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"tyler" wrote:
> I used Norton ghost quite a bit about a year ago when I ran Win98.
> I'd do a clean install, then a complete OS update and driver update, then
> ghost the entire partition to file. Then copied it to a Win98 bootable CD.
> It made for a extremely quick "fresh install" Very usefull when you are
> installing and beta testing lots of software. I always like to start on a
> clean slate each time. Especially when you are contantly changing and
> tweeking drivers and settings to maximize results. I was always a mere 10
> minutes away from a "clean install" if things went awry.. Ghost was
> invaluable..
> Tyler
>
> "Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eraFWkB$EHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > To help clarify what other have said: Single files, like MP3, JPG, etc
> > can be copied to any backup media by any method that is convenient,
> > including Ntbackup.exe. (Personally, I use XCOPY for personal files,
> > since it can copy only newer/chnaged files; at a command prompt, type
> > XCOPY /? for help about XCOPY; popular options include /S /V /H /D /R)
> >
> > Simple excutable programs can also be copied, just like data files. But
> > large/complex executable files are (1) not single files, (2) are usually
> > spread over several directories, (3) always include one or more settings
> > in the windows registry (a large database of which program opens what
> > files, some settings for programs, key options of XP itself, etc.). These
> > always have to be re-installed, unless you make an image of the whole
> > partition containing the programs and the operating system.
> >
> > To do a 100% backup, you need a third-party backup program, like Norton
> > GHOST or Acronis True Image. These copy all files, except some temp files
> > that XP will re-create when it reboots. They copy the files to a
> > compressed image. In general these programs copy all files on one
> > partition, but they can also copy all files on all partitions on a
> > physical hard drive. (Personally, I prefer backing up one partition at a
> > time. It makes for smaller backup sets and it is more universal, in case
> > you ever replace the hard drive. A semi-humorous related story: I once
> > used GHOST to image all of a 10 Gig disk, as a disk, not as separate
> > partitions. I then restored the image to a 40Gig disk. What I got was a
> > 40 Gig disk with 10 Gig of useful info, that did boot win98, but the other
> > 30 Gig was raw/unformatted space. I had to use partition Magic to expand
> > the partitions into the free disk areas. If I had done partition by
> > partition backup/restores, I could have expanded each as I restored it.)
> >
> > "runyned" <runyned@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:5624D041-5E8D-4171-B352-2F64DD462392@microsoft.com...
> >>I made a backup of the C drive to my F drive using the xp pro backup
> >>utility.
> >> I did a clean install and tried to restore my old files,again using the
> >> same
> >> utility. Music files were restored perfectly, but, Photoshop and
> >> FarCry(a
> >> game) won't work. I even tried re-installing the game, to no avail.
> >> Have I
> >> done something wrong, or am I expecting too much from this utility?
> >
> >
>
>
> Many thanks and much love to Mike Hall, Rick "Nutcase" Rogers, Bob Harris, and tyler.
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