On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:13:28 -0700, John . <john@notme.com> wrote:

>Gary H wrote: 
>
>Ghost 9.0 requires the .NET update as I understand it.  It uses a
>Windows service called "Shadow File Copy" (or similar name) which
>allows imaging to occur while Windows is active/running.
>
>Of course it's better not to have a bunch of applications

A bunch? Any one could be causing the trouble.

> running
>while you're doing this, but I've successfully recovered a failed hard
>drive myself (used Powerquest's Drive Image which is the product
>Symantec bought and then renamed and updated it to Ghost 9.0)
>
>I understand Acronis True Image uses the same technique and is the
>other highly rated image backup software.
>http://www.acronis.com/
>
>http://www.symantec.com for Ghost
>

Yes, a complete backup is possible. However, it's still less risky to
do it from DOS. Do you have some advantage of being able to do it from
Windows?

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