ghost is part of SystemWorks 2003, so I don't know which
>>release of Ghost that relates to. Any idea?
>>
>>Also just verified that if I do a backup writing to DVD, it creates a
>>bootable DVD and when booted starts up with Ghost and would allow me to
>>restore from the DVD to the HD partition of my choice. Pretty neat!
>>

>
> Also just discovered that Ghost 9 and 10 are really PQDI re-packaged, so I
> guess the original Ghost, per se, is gone.
>
> --
> Kristi
> -----
> ABIT KN8 Ultra(NForce4Ultra), Ath64 3500+, 2x512MB Geil, Leadtek PX6600GT
> TDH 128mb, Leadtek WinFast TV2000 XP Expert TV card.
> Raxco PerfectDisk8
> XP Pro SP 2++++


Its DriveImage 7 bought out by Symantec from Powerquest, mentioned by Rock.
Stores the image in an XP environment. Restores the image from its boot CD,
which is also the installation CD. Requires MS Net Framework installation,
on the same CD. That's the space hog. Not an issue with current PCs.

I use PQDI 7 with XP and other partitions. Use PQDI 2002/version 6 as an
alternate in ME/98SE environments, all but the XP partition. PQ said,
before they closed shop, that version 6 may have problems with NTFS and disk
signature in restoring XP. So, I've stuck with version 7 strictly for XP.
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