Also, in the Ghost 10> Options> Performance Tab, you can adjust the speed
and as a result the amount of system resources it uses.


"Dave" <funinatl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>I schedule Ghost to do my backup image at 6:00 AM before I get up.
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> "GhostMan" <ghost4me@cox.net> wrote in message
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>> >From what I understand, when you use Ghost 9 or Ghost 10 to make a
>> backup image of your hard drive, it must capture "in-process" updates
>> to any sectors that are being modified as it is backing up. That's one
>> factor.
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>> The other is compression. If you set it to High, it consumes a lot
>> more cpu resources. Try normal compression which I have found gives me
>> almost about the same output image size as high.
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>> When I use Ghost 10 to make a system image, I don't do anything else so
>> that the hot-image is as clean as possible. Also, I usually defrag my
>> system before making the image; my theory is that a compact source
>> drive makes for a smaller backup, since fewer sectors are in use.
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>> Also disable the XP Indexing service.
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