Re-install Windows XP or re-ghost ?

[XBoxLPU]

I have a 40gb hd, partitioned 4gb for Windows XP and 33gb for Data. I made a ghost image of the XP partition right after I did a fresh installation of XP and got the software I needed.

Recently, I applied the ghost image and wrote over the partition. Does Ghost format and than put the files back on the partiton ? Cause I Didn't format before appling the ghost image.

I am wondering, because my explorer.exe is crashing from time to time while I use Windows XP, now....


Should I re-install windows, or format the partition and apply the ghost image again ??

 

[kursplat]

if your already having problems it seems like it couldn't hurt.

hope your ghost image is not corrupt

good luck

 

[wjsulliv]

I'd rerun the ghost image first.

If the problem persists then maybe reinstall XP.

 

[Wooster]

That's what I did when my system is not working properly. It only takes me 10 minutes to restore from Ghost image. I always create a new Ghost image once every two month to optimize the system. It's worth the time.

Xbox, to answer your question. You don't need to format your partition before applying new image. I belived Ghost overwrite it. Just to be sure you are applying to the right partition. To save you some space, you can recreate Ghost image onto CDR and store it somewhere. My Ghost image spread out onto 4 discs.

Use this command when recreating Ghost image .

C:\GHOST -AUTO -SPLIT=690 -Z9

-AUTO (automatic everything including filename)
-SPLIT=xxx (split the image into xxx size, I use 690 because of 700MB CDR, 10MB for some overhead)
-Zx (1-9 compression level 1 is lowest but fast, 9 is highest compression but slowest)

Good luck.