Re: Ghost image fails to restore properly?


"louise" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> One day, after a very brief brownout, I turned on my computer to
> discover that several programs hung halfway through loading or
> apparently loaded, but didn't respond to any commands, mouse click,
> etc.
>
> I had a recent Ghost 9 image. I restored. The same programs
> didn't function properly.
>
> I had an older Ghost 9 image which I had already successfully used
> to restore the hard drive about a month ago. I restored this
> image. Again, the same programs didn't function properly, and in
> the same ways...
>
> I tested memory (memtest), hard drive itself (Seatools), ran
> chkdsk, etc. etc. I used two anti-virus scans and a spyware scan.
> I also changed the hard drive itself. Nothing showed up. Seatools
> (Seagates diagnostic tool), did indicate critical problem with NTFS
>
> I finally used the restore CD that came with my computer (2.5 years
> ago) and all is going smoothely, further indicating that it is
> not/was not, a hardware issue.
>
> The only thing I can imagine is that although I restored a Ghost
> image, the disk was not completely cleaned and therefore, the same
> problems kept coming back?
>
> Is this possible?
>
> Any suggestions? I'm horrified at the thought that this could
> happen again and that my backup image wouldn't work.
>
> TIA
>
> Louise


Pleading some degree of ignorance (with Ghost ) here, I'm surprised also
that the Ghost image didn't completely cure the problem - since I would
*assume* (wrongly, apparently) that the Windows registry would've also been
replaced and the initialization (and registry keys) of those programs fully
repaired.

I'm left scratching my head thinking that some remnants of the damaged OS
were left after the Ghost restore, and that makes absolutely *no* common
sense to me. ?

I'm also wondering (after the fact) what re-installation of those problem
programs would've done (if anything) after your initial Ghost restores.

Someone here has an answer, but it isn't me.....


Stew



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