I understand that, and it really p*ssed me off finding that writing to NTFS formatted images to HDDs isn't supported. NTFS support using optical media works fine, so this
might be an M$ issue.
The power of Ghost lies in the Ghost command line version (Ghost CLI) run directly from the CD (e.g. System Works Pro 2003), with it's ability to image almost any system,
one can imagine. In my opinion, the full-install programme should never have happened.
For the casual home user, even Ghost v5 CLI will mirror an XP/Vista boot partition on a single DVD just perfectly, or even the whole disk using the Optical Media Disk
Spanning feature, with or without file compression, and with no data corruption on a healthy system.
Get FreeDOS (or make a complete DOS 4-disc, bootable CD-ROM), and there's
imaging to USB media available as well.
Surely, Acronis has capturet something essential: that many people of today don't like to bother fiddling with a CLI, when it all can be done within the O/S, even with a
nice GUI.
Reading the current Acronis web site, the Acronis workstation software is +185
MB, but running within Windows. Ghost CLI is 1.000-something KBs, and runs from
DOS.
If the need is only imaging on a regular basis, I still believe Ghost CLI wins
hands down, despite the need for booting a DOS diskette/CD.
//soren
Rick Glazier wrote:
I used Ghost until they took too long to support writing the Image files
(when recording originally) TO NTFS drives.
I think I last used the 5x ver... Maybe 5.D?
Acronis captured the moment, offered a GREAT competitive discount/upgrade
and the rest is history...
Rick Glazier
From: "Soren"
clipped > All the whining about this tiny programme must be that some
people at some time have found out that it's the absolute cloning
standard, and then began recommending it to
others. Those "others" didn't bother to read the fine print (a.k.a.
the Manual), and hence is left into the eternal, bottomless abyss,
without any sign of forgiveness. OK, I'm just guessing here ;)
