registry

If you want to remove a remnants of programs totally yet safely can you run 'regedit' >edit>find and remove the items you find ?
I ask because I wonderd if you could remove startup CPL this way. CPL is not in add/remove.
I do not want to do it and the question is for learning purposes only.

 

Your advice was relevant and instructional. I learn this way by 'creeping' through one issue after another. This all goes in my folder with my personal db - I guess that is standard for data base.
The regisrty is an area I will not be skilled enough to use in my lifetime but it sounds like a fascinating, complex concept.
If you know what you are doing, it must allow for a lot of pleasurable activity.
I am now going to see about the removal of CPL, not that I will do it but to see what I can learn. Perhaps if I can safely remove it, I will then replace it.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it", does not work with pcs because you never learn. I just have to be careful where I poke my fingers.
Thank you again

 

Those with a strong urge to poke around peterr would be well advised to get Acronis or similar. It really doesn't matter then if you break something as you can get it all back as it was pretty quickly.

 

>>I was interested in imaging sometime ago but the True Image and the Western Digital hard drive did not get along. Western Digital admitted they were wrong but who cares. I got discouraged. Now the little but of data I backup I do with a couple of flashdrives.
You have put a bug in my ear and if I am going to tinker, imagaing might be a good idea.
Would a 6 year old Norton Ghost be useable. Any recomendations for a external hard drive?
This will be done on a social security budget.:-o

 

What version of Ghost and what OS? I do know Ghost 9 is fine with XP.

 

It is Ghost 9. Both my lap and desk are Win xp home sp3.
I'm low on ram at 512 on the lap and 768 on the desk.
I guess if I got an external hard drive, I would get one to accomodate a new pc as these are 4-5 years old with 40 gb hard drives.
I hope this information is helpful.
I do have a question, is there any truth that during the backup or recovery, one may lose information on both ends if there is a problem?
Thank you

 

There is no problem with your RAM, Ghost 9 will run fine. Obviously you do need somewhere to store your backups, and an external drive is ideal, the bigger the better.

You can't lose any info while creating images, and you can verify them after writing them. However it would be idle to pretend there is no risk when restoring, as you are overwriting your OS. However in countless restores using both Ghost and Acronis I have yet to experience a problem. These programs are your lifeline and a godsend.

 

Totally agree with you about TI plodr. It's just that the OP says he's on social security, and as he already has Ghost ...

btw, if you use Grub4DOS as boot manager you can simply paste your bootable ATI Rescue ISO into a folder somewhere and boot it from the boot menu. So fast! You could also do the same with any other bootable ISO, including Ghost.

 

I understand some of what you say.
I have not used Ghost to make a disc to use to boot up if I could not do so by hand.
Would my o.s. disc help boot my pc, or should I make a disk with Ghost?
If I should make one with Ghost, how do I do that?
Thank you

 

Hi Halo
I can't understand IIRC hard as I try.
I understand that if I have a place to back up to that Ghost would restore the image.
I do not so I now know that if I could not boot up, at least the o.s. disc would be able to do so.
Thanx

 

Good to know;this is hypothetical for learning purposes.
I'm getting the idea and thank you.

 

peterr:

IIRC = If I Remember Correctly

and if IIRC Ghost can back up to CD/DVD, so you do have a place to back up to, though an external drive is one heck of a lot better.

In the event your Windows won't start then yes, you can use a Windows retail or OEM disk and attempt a repair install. Might or might not work, and a Recovery disk certainly won't do. But if you boot to your Ghost CD and restore an image it has a very high chance of working, i.e. putting your system back where it was, software and all.

So getting Ghost working is really important.

 

I do have my original operating system cds for both the lap and the desk. I had to reformat and reinstall twice on both over the years.
Isn't it true that newer pcs have a symantec device that resides in a seperate partition so you can ?click a key and all this old fashion reformat reinstall is done for you.
I read you should make a cd of it in case of total failure you can use it to do the job.
I am not sure of the size of the partition - if it is gigs you could not use a cd .
What can you tell me about this?

 

I made note of Ghost as a boot disc and am going to try it.
I do understand the absolute benefit of imaging over Symantec's device.
I guess it is a good idea never to buy a pc without a reinstallation disc.
If Gramy increases my allowance, I may get that external hard drive.
After 7 decades I am more concerned about my parts than my pc's.
It ius amazing to hear about your project involving 4 pcs and what you are doing. It must be so much fun.
Good luck with all that and enjoy!

 

Are you saying you can't get a pc with an operating system cd?
That is scary! Suppose you mess up with that dvd you are supposed to create?

 

Well that's where Ghost comes in. You simply don't need any recovery CD or partition with Ghost/Acronis/MacriumReflect/BootItNow etc

 

Hello again
But wouldn't it mean a new external hard drive or someplace to backup to.
So when I buy a new pc I need to buy a hard drive also, right?

 

I'm not sure I understand.
Are you referring to the symantec device you burn or an image you burn?
O.S. are so big these days you would have quite a stack if you tried to burn dvd's of the o.s. itself.

I understand you can image the o.s. to an external hard drive but not to cd or dvd because of the volume. I also understand you can burn the symantec partition to a dvd.
Other than that I am not sure -perhaps we have apples and oranges.

 

Hi Dom
You have a good system;I envy you.
I did backup once with True Image to Western Digital external hard drive.
Then my o.s was ?relatively small.
It took 10 cds -I was referring that many as 'volume'. I remember the compression option but am not sure these eight years later wherhter I chose it or not. Recovery failed but Western Digital took the blame. I returned it never to image again; that was then.
These messeages are a big help in my refining ideas and procedures.

 

Currently I backup all data + things I do not have discs for to both flash drive and 2nd pc. So if all failed in one pc I can get everything I need from 2 sources.
I agree with the external hard drive + imaging.
That logic prevailed in forums some time ago and still seems to be the way to go, IMHO.
Thank you.