This protects against hardware failure of the first.įorth, I use Ghost to create an image of the operating system and programs (on drive C and save it on the second D: drive. Third, I run a backgroud copy program (secondcopy) that copies c:data to d:data every few mins, so my important changing data is secure on a second disk. Second, I have an aditional hard disk, D. This is what I do and it quickly gets me out of trouble and avoids lengthy re-installs of Windows, even Win2k and XP installs fail.įirst I keep all my working data (email, spreadsheets, documents etc) in one directory, c:data. What it wont do is recover your working data, although newer copies of Ghost will run a incremental type backup, thought I never found it very useful.

Ghost will restore your PC back to a working condition if software problems develop. But I read an article that stated if you used Ghost then you could back-up your opperating System to a new Hard Drive. Will this work or is it just techno confusion? Then remove the floppy, and reboot into your newly cloned/restored/new drive. However, the easiest thing is to FIRST simply clone or restore to your new physical drive, but before you try to boot from the new hard drive, pop the Startup Disk in your floppy, SECOND make sure and boot from the floppy (this may require going into your machines CMOS menu if its not set by default to boot from a floppy inserted in the A drive), and when you get the A: prompt, type in this: fdisk/mbr This will only take a couple of seconds. It's rather simple- you'll need a Windows 95 or Windows 98 STARTUP DISK, a floppy, remember those things? Download the Startup Disk file online, or go through your old floppys and find one, or pop a Windows 98 CD in your machine before cloning, and make the Startup Disk first ( Its in the menu somewhere)

And here is the bit that explains about the disc

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