[dba-Tech] Ghosting an old HD to a New HD

Arthur,

Not sure what you mean by "several reviews of the new virgins."

I have Norton Systemworks 2003 Professional that I got on Ebay for
between $6 and $11.  If you look for SystemWorks Pro 2003 specifically
I think you'll be surprised by the prices.  You also get a Norton AV
subscription in the package, if that appeals to you.

Anyway, since I've never been able to put Ghost to the ultimate test
successfully -- that is, take a Ghosted drive and set it as the main
boot drive -- I'm afraid I can't answer positively your
questions...except for c).  You might do the old Spode maneuver from
the Jeeves and Wooster story; that is, run a women's lingerie store
without anyone finding out so they can blackmail you.

Steve Erbach
http://TheTownCrank.blogspot.com


On 3/8/06, Arthur Fuller <artful at rogers.com> wrote:
> A question about Ghost virgins. Mine is dated 1999. Many things have changed
> since then. But I have also read several reviews of the new virgins and they
> have not been ecstatic, to say the least. So, what should I do?
> a) Attempt to Ghost the current drive c:\ onto some available box with
> enough space to handle the Ghost file;
> b) unhook either the CD burner or the DVD burner and replace it with the new
> big drive and then Ghost it to there;
> c) quit computers and programming and open a women's shoe store specializing
> in very erotic shoes.
> I think I like option c) the best LOL. Certain technologies I know to deal
> with.
> Arthur
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
> Sent: March 8, 2006 10:44 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ghosting an old HD to a New HD
>
> John,
>
> Oh, I don't mind the inquisition at all.  It focuses my mind on coming
> up with the right answer!
>
> I have used Ghost for some years as a quick backup.  Of course, it
> isn't completely kosher since the "backup" drive is mounted inside the
> PC rather than as an external drive.  In any event I fully expected a
> Ghosted drive to simply boot up if my main C: drive went south.  All
> I'd have to do would be to make sure the Ghosted drive's jumpers were
> set properly and that it was on the primary IDE controller, and voila!
>  Up and running.