GHOST backup question......

[Target]

Not sure why Ghost wouldn't back up your *.SWP files. Maybe it depends on the version, not sure.

I normally boot up to a dos disk (win98 boot disk) with the Ghost.exe file on it, and then run Ghost from that to do my images and restores. That way I make sure that there are no files in use.

While Ghost cannot transfer from a fat16 image to a fat32 drive (and vice versa), it can and does restore images to drives/partitions which are not of the same original size, provided that the destination drive is large enough to hold the uncompressed and restored image.

So yes, you can restore your image to your drive after you redo the partitions, as long as the disk format (fat16 or fat32) is the same.

[BBA]

If you run ghost from withing Windows 9x, it cannot access or copy system files that are locked ( the swap file is one )

The only way you should make a ghost image of the drive is from booting the computer from a floppy disk, then running ghost and then making the image. It will copy all files perfectly if you do that.

[nry]

When using ghost2000, is there any way to span the image so that I can burn the spanned images on cdrom? If so, how? thanks.

[mykel]

Thanks guys... And NRY yes you can.. All you have to do is boot on dos then type "ghostpe.exe -slpit=650" (assuming that u want to span it to 650MB)

[mykel]

Ok I made a backup of my primary partition (w/ my windows) If ever that my computer crashes or I want to load it back, will I be able to get it all back?? I'm kinda lost when I saw that ghost cannot copy the .SWP files and some other files.. Also how do you restore all the files?? Do you have to re-partition the drive the way it was before mine's a 27GB partitioned into 3, 9GB, 8GB, and 8GB or can I just partition it into two, cause that's the whole idea of me backing up my files(9GB)since I wanna just partition it into two... Please guide me through... Thanks