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GTS wrote:
> "Jan Alter" <bearpuf@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:GJacd.638$fP3.192@trndny05...
>
>>Really?
>>
>> Using Ghost 9 a couple of weeks ago installed Ghost and I backed up
>
> the
>
>>computer's drive to a USB 2 drive. Opened the case, detached the IDE cable
>>from the current drive and connected it to a brand new out of the box
>>Seagate drive. Turned on the computer, stuck in the Ghost CD, and then the
>>computer booted with the Ghost CD and found the USB drive. I asked it to
>>restore the "C:" partition to the new Seagate and it did. Restarted the
>>computer and Windows XP Pro started without a hitch. Very smooth event.
>>So was the Seagate drive pre-formatted? I doubt it. But at this point I'm
>>sold on Ghost.
>>--
>>Jan Alter
>>bearpuf@verizon.net
>>or
>>jalter@phila.k12.pa.us
>>"Dean Taylor" <by625@FreeNet.Carleton.CA> wrote in message
>>news:ckr42l$2nm$1@freenet9.carleton.ca...
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>>>Make sure new drive has been formatted.
> I've never had a problem cloning drives onto new, unformatted ones...
SAme here.
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