Windows 7 Ghost
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I just reset my PC to factory - AGAIN! I've never done a Ghost image before. I want to ghost my Windows 7 PC and I'm considering using AOMEI Backupper. 1) What does a ghost image really do for me? Can I use it to restore a PC after all my apps are installed? 2) Any reason not to use AOMEI Backupper?
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I just reset my PC to factory - AGAIN! I've never done a Ghost image before. I want to ghost my Windows 7 PC and I'm considering using AOMEI Backupper. 1) What does a ghost image really do for me? Can I use it to restore a PC after all my apps are installed? 2) Any reason not to use AOMEI Backupper?
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I've never done a Ghost image before
You will love it, once you get the hang of it. :)
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Can I use it to restore a PC after all my apps are installed?
Image utilities like Macrium's Reflect or AOMEI can create image snapshots of an entire disk partition, or collection of partitions. This will normally include the entire operating system and all applications in the relevant partition(s). When you re-image the systems drive, absolutely everything reverts back to what it was when the image was taken. In case of a virus attack, or if I need to restore the machine for any reason, it takes me less than 10 minutes to install a previous image. I take a new image every time there is a significant change, like a new Windows update, or any changes in installed apps. I prefer Macrium's Reflect - the free version, but Griff likes AOMEI. See the thread about Windows 10 backups below.
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I just reset my PC to factory - AGAIN! I've never done a Ghost image before. I want to ghost my Windows 7 PC and I'm considering using AOMEI Backupper. 1) What does a ghost image really do for me? Can I use it to restore a PC after all my apps are installed? 2) Any reason not to use AOMEI Backupper?
I have been using norton ghost since windows 2000 until windows 7. I love it and would continue using it... problem is... he can't manage the new laptops, that's why I started the thread below. The ghost image will restore giving you the shortcuts in "recent files" and even the "bin" will have the same content as when you did the image.
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I just reset my PC to factory - AGAIN! I've never done a Ghost image before. I want to ghost my Windows 7 PC and I'm considering using AOMEI Backupper. 1) What does a ghost image really do for me? Can I use it to restore a PC after all my apps are installed? 2) Any reason not to use AOMEI Backupper?
When you create an image, it's a snapshot of the whole disk - and you generally create a "boot disk" or "boot USB" at the same time. When your disk needs to be restored, you boot from the disk or USB (which loads a minimal OS, often Windows PE[^] based and includes the restore software). The restoration overwrites the entire disk with the saved image and puts your whole system back where it was before the problem occurred. Anything you had installed when the image was created is restored, as is all your data. I take a full image at least monthly, and incrementals at least weekly after that: my 2 * 1TB drives (122.7GB + 235.8GB used) come in about 230GB, with incrementals at 20GB or so. (And I do hourly incremental copies of my projects to my NAS as well, but it's not really paranoia honest - disks really are out to get you!) As Cornelius says, I like AOMEI it just works - and I'm not being paid to say that (hint, hint, AOMEI) Their Partition Assistant is damn good as well!
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When you create an image, it's a snapshot of the whole disk - and you generally create a "boot disk" or "boot USB" at the same time. When your disk needs to be restored, you boot from the disk or USB (which loads a minimal OS, often Windows PE[^] based and includes the restore software). The restoration overwrites the entire disk with the saved image and puts your whole system back where it was before the problem occurred. Anything you had installed when the image was created is restored, as is all your data. I take a full image at least monthly, and incrementals at least weekly after that: my 2 * 1TB drives (122.7GB + 235.8GB used) come in about 230GB, with incrementals at 20GB or so. (And I do hourly incremental copies of my projects to my NAS as well, but it's not really paranoia honest - disks really are out to get you!) As Cornelius says, I like AOMEI it just works - and I'm not being paid to say that (hint, hint, AOMEI) Their Partition Assistant is damn good as well!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I just reset my PC to factory - AGAIN! I've never done a Ghost image before. I want to ghost my Windows 7 PC and I'm considering using AOMEI Backupper. 1) What does a ghost image really do for me? Can I use it to restore a PC after all my apps are installed? 2) Any reason not to use AOMEI Backupper?
I personally prefer virtual machines with snapshots taken when everything is working. I never install anything on the host OS, so it lasts forever. I haven't got enough patience to make images and restore them when things go sideways. Also, images interfere with my OCD because it takes forever to get all the settings just so. OTOH most of what I do is Linux so I can't say anything about how Visual Studio et al perform on VMs.
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I just reset my PC to factory - AGAIN! I've never done a Ghost image before. I want to ghost my Windows 7 PC and I'm considering using AOMEI Backupper. 1) What does a ghost image really do for me? Can I use it to restore a PC after all my apps are installed? 2) Any reason not to use AOMEI Backupper?
