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Originally Posted by leon
Sil what you are telling me one might as well forget about cloning a H/D and just back up all ones files to an external drive wipe the drive and reinstall everything if things go belly up, programs and all other stuff.  |
Yes, if you want a fast stable secure computer.
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Originally Posted by leon
I really appreciate all the answers and suggestions, but guys this technical stuff is not what I'm after, I just need a yes or no answer.
Leon  |
Re-read my response. Its a YES BUT Not on the first boot. Which answering your question as asked is technically No.
Typically when drives fail they dont actually fail, its a corrupt OS from both infections and lots of files installed/uninstalled over time. Ghosting a drive safely stores all those problems and transfers them to a new hard drive. Not my concern if you want that risk. I've got tons of "dead" hard drives from people this has happened to and not a single one has a physical drive problem, Once I do my analysis and stabilisation on the dives they work just fine, all my desktop computers are running at least one such drive.