Ghost

[Topsie3v]

I think I saw a thread here at one time where someone said that you could clone your disk to an empty partition within that disk.
I have been unable to find it. Could someone please tell me if this is possible and how it is done

[dougj]

Cloning is when you make an identical copy of one drive on another physical drive. What you may be remembering is using a 2nd partition on the same drive to store an image file (kinda like a big ZIP file). I use Ghost and/or DriveImage to do this all the time. Its a nice way to have a near-line backup. I can give you details if you want.

[Topsie3v]

Thank you for your offer but I have ghosted my c: & d: drives to cds thank you.
What I am now wondering is if my hard drive dies and I replace it can I just reboot with ghost floppy and install my c: drive as I would if I get some problem now. Then partition with partition magic and then continue on and install my data on D: drive or does it not work this way?

[DVOM]

"I have ghosted my c: & d: drives to cds"

Did you make a single image of your C and D drives or an image of C and another image of D?

If they're two separate images and your hard drive fails:

You'd first want to create new partitions on a new hard drive with PartitionMagic diskettes. Then go ahead and restore your images to the proper partitions.

[dougj]

Yes, what he said I do this all the time. Just make sure your boot floppy has the CD-ROM drivers on it, and I usually include a copy of the Ghost executable and the Ghost Explorer right on the CD with the image file.

[Topsie3v]

Thanks to both of you. Yes I have c & d drive copied separately. and yes I do have the cd drivers on the floppy disk so all will be well in the event of a hard drive needing replacing.
What is the reason for having ghostpe.exe and ghost explorer on the cd as well please?