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Rad Community Technical Discussion Boards (Computer Hardware + PC Software) >> Norton Ghost 2003, Ghost v8.x + Ghost Solution Suite (GSS) Discussion Board >> Format my HDD or not? http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1225641170 Message started by hammer on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 9:52am |
Title: Format my HDD or not? Post by hammer on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 9:52am
Hi there,
i have made an image of my HDD and saved it on a spare HDD in case something happens to my current copy of XP. if windows XP crashes and i need to restore the image to my current HDD with the corrupted copy of XP, do i have to format that HDD first, or will Ghost.exe do that for me? if ghost.exe does not format it for me and i dont format it myself, then what will happen if i restore the image? will the exsisting files remain there, such that i can just delete it after the restore? or is having 2 WINDOWS [root] folders going to cause problems? Many thanks in advance. |
Title: Re: Format my HDD or not? Post by Christer on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 11:53am
You don't need to do anything. Ghost over writes everything, including the MFT (Master File Table) if NTFS or FAT (File Allocation Table) if FAT32.
Over writing the MFT/FAT is equal to a quick format. A full format also checks the disk which is not necessary unless you suspect disk error. Christer |
Title: Re: Format my HDD or not? Post by hammer on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 1:16pm
i see.
thanks a lot for that. hammer |
Title: Re: Format my HDD or not? Post by Christer on Nov 2nd, 2008 at 1:43pm
You're welcome ... :) ... !
Christer |
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