Ok Im using windows 2000 pro. Looking for ideas to back up my entire harddrive incase of major crash or virus. Yes I have plenty of antivirus programs use nortons 2009 and avg pro. Nortons ghost 2003 I have but not real sure I trust?? Still new at it and trying to figure it out. All I want is a way to wipe my harddrive and restore it compltley. Simply put a restore disk. I hate goback and software of that nature. Tried Drive imagae. Had major crash and It simply failed so I had to start All over. Preciate your imput. Thanks..........
This might prove interesting. I just ordered Norton Ghost off ebay today and would like to hear opinions of it.
@imjusttim Well after using Ghost from versions 5 upto 2003 i can easily say I like it. I know a lot of people who dont and would reccomend drive image, but as you have had a problem with it then Ghost is a GREAT alternative. Unfortunately its not the quickest process if you have a big image, but i have used it both at work and home and it saves a lot of time and trouble if used well. If you have it, use it, you can back up to HDD or other media such as CD/DVD, usb Drives etc. @Nephilim I personally think you have made a good purchase, price dependant of course as a package, its great. Cheers
DMW, cheers for the comment it was $20 for the suite. Does Ghost use any compression or is it a straight file size for file size image? I'm debating whether to put the image on DVD, my storage HD or both.
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Ghost does use compression and it fits on a Dvd comfortably,Its dead easy to use (I'm using Ghost 2003)and a necesity if you have kids.
Cor!!! You can use it to compress your kids!! That could be useful... <rushes off to read the manual> Seeeya!!!
Well $20 sounds good for Ghost. When you create the image it asks you what level of compression you want. I have tried all levels with great success. a+ proggy.
Thanks for all the input fellas I very confident with my purchase now and wondering why the hell I didn't get it sooner lol.
Drchips,If only you could use Ghost on kids I would use it to get rid of the attitude virus they picked up somewere along the line!
Yeah, Just roll them back to when they exhibited Human Behaviour Patterns Hmmmm... A restore point for kids, that WOULD be useful !LOL!
Thank God our parents never had a restore for us! And don't try to tell you all were perfect little angels either Now that I think about it, it wouldn't have worked for me anyhow - I was born screwed up.
