Why Do You Reinstall Or Reformatt 3-12x A

**DWk** · 10-20-2003, 04:07 PM

actually if you reformat you are sayin to the pc:

"die you mother

in piece of

"

lmao

DWk

**leonidas** · 10-20-2003, 04:12 PM

Originally posted by clocker+20 October 2003 - 16:56--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (clocker @ 20 October 2003 - 16:56)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-leonidas@20 October 2003 - 08:55
Someone should explain how to use Norton ghost, & pin it.

The program is pretty intuitive and comes with an excellent manual. [/b][/quote]
However by this way the program will be known by more people, & this will for sure avoid lots of questions about problems.

**leonidas** · 10-20-2003, 04:15 PM

Originally posted by DWk@20 October 2003 - 17:07
actually if you reformat you are sayin to the pc:

"die you motherin piece of "

lmao

DWk

For sure!

**DWk** · 10-20-2003, 04:15 PM

word leo

DWk

**nikita69** · 10-20-2003, 05:57 PM

very good point about Ghost. So, my suggestion to zapjb & MM is to create here a step by step guide, from A (the hash or link to the hash of a working version) to Z (Restore) about GHOST

**zapjb** · 10-20-2003, 07:51 PM

Funny thing about Ghost. AFAIK there's at least 3 different ways to use it. I've used 2 different ways.

***USE AT YOUR OWN RISK***
From Norton/Symantec, don't remember where. The second is this:

Cloning a hard disk or partition
You can clone a HDD directly to another HDD or a partition directly to another partition.

To create a clone task
1 In the Ghost Advanced window, click Clone, and then click Next.
2 In the Clone Wizard window, in the left pane, do one of the following:
Click a disk to select it as the source for the clone operation.
Click a partition to select it as the source for the clone operation.
3 In the right pane, do one of the following:
Click a disk to select it as the destination for the clone operation.
Click a partition to select it as the destination for the clone operation.
WARNING: The destination disk or partition is completely overwritten with NO
chance of recovering any data.
4 Click Next.
5 The Overwrite partition warning dialog box appears if you are overwriting
any of the following:
The current Windows partition
The Ghost instaallation
Click Next to continue.
6 If this is the first time that you have used Norton Ghost on this
computer, in the Add Ghost Disk Identification dialog box,
identify the disk.
7 If you want to set advanced settings for the clone, then click
Advanced Settings.
8 Click Next.
9 In the Important Information dialog box, if you do not want to view this
warning again, click Don't show this screen again, and then click
Next.
10 Click Run Now to start the clone operation.
Ensure that all applications on your computer are closed before
you run the clone operation.
Your computer is restarted and the destination HDD or partition is
cloned from the source HDD or partition.

**sparsely** · 10-20-2003, 11:17 PM

If you're gonna get all philosophical about reformatting...
technically, restoring a ghosted image is no different than reformatting, you're just skipping all the mucking about with program installations,
you didn't actually fix anything...you're still "conceding" to the machine.

Maintaining it, fixing it's little quirks, and keeping it running smoothly for a couple years without having to restore...that's good management.

Honestly, most of the time people reformat, I think it's just a choice...the freedom of it being a box that belongs to you, so you don't have
to care...I don't like to do it too often, but if I've installed then uninstalled a bunch of stuff (especially things like codecs, etc.) it's
much less trouble to reinstall than to delete a bunch of registry keys, blah blah blah.

but suit yourself.