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Re: Norton Ghost vs. Drive Image vs. ??
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:15:30 GMT
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"richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Yeah, I have used PartitionMagic for years and never had problems with it.
> It's a decent recommendation over the other products being discussed. The
> interface is straight-forward enough that one refers to the manuals only
> sparingly.
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> One of the reasons I like PartitionMagic is that I have a tendency to • create
> a partition for the OS, a partition for apps, and then the rest is • whatever
> I feel like at the moment. I put all my "proprietary" files in the extra,
> non OS/app partition(s). Should I need to reinstall the OS or apps, it
> never touches *my stuff*. Should I want to reformat a drive, no worries.
> Etc. Etc. Etc...
I tend to use it mainly to reconfigure that partitions on a new machine when
our company buys one - I'd rather have 2 or 3 partitions that just 1 so I
can separate OS & apps from user documents, it makes reinstalling "safer" as
the user won't lose anything, and makes backups easier - I just backup up
drive D on each machine, and don't have to worry about backing up the OS or
apps.
I also use it on development machines so I can keep a copy of a fresh
install on the system - if I screw something up on the active partition I
can just copy over the known working partition and get the machine up and
running again. It's also great when I need to test some software on a virgin
OS - just copy the fresh partition to to the active partition, install the
software, and test. Much quicker than setting up a machine from scratch :)
Dan
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| Yeah, I have used PartitionMagic for years and never had problems with it. It's a decent recommendation over the other products being discussed. The interface is straight-forward enough that one refers to the manuals only sparingly. One of the (...) (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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