True, and it has been awhile since I actually used it though:-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: Friday, 28 June 2002 6:49 PM
To: CF-Server
Subject: Re: Creating Disk Images / Backup Strategies

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


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