Re: Differences between cloned drive and original



Ghost 9 uses the Ghost CD to boot with. You don't create DOS floppies as you
did with the earlier versions of Ghost, or with Drive Image prior to version
7.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

"mcl" <levinemc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4%AUe.5574$O52.980@xxxxxxxxxxx
>I stumbled on this thread whn I posted the thread on "configuration
>change".
> I have Ghost 9. When I installed the 250gb drive on my system I set it as
> slave and also bought Ghost. I've been making clones (occasionally) of my
> 120gb boot drive (I do manually copy some things such as databases when
> revised and pictures loaded from my dSLR (KM Maxxum 7D - Great Camera),
> etc to the clone also whenever the files are updated). I always figured I
> would some day soon swap the drives around, make the 250GB the primary and
> the 120gb slave. I figured all that was needed to be done. After reading
> your posts I checked Ghost. I didn't even see an option to make a DOS
> Ghost boot disk. I did wonder about that when I first got it. I've used
> backups of windows in the past and know the problem of cloning open files
> but figured the problem was solved in the latest version. So am I missing
> something?
>
>
> "Richard Urban" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uWbwSu1WFHA.228@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Not much of a clone if it isn't exact, is it. I have no experience with
>> Ghost 2003. I have used Drive image from version 1 through 7 and now use
>> Ghost 9 (Drive Image).
>>
>> My clones have always been exact!
>>
>> Can't help you but you asked for comments! (-:
>>
>> Bye the way, pagefile usage will not necessarily be the same, even in
>> exact clones.
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>>
>> Richard Urban
>>
>> aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)
>>
>> If you knew as much as you think you know,
>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
>>
>>
>> <billurie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:428A9C3E.40303@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> I've been using Ghost 2003 to make a clone of my Master
>>> Drive (XP/SP2) in Slave position on IDE cable, to use as
>>> a live backup of the Master OS.
>>>
>>> Today I found these differences:
>>>
>>> Master was running 237 MB PF usage, when I booted to it
>>> as the operating system, while the Clone ran only
>>> 100 MB PF usage when I booted to it as the active
>>> operating system. (Both on the IDE cable at the same time).
>>>
>>> When running the Clone as the active OS, the Task Manager
>>> column for the User Name was completely blank. Image
>>> names are all there. (Both one the IDE cable at same time).
>>>
>>> The bottom toolbar was a pale gray on the Clone system,
>>> instead of the light olive drab color as in the Master.
>>>
>>> When operating the Clone Syatem, booting to it in Slave
>>> position, the Desktop Icons are all present and all
>>> functional.
>>>
>>> I hope I've described it clearly, and would appreciate
>>> any helpful (n.b.) comments on the above.
>>> William B. Lurie
>>
>>
>
>


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