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frank   06-27-2005 at 06:03:08 PM

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Does the built-in WinXP Backup/Restore utility work as well as third-party
software such as Norton Ghost? What are the main differences between the
two? I'm looking for a backup utility which will create an exact duplicate
of my system drive including the hidden system and bootup files. Thanks in
advance.

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Anonymous   06-28-2005 at 03:10:25 AM
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"Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Does the built-in WinXP Backup/Restore utility work as well as third-party
>software such as Norton Ghost?

No. It is less powerful. F. e you cannot create full backup images
since you have to reinstall Windows first to recreate NTBACKUP backups
in the case of trouble.

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Anonymous   06-27-2005 at 10:08:33 PM
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Ghost creates an "image" of your hard disk/partition. There are other utilities such as Image for Windows, www.terabyteunlimited.com and others that will do the same.

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"Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:B36F356E-CE82-4221-8A54-DDF737DA7714@microsoft.com...
> Does the built-in WinXP Backup/Restore utility work as well as third-party
> software such as Norton Ghost? What are the main differences between the
> two? I'm looking for a backup utility which will create an exact duplicate
> of my system drive including the hidden system and bootup files. Thanks in
> advance.

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Anonymous   06-28-2005 at 06:07:13 AM
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Norton Ghost is far superior to windows backup and is more suited to the job
you want to do, i.e. image your hard drive. It will create an exact
duplicate of yuor hard drive. I certainly wouldn't be without it.

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"Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B36F356E-CE82-4221-8A54-DDF737DA7714@microsoft.com...
> Does the built-in WinXP Backup/Restore utility work as well as third-party
> software such as Norton Ghost? What are the main differences between the
> two? I'm looking for a backup utility which will create an exact
> duplicate
> of my system drive including the hidden system and bootup files. Thanks
> in
> advance.

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frank   06-28-2005 at 02:13:12 PM
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Thanks guys!

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Anonymous   06-29-2005 at 06:19:38 AM
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Check out Acronis TrueImage. If you have a hard drive space you can use
Acronis True Image to create a hidden partition and schedule incremental
backups of exact images. This hidden partition can be evoked from startup by
pressing F11. You can determine which increment to restore. It also will
backup natively to CD-R/W or to external USB drives.

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"Frank" <Frank@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B36F356E-CE82-4221-8A54-DDF737DA7714@microsoft.com...
> Does the built-in WinXP Backup/Restore utility work as well as third-party
> software such as Norton Ghost? What are the main differences between the
> two? I'm looking for a backup utility which will create an exact
duplicate
> of my system drive including the hidden system and bootup files. Thanks
in
> advance.

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