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Thank you, Harry. Very helpful.
"Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message
news:uUu0$PRwEHA.384@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> You should consult the manual that comes with Ghost or check the Symantec
> site and read through their FAQ. However to answer your question in a
> general way, firstly you cannot backup onto the same partition that you
> are
> creating the image of. That just stands to reason. However you can backup
> across a network, to removable storage such as tape drives, usb drives, CD
> or DVD and to a second hard drive or another partition on the same drive.
> At
> maximum compression the image will be approx 50% of the original. So your
> 30
> GB of data will create approx 15GB image file(s). If you have a DVD writer
> then you should be able to backup to 4 discs. That isn't too bad. DVD
> writers are very reasonably priced now so you might want to look into that
> option.
>
> --
>
> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell/User]
> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
> "LMO" <lmo@nospamyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:2uq50hF2dmajpU1@uni-berlin.de...
> | Hello all. Got a question about backing up with Norton Ghost. What does
> it
> | back up to? Can I copy the used part of the hard drive (30GB) to the
> same
> | drive (over 50GB free), or does it have to copy to CDs? That would be a
> LOT
> | of CDs!
> | Thanks.
> |
> |
>
>
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