Andrew Scott wrote: > Ghost makes an image of the HD, so think about this for a minute! If I > use ghost or any other software to make an image of the HD, then if a > file was open or being written too. The moment that it took the snapshot > of the HD, would be the state of the machine. > > Now if it took a snapshot of the HD while writing the registry, or cache > or even a file. That part would be corrupted because the image would > have moved onto the next sect/cluster of the HD and missed the rest of > the information. > > It would be advised to close down everything when making an image of the > HD:-)
Ghost boots from a bootfloppy. There are no files open by definition. Jochem ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body or visit the list page at www.houseoffusion.com
