| Ghost Question - Bootable partitions. [message #57428] |
Tue, 30 August 2005 16:33  |
Kim
Messages: 1246
Registered: October 2005
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h different purposes all running
> XP,
> it's going to speed things up a lot if I can copy an image from place to
> place...".
>
> And OH MY!!! How FAST is it?
>
> I've got a clean Windows XP install, with all the latest drivers, Service
> Packs, Windows updates, Acrobat Reader, WinRAR, Video Codecs and Firefox.
> Just my basic beginners install to which I can add the optional
> applications.
> I don't know how big it is. Maybe 3-4 Gig I'd guess.
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> So I ghosted an image of the whole thing, with high compression. About 5
> and a half minutes.
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> I start ghosting it on to other partitions on the other SATA HDD. I can
> create
> a whole extra boot of Windows, complete with all the updates and basic
> essentials
> loaded... probably 5 hours work, and it takes about 3 minutes. 3 minutes
> and the whole thing is on another partition.
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> If I'd realised just how quick and easy it is, I would have bought it
> years
> ago.
>
> This thing is better than sliced bread. I mean some people make a big deal
> about sliced bread, but honestly it doesn't take hours to sl
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