Any real experience in restoring an NTFS root partition using Ghost 9, or any similar backup sys

Leythos · Feb 3, 2005

Dear friends:

I am very skeptic about the reliability of the new, pure Windows
partition imaging software, like Ghost 9.0 and others.

Now, I am very happy doing a backup every month of my computer using
Ghost 9. But, can I trust on it, or the old MsDos based partition
imaging software, like Ghost 2003 and others, were more reliable?

Ghost 9 is not anything close to the same product that Ghost 2003 was,
it's a different vendors product, one that I personally didn't like in the
early days.

Do you have any *real* experience in *restoring* an NTFS root
partition from Ghost 9 images?

Did you have any problem with any application after the restore
process? What happened with applications, or processes, that were
running during the backup process?

Was the old MsDos Ghost 2003 more reliable as a result of its "static"
backup process?

Any hint?

I'm curious about your reason for switching from 2003 to 9?

Juan I. Cahis · Feb 3, 2005

Dear friends:

I am very skeptic about the reliability of the new, pure Windows
partition imaging software, like Ghost 9.0 and others.

Now, I am very happy doing a backup every month of my computer using
Ghost 9. But, can I trust on it, or the old MsDos based partition
imaging software, like Ghost 2003 and others, were more reliable?

Do you have any *real* experience in *restoring* an NTFS root
partition from Ghost 9 images?

Did you have any problem with any application after the restore
process? What happened with applications, or processes, that were
running during the backup process?

Was the old MsDos Ghost 2003 more reliable as a result of its "static"
backup process?

Any hint?

Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

Guest · Feb 3, 2005

I would image the partition with Ghost 9.0 installed using 2003 (PQI) so you
can restore that one with the floppies and use Ghost 9.0 (V2i) for any
further backups. That way, if worst comes to worst, you can always resore to
that image and then use Ghost 9.0 to restore the others. I have restored with
Ghost 9.0 many, many times without a single problem. Hope this helps.

Guest · Feb 3, 2005

Sorry. I got my Drive Image (PQI) mixed up with my Ghost (GHO). Same procedure.

Guest · Feb 3, 2005

We use PowerQuest Drive Image 7 here in the shop when a hard drive is failing
and we need to transfer its contents to a new hard drive. As long as the hard
drive is not too far gone, it works well. We then install the new h/d, boot
up the system and it works.

PowerQuest was aquired by Symantec (maker of Ghost) and it looks like they
have absorbed Drive Image into Ghost v9 and above. You can probably still
find Drive Image 7 on the net, for less than what Ghost costs.

Pegasus \(MVP\) · Feb 4, 2005

Dear friends:

I am very skeptic about the reliability of the new, pure Windows
partition imaging software, like Ghost 9.0 and others.

Now, I am very happy doing a backup every month of my computer using
Ghost 9. But, can I trust on it, or the old MsDos based partition
imaging software, like Ghost 2003 and others, were more reliable?

Do you have any *real* experience in *restoring* an NTFS root
partition from Ghost 9 images?

Did you have any problem with any application after the restore
process? What happened with applications, or processes, that were
running during the backup process?

Was the old MsDos Ghost 2003 more reliable as a result of its "static"
backup process?

Any hint?

Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!
=================================
I have used DriveImage (PowerQuest) and TrueImage (Acronis)
extensively and successfully. However, I create all images in "off-line"
mode, never while Windows is active.

Rock · Feb 4, 2005

Juan said:
Dear friends:

I am very skeptic about the reliability of the new, pure Windows
partition imaging software, like Ghost 9.0 and others.

Now, I am very happy doing a backup every month of my computer using
Ghost 9. But, can I trust on it, or the old MsDos based partition
imaging software, like Ghost 2003 and others, were more reliable?

Do you have any *real* experience in *restoring* an NTFS root
partition from Ghost 9 images?

Did you have any problem with any application after the restore
process? What happened with applications, or processes, that were
running during the backup process?

Was the old MsDos Ghost 2003 more reliable as a result of its "static"
backup process?

Any hint?

Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

I have and currently do use Drive Image 7, which is what Ghost 9.0 is
based on, to make an image from within windows. I have used it to
restore all my drives in sequence with no problems. Unfortunately I
think Ghost 9 includes product activation though on the good side it
does have some improvements over DI 7 allowing incremental images. But
in any event DI 7 has worked fine for me.

Richard Urban · Feb 4, 2005

I restore root/system partitions all the time from images that have been
created using Ghost 9.0.

I have never had any problems.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Dear friends:

I am very skeptic about the reliability of the new, pure Windows
partition imaging software, like Ghost 9.0 and others.

Now, I am very happy doing a backup every month of my computer using
Ghost 9. But, can I trust on it, or the old MsDos based partition
imaging software, like Ghost 2003 and others, were more reliable?

Do you have any *real* experience in *restoring* an NTFS root
partition from Ghost 9 images?

Did you have any problem with any application after the restore
process? What happened with applications, or processes, that were
running during the backup process?

Was the old MsDos Ghost 2003 more reliable as a result of its "static"
backup process?

Any hint?

Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!

Richard Urban · Feb 4, 2005

Product activation is nothing like in Windows XP or Symantec products.

With Ghost 9.0 the whole process stays on your computer. You can even do it
while you have your internet connection deactivated. It is NOT a problem at
all.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Juan I. Cahis · Feb 4, 2005

What do you mean for "off line mode"? Do you boot in "safe mode" to
do your backups?

Pegasus $MVP$ said:
Dear friends:

I am very skeptic about the reliability of the new, pure Windows
partition imaging software, like Ghost 9.0 and others.

Now, I am very happy doing a backup every month of my computer using
Ghost 9. But, can I trust on it, or the old MsDos based partition
imaging software, like Ghost 2003 and others, were more reliable?

Do you have any *real* experience in *restoring* an NTFS root
partition from Ghost 9 images?

Did you have any problem with any application after the restore
process? What happened with applications, or processes, that were
running during the backup process?

Was the old MsDos Ghost 2003 more reliable as a result of its "static"
backup process?

Any hint?

Thanks
Juan I. Cahis
Santiago de Chile (South America)
Note: Please forgive me for my bad English, I am trying to improve it!
=================================
I have used DriveImage (PowerQuest) and TrueImage (Acronis)
extensively and successfully. However, I create all images in "off-line"
mode, never while Windows is active.