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Quote:But I was wondering, what exactly does "marking the drives" do to the drives?
You can read up on the details here--warning--it's a long read
(starting with reply #28 shows the specific details of what Ghost is doing when it is *marking* and *fingerprinting* a HDD):
Ghost 2003 build 793 Broken options (NOPtions)
Quote:Does it affect, in any way whatsoever, my data if I choose to restore it?
Actually, no--if you are restoring a whole disk image to a new HDD--that Sector 62 is outside of the Master Boot Record that is included in an image--so if you dis-allow *marking* and *fingerprinting*, nothing will be transferred and no new data will be placed in that sector on the new empty HDD.
But Ghost will *fingerprint* in that sector if you have not used the switch to disallow it. And it will place its *mark* there if you do not refuse when it asks upon first loading.
Quote:Does it affect, in any way whatsoever, my data if I choose to restore it?
Again, no.
Quote:Does it alter any of my data when I image it?
Ghost really only copies the first sector of the boot record area of a HDD which is the critical area for booting correctly. If you use the *-ib* switch (image boot--meaning the entire boot record area), then the entire boot record area is included in the image, and that sector 62 will be restored on a new HDD.
Quote:Do most people "mark" their drives or not?
I do--it avoids the nag screen
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And, you must mark the HDD if you want to use the Ghost Windows GUI--in Windows, Ghost will not let you refuse, and still continue with the Ghost procedure.
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