Ghost backup WinXP suggestions

Microsoft's Windows XP has built-in powerful multimedia and peripheral support functions. The interface is extremely beautiful, but at the same time it is bulky and has a long installation time. If it crashes due to improper use, it will take a long time to recover or install again. So to do a backup of XP, although Microsoft has provided a restore function in XP, but this restore requires XP's graphical interface, while taking up a lot of space, frequent disk read and write affect system speed.

In addition, even if it is a safe mode, it is also a kind of graphical interface. If XP is destroyed so much that it cannot enter the GUI, the restore function will be useless. Therefore, it is recommended that you keep a MS-DOS-compatible Windows 9X and use GHOST to back up XP, which constitutes multiple operating systems, so that when a serious failure occurs in Windows XP, use this GHOST backup for emergency recovery. I don't have much to say about the usage of GHOST, but the preparation in the early stage is more stressful. If it is not done well, the backup time may be very long, and the second is that the effect is not good. Let's talk about the precautions when backing up.

First, transfer or delete the page file

First, you should transfer the page file to a different partition than XP, or delete the page file Pagefile.sys in DOS state, because this file The default setting is 1.5 times your physical memory, which takes up a lot of disk space. If you don't delete it, it will affect the preparations below. It will also double the backup compression time.

Second, Shutdown and System Restore

The sleep function and system restore of XP are also the same as the page file, which takes up a lot of space. The hibernation function requires that your partition has the same space as the physical memory, and you cannot specify the storage partition, so it is not closed. You can turn these features back on after the backup is over.

Three, delete temporarily unwanted fonts, temporary files, etc.

If you are a user who frequently calls the TureType font to make WordArt, you may have a large number of font files in the XP directory. These fonts may reach hundreds of megabytes, but they are not necessary to run XP. It is recommended to delete them, and then reload them after the backup is finished. Anyway, it is just a copy. Otherwise, the GHOST time will be very long, especially after the GHOST compression method is selected, because the font itself is very large, the compression room is small, and it takes too long. In addition, you should delete the temporary files of IE, empty the recycle bin files, etc., otherwise it will waste storage space and time.

Fourth, scan the disk and defragment the disk

XP must scan the disk before using GHOST backup, to ensure that there is no cross-link and file fragmentation on the partition. Even if you are using multiple operating systems, and the last fragmentation or other disk errors caused by the crash does not occur in XP, such as Windows 98 soft shutdown after the crash, you force a reboot caused disk errors, XP is starting It can also be detected. Then XP will ask if you want to scan the disk, not only scan the partition where Windows 98 is located, and each partition waits for more than ten seconds before scanning to let the user choose whether to cancel, which seriously affects the startup speed of XP. Therefore, before using GHOST backup, you must first scan the error on the partition to avoid backing up a bad XP.

The benefits of doing defragmentation and then backing up are not necessary. I will wake up here.

Five, register MSN, anti-virus software, etc.

Because XP comes with MSN browser and Win Messenger, these two softwares are placed in the same partition of XP, and its path is in XP. It is more difficult for the average user to find another transfer. After reinstalling, you need to re-register the user name, email address and password every time. In addition, software such as Kingsoft Internet Security, if you reinstall XP, you must re-register or enter the serial number. Therefore, it is recommended that you register first, then use GHOST backup, after recovery, you will avoid a lot of operational troubles. In addition, there are mail rules, desktop settings, etc., set up and then back up once and for all, and what other tools have to be registered and then GHOST, you should think about it yourself.

Yes, finally remind you that using GHOST backup requires you to use the FAT32 disk format, NTFS has to find another way.