-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backup and latest Ghost (12.0) - Past Due Post
- From: GMan <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:19:07 -0400
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Peace,
G
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"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask!"
----- Original Message -----
From: "RMB White" <roguer@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Backup and latest Ghost (12.0) - Past Due Post
> GMan!
>
> I am very glad indeed that you persevered with your Magnum Opus, since
> it has clarified a number of matters for me.
Then I am truly glad I decided to send it into the group.
> I have printed it on vellum for posterity, and so that I can read it in
> bed at night (more anon) If I fall asleep on it, it crackles; thus
> waking me up to encourage more reading.
I am a little unsettled with the idea of you using my prose to help tuck you
in for the night, but I'll more than likely get over the initial shock.
Kudos to you for devising a self-awakening strategy.
> There is one mystery which remains in my mind, due no doubt to the
> paucity of my English in trying to explain myself clearly:-
It has been stated with authority (the results of some apparently scientific
poll) that at least 40% of the full meaning of what we say in a text-only
format is lost on the reader due to the loss of meaning conveyed with 'body
language'. I am therefore surprised that you only have this one mystery to
solve. It has also been stated with at least some authority that 97% of all
polls are meaningless. We must each draw our own conclusions.
> I have nonchalantly referred to "ringfencing my OS in the C drive" by
> which of course I meant "partition" and you have replied with helpful
> suggestions (as is your wont) .......BUT what does the OS comprise??
Oh boy! You may want to order some more vellum.
In fact, I wish to order a separate post from me to convey this info as I
feel it constitutes something that others may wish to save for future
reference.
> If (and my fingers, toes and eyes are all crossed) I DO succeed in
> upgrading my HD, I shall immediately use Disk Director to partition
> BEFORE attaching peripherals, (see! your logical and legendary mind
> already set me on that commomnsense path)
That's the best approach, but you need only keep the external disconnected
during the install. The Recovery disk set will expect everything else to
already be attached and will be ready to install drivers for those items
without interfering with your drive letter assignments. Only the external
will cause the problem if it is connected during the restoration.
> Then having reinstalled antivirus, firewalls and other essentials, and
> checked in with the List (so you don't worry that I have fallen into a
> Black Hole)
I appreciate that more than you can possibly know.
> I shall perhaps create an Acronis Secure Zone in C partition to hold
> the "OS".
Since I have never used this feature, I have no comment on it other than to
say that it sounds great on paper (or vellum).
> So please, while the OS is mainly in "Windows" are there also other bits
> in Docs and Settings, and even perhaps, Program Files?? ..... and what
> about Cab. and sr and Temp??
All excellent questions that do very little to hide your intelligent
approach to learning. All of which, hopefully, will be revealed (or at
least somewhat demystified) in my next post.
> Roger W.
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