Hello,
Thanks, single user for myself, I think. I need to image two networked
pc's, how does one do a low level format?
Please e-mail any further corespondences privately as this is now off
topic.
Many thanks.
Dave.
On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 04:50:23 -0500 bill cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>while i own the program, got 5.1 from symantec,
>i have yet to use it, but their is a few things you need to know
>before using
>it
>nick has used it, version 5 and 4.5.
>version 4.5 had a text interface, 5 is a dos gui.
>so as you have discovered version 5 has a command line prompt.
>you need to decide before doing a image of the disk, do you want to
>use
>compression, a feature that ghost has over drive image, though the
>new drive
>image now has it they got rid of command line prompt except in their
>500 dollar
>version
>another question you need to ask is do you want to use sector to
>sector.
>when using sector to sector one does this at the low level of the
>hard drive,
>similar to the old dos program spin right.
>because it 2works at the low level it takes longer, and the only
>reason to do
>this would be in my opinion is to make a boot disk.
>the copy will be an exact duplicate to the original in every way.
>unfortunately ghost does not support the ability to write directly to
>the cd
>rom burner.
>drive image does, but unfortunately the blind can not use the new
>version.
>using the sector to sector method i screwed up a harddrive one time,
>and the
>tech support at quantum said that
>drive image did screw up many a harddrive, the solution is to start
>with a
>brand new subsurface by doing a low level format.
>so be aware that this program can mess things up and back up before
>using.
>also acording to nick who does not use sector to sector, in addition
>he uses
>the compression as well to back up to the d drive, then he uses the
>adaptec
>software to make his boot disk.
>he can restore the system from the cd rom, and in addition the non
>sector to
>sector works and allows him to boot.
>ghost tec support told me that
>the non sector to sector starts out actually using the sector to
>sector to copy
>the boot record on the harddrive.
>for the lay person, when any computer that uses i b m and microsoft
>operateing
>systems, when the computer is first turn on the computer has just
>enough code
>to tell it to look on the a floppy for a certain file at an exact
>location, and
>if it can not find it their to then go to the c drive and look in a
>exact
>location on that drive.
>hence the term booting up.
>so ghost in either mode according to their tec support should make
>sure that
>such critical files are copied
>to the new drive in the exact same location so the computer can find
>it.
>the fact the p c looks for the boot also explains virus transmission
>on floppy
>disk, because the computer looks on the floppy first.
>now with all that said, i think nick has only used the single user
>version.
>same here.
>are you wanting to use the version that supports multi casting?
>hope this helps a little.
>by the way sector to sector can only be done at the command line
>prompt and not
>through the text 4.5 interface or the 5 dos gui interface.
>by the way they might be willing to let you have a copy of 4.5.
>go to the web page.
>www.ghost.com
>
>bill cameron
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>At 06:48 PM 1/9/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hello,
>> Has anyone used ghost drive imager with jfw? I'm trying to use
>it in
>>commandline mode to re-image about ten pc's for work.
>>Extreme urgency!
>>Thanks.
>>Dave.
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