RE: Disk imaging

["Rick DuVall" <R_C_DuVall@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

        I use G4U extensively for much the same purposes - It's free and quite
useful.

Regards

Rick DuVall
Systems Manager
Dealer's Auto Auction of Okc
405 947-2886 Ext:143
rick@xxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Jeff Crosby
Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 8:31 AM
To: 'PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users'
Subject: [PCTECH] Disk imaging


All,

I have been using Norton Ghost 2002 to make drive images of laptops before
initially placing them in the field.  I do this image after loading all our
software, Acrobat Reader, Office, Antivirus, etc. so if there is a
catastrophic failure in the field I have something to go back to without
starting from square 1.  Note that this is a 1-shot deal per laptop.  I
don't use Ghost for routine backups, just this initial image as a failsafe.
(Knock wood - I've not had to use one yet.)

The latest laptop we purchased (Dell Latitude 410) has an external USB
attached CD-Rom which Ghost 2002 can't handle.  Ghost 9 is supposed to
handle it, but looking at the user reviews on Amazon, there's a bazillion
complaints about not being able to restore, especially to XP.

If you can't restore, there isn't much use to get the product . . .

Any experience with later versions of Ghost?  What else is good at this
function?

Thanks.

--
Jeff Crosby
Dilgard Frozen Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 13369
Ft. Wayne, IN 46868-3369
260-422-7531

The opinions expressed are my own and not necessarily the opinion of my
company.  Unless I say so.



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