Backup Software - Does drive image copy deleted files from a harddrive?

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Does drive image copy deleted files from a harddrive?

Ken

2004-07-22, 5:47 pm

Hi, I was wondering if Drive Image (or any other ghost writing software)
also makes a copy of deleted files on a harddrive or are only the parts of
the harddrive that are in use copied?

Michael Kimmer

2004-07-22, 5:47 pm

Ken wrote:
> Hi, I was wondering if Drive Image (or any other ghost writing
> software) also makes a copy of deleted files on a harddrive or are
> only the parts of the harddrive that are in use copied?

Drive Image always creates a sector based image, so the information of a
deleted file (in the FAT or MFT) is also copied...
Not Ghost for Ghost writes a file based image by default unless the -ia
command line switch has been specified

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