Hi Pete! I have not installed any extra utilities ...... :eek: ...... the young lady has no technical interest whatsoever. When I build a new...
Do You have a copy of Norton Ghost 2003 laying in a drawer? It is not only a stand-alone program but is included in Norton SystemWorks...
I'm actually impressed by the Antec Sonata II. I have compared temperatures with my own BOAC (Box Of Assembled Components). My box has an...
Hi Matt! Yes, other utilities are needed to wipe the disk (overwrite with zeros). The difference between "full format" and "quick format"...
No, Hitachi don't have any. They recommend using the Windows utilities (during installation from the CD and from within XP - Disk Manager). They...
I started helping my friend to convert his Fujitsu-Siemens to a BOAC (Box Of Assembled Components) by reinstalling everything from square one,...
Both HDDs were brand new, unused. On my second attempt to format C:, it was used and contained a NTFS file system and Windows XP. My first...
I have created the first Ghost Image, Partition-to-Image, of C: to F:. It was successful and the Image passed the integrity check. C: seems to be...
That was true when I installed XP. I never connect the second harddisk until after OS installation. That way, I'm 100% sure that XP ends up on the...
As I understand it, the (current) performance advantages are small (insignificant?). If You are "performance oriented ", be careful when choosing...
Hello all! Yesterday, I installed a new system based on Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M and two Hitachi 7K250 SATA. During the installation of XP, after...
By me in an earlier post: Yesterday, I installed a new system with two SATAs. The one on channel 1 has one primary and one extended with a...
Yesterday, I had to chalk down a "victory" for the F6 gang. When installing a new system based on Gigabyte GA-K8VM800M, the XP install CD didn't...
No, it doesn't. It restores Disk-from-Image to the disk You tell it to. If it is not the source disk that is restored but a new one, Ghost will...
There are several ways to use or misuse Ghost. It's a powerful tool but if a mistake is made, the consequences are severe. You don't mention which...
Hmm ...... :confused: ...... Delpart doesn't even detect the drive ...... :eek: ...... that's a "first "! The report from DMP in post #7 makes...
The Pavilion had a "recovery" partition, in addition to the system partition. C: was the "recovery" partition and D: was the system partition. I...
You said ... ... not "prior to the install ". I had to ask since strange things can happen when starting a reinstallation from within a running...
I have removed all partitions from a HP Pavilion (XP home), repartitioned in three, formated and installed XP pro. I too was greeted by a multi...
My keyboard (Logitech) has volume control buttons (up-down-mute). Christer
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