"Saucy Lemon" <saucy@s.can.be> wrote in message
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> make sure the number of background programs are at a minimum, making sure
> the harddrives are defragmented, making sure the BIOS settings are
> properly set, and by having reasonable expectations of your equipment. > A
> separate harddrive for the pagefile [in the opinion of some] on another
> channel may help speed things up because Windows can then use that other
> drive for swapping without affecting the performance of the "main"
> harddrive. >

"GhostMan" <ghost4me@cox.net> wrote in message
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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 > Also disable the XP Indexing service.

"Dave" <funinatl@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Also, in the Ghost 10> Options> Performance Tab, you can adjust the speed
> and as a result the amount of system resources it uses.

Thanks to all of you for your help.

I checked the BIOS and noted that the MPS revision was 1.1 instead of the
1.4 revision which is needed to enable hyperthreading, which my processor
has, so I fixed that one.

I moved the pagefile to the second hard drive. I had very recently defragged
the hard drive I am backing up. I haven´t yet disabled the indexing service.

I did a trial run of a backup after making these changes, and it definitely
ran better, using a lower processor percentage according to the Task
Manager.

As for Ghost 10.0 having a performance tab, that is similar to what Nero
has, and I can imagine that that function would help greatly if I can't do
the backups when the computer is otherwise idle.

Dave, do you think it's worth $49 after competitve rebate to get Ghost 10.0
over 9.0? Are there other features in 10.0 that would justify the expense,
in your opinion?

Ken