Hi fellows
I just put a ghost 9x image file of my C:\ drive on my F:\ partition it reads [ C_drive symantec image file 4.45 gb]
I also see Charles ( my name ) - F followed by a combination of six letters and numbers and the icon for the image  is tittled 3 kb
I don't know what that is and what is the purpose of it ..

I also backed up my E partition where I have a lot of
mysoftware and had it go to my seagate 160 gig usb hdd
I love this 9x ghost its worth twice a much as the price
Its so easy to use and so fast , -- its great !......I am glad I did not get Acronis or Retrospect pro and a big  plus is this fabulous "ghost and partition magic" forum
with carring and knowlegable
people who are my guardian angels if I need help .
I salute you all !

Hi Brian good to hear from you

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From your last post I couldn't determine whether you have copied your recent C: drive image to the External HD. I know you wrote the image to the F: drive on your internal HD.
This evening I made three backups
I copied my C :\ drive contents to my Seagate usb external hd and then I did the same with my E:\ programs partition where I have jigsaw puzzle software , chessmaster tenth edition and Encarta also to the seagate usb hd and then I copied my C :\ drive again and this time I located it to my F :\ partition  . As far as the Data D:\ partition  where I have my personally created data including internet favorites I copy and paste that seperately to the seagate external hdd and I also use" easy backup"  for a more complete backup for the  my documents folder on D partition where I changed the path to My docs where I have  my photos and my music plus word docs plus outlook express and internet explorer and system files  to make a complete backup in compressed zip format with the AJ easy backup software and I also use a 100 mb usb 2.0 zip drive and a lexar 256mb flash stick for my favorites so my D:\ partition is well  covered without using ghost for backing it up and its done more often then backing up the C drive with ghost .....I also have backups of music and photos and word docs on cdr and cdrw's and on dvd-r multi sessioning and one burn and finalize for the photos and music
I use mitsui cdr and verbatim data like cdrw and ricoh dvd+r and dvdrw
I am following your advice and holding off on copying my C:\ drive to dvd+r or dvd rw , I am not particulary kean on doing it , but I may get around to it later if I don't have nothing else to do ...