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~ FreeSpirit ~ wrote:
> "bxf" <bill@topman.net> wrote in message
> > What does your ISP have to do with performing a backup?
>
> $$ Norton Ghost prevented us from connecting to our ISP. We had to
> uninstall Ghost to get connected.
(snip)
> $$ But then we can't connect to the Internet! Something in the Ghost
> software prevented us from connecting to our ISP and my PC, this PC, is the
> server for the other computers on our network - so no one could get online.
> So after we ghosted my HD we had to UNINSTALL Ghost so we could get online.
This is not a problem I've seen mentioned anywhere, so I can't comment.
Somewhat baffling, though.
> >> > I've used Norton Ghost 2003 and TrueImage, both of which can backup
> >> > drives and partitions, using compression to save space, to several
> >> > types of devices. While Ghost works quite nicely (once you get it to
> >> > work), it is anything but user friendly, and quite stupidly throws
> >> > DOS-related questions at you, as if everybody is expected to understand
> >> > DOS terminology (such as "assign drive letters"). Also, Ghost 2003 runs
> >> > under DOS for its BACKUP and RESTORE functions.
> >>
> >> ## Then I'm screwed because I know nothing about DOS.
>
> > Well, you don't really need to know DOS. Once you know (after asking
> > here, if necessary) where to click you just follow the same procedure
> > each time.
>
> ## In a DOS window? I may not be following you - you can't click in a DOS
> window as far as I know.
No, nothing like that. Ghost 2003, when performing a backup (or a
RESTORE), shuts down your Windows system and reboots into DOS to
perform its BACKUP operation. This is "automatic", and is no big deal
as long as everything works as it should, which is not to be taken for
granted with Ghost 2003 when trying to backup to an external device. In
such a situation, the absence of appropriate USB drivers will prevent
successful execution by Ghost, and you end up spending a lot of time
trying to locate the appropriate USB drivers and make them work.
> >> What we didn't like was we were given no choice of what files to
> >> back-up -
> >> it did the whole HD. We didn't want to back up the MP3s as we already
> >> have them backed up on DVDs.
I am not aware of a feature that enables one to specify individual
FILES to be processed neither by Ghost nor Trueimage.
> > Better still, you can
> > organize your data on different partitions
>
> ## I have no way to make partitions. I wouldn't know where to start.
Not really difficult or complicated, especially with some third party
products like Partition Magic (the only one I've used).
> > ...in a manner that suits your
> > backup requirements. You don't have to backup an entire disk - you are
> > able to dictate which partitions are to be backed up.
>
> ## Norton Ghost didn't ask what partitions to back up....... even if I had
> them.
Well, perhaps it didn't ask about partitions because there weren't any.
It's easy to make a decision when you have no choice.
> ## I would have to reinstall it, backup the files, then UNINSTALL it again
> so I can connect to my ISP. Then reinstall it, back up more files a few
> days later, UNINSTALL it so I can connect to my ISP...... who the hell
> wants to go through that several times a week or even once a week?
Not acceptable.
So try Trueimage. It works on principles completely different from
those of Ghost 2003 (but so does Ghost V9, if I understand correctly
from some posts). Whatever reason Ghost interfered with your ISP
connection may not exist with these other products.
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