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Re[2]: Casper catastrophe



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Actually the moral to the story is follow Casper's instructions and
turn off other software.  I use Casper for years and never had a
problem.

Jimmy

Thursday, October 21, 2004, 7:46:28 AM, you wrote:

IK> I guess the moral of the story is the fact that although several of
IK> those disk image creating programs allow you to do it straight from
IK> Windows, it may not be a good idea because there are many processes
IK> running and who knows what may happen. Doing the image from DOS,
IK> bootable CD or even a bootable floppy would be probably the best,
IK> whatever promises the software vendors give about the ability to run
IK> this stuff straight in Windows.

IK> Ivo Karindi


MG>> As you may recall, several weeks ago I had a disaster during a backup that
MG>> wiped out my backup and caused a registry problem that could only be
MG>> resolved by reinstalling my Win2k OS. It's been plenty rough since then,
MG>> but the other night I decided it was time to preserve my hard work, so I
MG>> used Casper to back up.

MG>> At the very end of the backup I got a warning from Zone Alarm Pro that it
MG>> had defended against something (not an intrusion). I tried clicking on the
MG>> OK button to make it go away but it wouldn't budge. Things appeared frozen.
MG>> Suddenly I got the dreaded Blue Screen of Death, just as I did before.
MG>> After a major hissy fit, I calmed down and tried rebooting my main disk. No
MG>> luck.




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