Re: Image restore from external device

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I can't speak to Ghost 9, but Image for Windows and its companion program Image for DOS support restoring images from an external USB2 device.

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"Gene Hora" <geneho12(no-spam-remove)@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:OBx6hbxrFHA.2072@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I recently purchased a 160 GB SimpleTech SimpleDrive (external-USB) for
> backup purposes. The enclosed software StorageSync (Pro) did a satisfactory
> job of backing up, although a little slow (1 hr - 40 min for 11.5 GB, no
> compression).
>
> Neither the on-line manual or website gives information whether a restore is
> possible from a catastrophic-type incident of the O/S, requiring restoration
> from a bootup procedure. There's no instruction about preparing a "Recovery
> CD." I have Ghost 9.0; would this be more advisable to backup the image
> file; and would Ghost see the external HD from its Recovery CD?
>
> I'm not even sure that StorageSync makes an "image" file, since when I
> accessed the drive after the backup, I could see the directory structure and
> files and the manual speaks of restoring individual files; so perhaps this
> isn't a satisfactory solution for disaster recovery. Ghost has given me 2
> reliable recoverys in the past.
>
> Would appreciate any insight/advice that might guide me.
>
> One observation: My machine has a hard disk recovery system, so I wouldn't
> be able to boot from a WinXP CD.
>
>
>
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