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Old 04-20-2003, 01:38 AM   #9
Ziroc
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Join Date: January 4, 2001
Location: Lakeland, Florida
Age: 52
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Quote:
Originally posted by Animal:
I'm sure you've already figured it out, but for the record:

Ghost runs under DOS, not windows and makes an exact image of the drive, bit for bit.

It is the defacto of backup utilities for power users.
I knew that [img]smile.gif[/img] You gotta do it in DOS, as so to have all the files 'unlocked' so you can copy the OS.

I used DOS so much and know it by hand. I always told people in the 90's to start off learning DOS. I used a nifty proggie called 'List' and it was awesome.. and d.com (enhanced dir command). [img]smile.gif[/img] I still use it a lot in XP, but it's not the same... sniff! [img]smile.gif[/img]

Anyone remember the command format C: /autotest ? Wasn't in the manual or listed anywhere. What it did was format without asking. you type THAT in, and when you hit enter, it's over.

I was shocked at how FAST NGhost cloned the drive! It usually took me more than 2 hours to copy some of the forum dirs that had 30,000+ files in them (doing this in Win2000's explorer).

I copied everything (4Gb) in 17mins!!!
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