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bug_zs · 01-13-2006, 11:05 PM

radar_1_2000,

I just went through what you did on a buds Dell laptop. I did a fresh

install of a slipstreamed XP Pro SP2 and it took me about 1½ hours to get it

in and do a few simple "Tweaks". The reason that I stopped at those few

tweaks is because I whipped out my copy of my Ghost 2003 boot CD and

made an image of his C:\ to his E:\01_Ghost folder I made and to a CD-R.

See: http://royaldiscount.com/synogh20fuve.html

See: http://nightowl.radified.com/bootcd/steroids.html

See: http://ghost.radified.com/bootable_cd_dvd.htm

Having used Ghost since 1996, I know how much of a "Bacon Saver" this

proggy is. Just for the hell of it, I reloaded my boot CD and had Ghost

overwrite the fresh install I just did. It was, in essense just replacing

what was on the C:\with the same thing. The restore from the CD palyer

took 54 SECONDS!

From now on, every time my bud does a software install he's happy with,

all he has to do is make a new Ghost of the C:\ so his butt is covered "just

in case". AND I deactivated his "System Restore" so his C:\ will stay a LOT

smaller from now on, since his Ghost Images are his "new" System Restore.

Just my 2¢ worth.

Bugs

01-13-2006, 11:05 PM	#9
bug_zs Member (4 bit) Join Date: May 2004 Location: Van Nuys, Calif. Posts: 10	I know "The Horse Has Left The Barn", but...... radar_1_2000, I just went through what you did on a buds Dell laptop. I did a fresh install of a slipstreamed XP Pro SP2 and it took me about 1½ hours to get it in and do a few simple "Tweaks". The reason that I stopped at those few tweaks is because I whipped out my copy of my Ghost 2003 boot CD and made an image of his C:\ to his E:\01_Ghost folder I made and to a CD-R. See: http://royaldiscount.com/synogh20fuve.html See: http://nightowl.radified.com/bootcd/steroids.html See: http://ghost.radified.com/bootable_cd_dvd.htm Having used Ghost since 1996, I know how much of a "Bacon Saver" this proggy is. Just for the hell of it, I reloaded my boot CD and had Ghost overwrite the fresh install I just did. It was, in essense just replacing what was on the C:\with the same thing. The restore from the CD palyer took 54 SECONDS! From now on, every time my bud does a software install he's happy with, all he has to do is make a new Ghost of the C:\ so his butt is covered "just in case". AND I deactivated his "System Restore" so his C:\ will stay a LOT smaller from now on, since his Ghost Images are his "new" System Restore. Just my 2¢ worth. Bugs