XP and ghost partition inquiry

[Rock]

HI,

I have XP Pro and I want to ghost the main C Drive with XP and programs to
another drive as a complete backup that I can just mount in case of failure.

Both drives are 80GB and partitioned exactly the same ie 2 partitions.

Can I just ghost the main C drive partition so that it will be fine if I have
to use it for the main drive if the other ones falls?

Is their anything I have to be aware of to do this?

Thanks

rock

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I have XP Pro and I want to ghost the main C Drive with XP and
programs to another drive as a complete backup that I can just mount
in case of failure.
Both drives are 80GB and partitioned exactly the same ie 2 partitions.

Can I just ghost the main C drive partition so that it will be fine
if I have to use it for the main drive if the other ones falls?

Is their anything I have to be aware of to do this?

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