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Ghost 10/ True Image 9 and the hidden Dell restore Partition

post #1 of 10
2/10/06 at 2:27pm
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Hi,

does anyone know if the current versions of backup software like TrueImage 9.0 and Ghost 10 can see and backup the hidden Dell restore Partition? I had read that True-Image 8 was the only one that could still see the hidden partition since Ghost 9 came out ...

I want to do do a back-up of the restore partition, and a backup of all 55Gb on my hard drive seperately...once the rest of the games are installed on it

thanks

Philip
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post #2 of 10
2/10/06 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by deadstone2706
Hi,

does anyone know if the current versions of backup software like TrueImage 9.0 and Ghost 10 can see and backup the hidden Dell restore Partition? I had read that True-Image 8 was the only one that could still see the hidden partition since Ghost 9 came out ...

I want to do do a back-up of the restore partition, and a backup of all 55Gb on my hard drive seperately...once the rest of the games are installed on it

thanks

Philip
Do you mean you would like to backup your OS image to the hidden partition when it is just how you want it to be? Me too!
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post #3 of 10
2/10/06 at 2:36pm
If you are using a product like TrueImage why even bother with the ablity to save off DELL's recovery partition? Simply create an image after your reformat and reinstallation of Windows, drivers, and utilities. Then you can always revert back to the clean configuration.

With that being said I don't see why TrueImage or Ghost would not be able to see DELL's restore partition. In fact I believe DELL used Norton Ghost to create it (and some subset of Norton Ghost probably exists on DELL's notebook to facilitate the restore process - at least if you keep the restore partition).
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post #4 of 10
2/10/06 at 3:01pm
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Originally Posted by anettis
If you are using a product like TrueImage why even bother with the ablity to save off DELL's recovery partition?
Comes in handy when you want to sell the laptop.

On the other hand deadstone....if you are backing up the complete disk, it should be no problem with either tool.
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post #5 of 10
2/10/06 at 3:12pm
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Originally Posted by aliaskary77
Comes in handy when you want to sell the laptop.
That is true. However to me reverting to a clean Windows configuraiton with approriate Windows updates applied, with updated DELL drivers, etc. would be just as good, if not better, for the new owner. Just make sure an image is saved before adding your own applicaiton software and data. I now take images at different points in the lifetime of my notebook so I have multiple possible restore configurations. Now when I go to sell it I can revert it back to the earliest configuration.
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post #6 of 10
2/10/06 at 5:13pm


same here. clean version, then 2 current backup images in roation.
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post #7 of 10
9/21/06 at 9:36am
check my sig...

We tried to use True Image.... didn't work for us.
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post #8 of 10
9/23/06 at 5:20pm
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Originally Posted by PcGeek04
check my sig...

We tried to use True Image.... didn't work for us.
my compy of windows pe is the best, i can backup the entire drive with ghost :P thats how i do it...
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post #9 of 10
9/23/06 at 9:41pm
take a look at :
http://www.goodells.net/dellrestore/recover.htm
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post #10 of 10
1/23/07 at 10:23pm
I use winPE in other instances as well... It is a really great piece of work.
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