Ian,

I am glad that you found True Image to work for you. I was not so lucky. I
have my OS (WinXP Pro) on a SATA RAID and True Image does not recognize the
drive. Also, it will not restore (at least in my case) to the C:/OS
containing drive from within Windoes. It insists on using a boot disk and
exiting from Windows. Ghost does not support RAID and it fails when I try to
run it from Windows. But, I created a Boot CD with Ghost and it works
perfectly. I have not found it difficult to use and it has saved me many
times from a complete re-install.

To Lewis, I have not found Symantec Tech Support to be of much help. When I
ran into trouble with my setup, I found that Ghost does not support RAID and
therefore they wiped theirs hands of the problem. To answer your some of
your questions:

1). You specify disks or partitions. AFAIK, you cannot specify specific
files.

2). Sorry. No idea how to save GoBack info.

3). It depends upon the compression factor you select. With no compression
take the size of the partition and divide by 650MB to get an estimate.

As a side note, Ghost (or any imaging program) fulfill a different task than
data backup. I have my system partitioned into multiple drives as follows:

C: OS and system files
D: Download files
E: Programs
F: Files
G: Removeable drive in Tray
I: Large IDE RAID for Video and backups

I use Ghost to make an image of the C and E drives so that I can quickly
re-install the system and programs. I use a backup program to back up D and
F to G or I. I periodically burn modified files on G or I to CD or DVD. That
way I have a periodic image of the "system" and daily backups of all data
files (on a hard drive or CD/DVD).

HTH,

Jim Maki
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ian

> Lewis, I dunno if this'll be helpful for you, but it's my
> solution to the same problem.
>
> After a recent rebuild, my first priority was to get a reliable
> backup system in place.  Ghost 2003 was my first thought as I've
> used it in the past, and although I've ALWAYS found it a real
> pain in the butt to use, it's qualifications seemed to indicate
> that it should have the ability to do what I wanted.
>

<snip>

> Finally, after trying a couple more abortive and unsuccessful
> applications, I ran across Acronis True Image 7.
>
> This backup app is truly excellent - as far as I'm concerned it
> qualifies for DREAM status.  It's intelligent enough to be able
> to work entirely from Windows so you don't need to worry about
> working in DOS (or what passes for DOS in XP).
>

<snip>

> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys Inc.
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
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>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Lewis M Russakov
>   Subject: [PCSOFT] Norton's Ghost
>
>   I recently started using Norton's Ghost 2003 to back up my entire HD.
>
>   Have a few questions that I contacted Symantec Online Technical Support
>   and I was advised to check their archives which didn't result in any
>   answers.
<snip>
>   I have three questions pertaining to Ghost:
>
>   1). How can I specify what I want to back up? I do not want to
>   back those programs that I have the original CD's for or for my data
>   [backed up at a
>   different time].
>
>   2). It says to turn off GoBack and that I will loose all GoBack's
>   history. Is there any way to save that history?
>
>   3). I am backing up to CD's. How can I tell how many CD's I
>   will need for a full backup?

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