This sounds great Kyle. Is this what Norton Ghost 2002 does? Is saw that
software the other day. Sounds like what you are talking about.


>From: Kyle Elmblade <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
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>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Formatting 1 of 2 Drives
>Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 23:05:45 -0800
>
>I suggest imaging as a backup procedure.  It takes a compressed picture of
>your hard drive and saves it as a single file.  It is used most extensively
>in corporate environments where they have a standard desktop and hardware
>platform.  If you gotta pump 10, 20, or more systems out a day that all
>need
>to have the same software installed, you just create an image of one that
>is
>already set up, and put that image on the new systems to be installed.
>Very
>efficient.
>
>For home use purposes, it's a fail-safe.  Before you go formatting and
>reinstalling, you create an image.  If something gets messed up on your
>system when you rebuild it, and you need to get back up and running
>quickly,
>you just throw the original image back on the drive and your back in
>business.  It only needs to be done once before the install, and if
>everything goes good and you have a stable system, you can delete the image
>(it can hog a lot of your hard drive space).
>
>It's just something I would do cause I'm the cautious type.
>
>Kyle Elmblade
>Distinct Computer Solutions
>Sales - Upgrades - Training - Consulting
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>From: "Jeff Allen" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2001 6:11 AM
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Formatting 1 of 2 Drives
>
>
> > Thanks for the information Kyle. I guess my thought behind the
>formatting
>of
> > the drive is to clean out all the unused DLL's and all the junk that is
> > there and taking up space, but not being used. Can you explain this
>imaging
> > program to me a bit. I have never heard of such a thing. It takes an
>image
> > of your C drive and puts it on the D? When you say an image, do you mean
>it
> > copies exactly what you have on your C drive to the D? If so, how often
> > should you run this. Drive contents are continuously changing. Thanks
>for
> > your help.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
>
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