Re: How does Ghost backup the active Windows files?

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From: AD (graphi47uk_at_y.a.h.o.o.co.uk)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 22:58:51 +0000

Peter Steele wrote:
> I've recently purchased Ghost 9.0 and one of the things it can now do that
> earlier versions could not is backup the entire active partition, even
> active OS files. Older versions of Ghost required that you boot into a DOS
> environment to make sure the OS partition was idle. How does Ghost 9.0 get
> around of the problem of backing up locked files? Plus, is an image backup
> of an active OS partition truly reliable? What if a file is updated while it
> is being backed up?
>
>

I think ghost make s quick image of what the computer looks like before
it backs it up.
If the file is updated, then that will will not be saved in the updated
state. It is always best to do as little as possible when Ghost is
backing up.

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