norton ghost

hi all,
i have norton ghost v9, 20gb hdd with my os (w2k) on and a 200gb hdd which i have partitioned into 4 (f,g,h and i) for storage, i make a back-up every sunday which i put on to 'h',
if i want to copy my whole 'c' drive would it be better to do it in safe mode or normal ?
ta

 

Do it in Safe Mode.

 

Even better, make a bootable Ghost disK, either CD or Floppy, and image the drive from that

 

hi,
why would that be better

 

Quite simply, you are not running any Windows processes when you backup from a boot device other than the hard drive. This means the backup will be guaranteed 100% of the stored data.

As a matter of principle if I have a clients data to secure I will always isolate their HDD from the OS.

Still, its a personal choice and I wouldn't get on my high horse about it

 

hi,
will keep that in mind, thanks