I've used Ghost before and did not have any problems. It did not take too long for my 120GB hard driver (1 hour.)
"Bob" <goff1234@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:5b8bh1luf0r63672cm8bfdo6a0g90l6sr8@xxxxxxxxxx >I would like use the best Drive Image and Backup program available. I
> have look at Norton Ghost v9 but I have read lots of negative comments
> like slow 4.5 hours to restore to C: partition which was only
> 2.8gb, you can only restore from within windows (not very good if
> windows is down or the H/D expire), requires the 24+ MB .Net runtime
> and is, itself, a very large installation, is this not Bloat Ware. So
> what do I use?
>
> Thanks
> --
> Bob
Re: XP Hangs after Ghost 9 ... I own Ghost 9 for years as it was purchased as a bundled product from ... and then restore to a new HDD. ... The very first time when I logged into the restored Windows,... destined for the original home computer.... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Backing up ... Booting the computer from the Ghost CD, you are able to use the Ghost Image ... Browser to restore any single file, or multiple files to your Windows... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: GHOST2002 No Work on XP ... feature also, but with Acronis True Image, I can boot a rescue CD to restore my image. ... So I'm not even in Windows at that point, so don't care if it's Windows 98, ME, XP, whatever. ...True Image or Ghost would have to have drivers built-in for the external burner. ... (comp.sys.laptops)
Re: Time Failure since Norton Ghost 10 ... A *restore* made using the Norton Ghost 9/10 bootable ... a copy of Windows XP that does not have Daylight Saving ... if your original system has Daylight Saving Time enabled. ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
Re: Does anyone use .NET applications? ... > primary partition from a booting CD anymore then. ... how can one restore a partition from a bootable CD if that application ... Well, as incredible as may seem, Ghost 2005 is supposed to restore your ... bootable and comes with a Windows Preinstallation Environment (which ... (borland.public.delphi.non-technical)
