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@Douglas Bonnecarrere wrote:

Hello all.......I have read with interest many of the posts on the PC  Restore feature. I do still have a few questions after reading all of them.

1. When a PC Restore is performed is there an actual formatting and partitioning performed?  The image is restored into the partition for C.

2. Is the  ghost restore image partition lost during this process, or is it left intact?  Left intact.

3. Does the restore also restore the small FAT32 and FAT16 partitions?  Don't believe so. 

 

Also there was something mentioned in one of the posts about the image being unprotected so that FDISK, Imaging and one other function (can't remember the other) should not be performed because the image would be lost. I do not understand why an imaging of the hard drive would compromise the factory installed image. I have this concern because I made an image set with Acronis True Image before I knew anything about the factory installed Ghost image. My image set was created on CD's,

whether this means anything or not.   If you modify the MBR then the restore capability is lost.  Imaging won't do that. 

After I read about PC Restore function (don't remember exactly where I read it) I did the control f11 and it took me to the program. At the point where the option is given to perform the restoration or reboot I of course chose to reboot. So everything to that point looks like I have a viable program. My question here is: Is there a reason why the image that I created with the Acronis True Image program would have corrupted or destroyed the factory installed Ghost image?   Is there a way to verify that I do have a viable Ghost image still on the drive?       Thanks.  Program won't come up if it's not viable, so you are all set.

Thanks for the info rickmktg.........Reading some of these posts it is apparent that the PC Restore option is not generally known.  In examining my drive in Disk Management and looking at the graphic when defragging I had wondered what that extra partition was. If a Dell representative is monitoring this post I would like to make a suggestion. Dell obviously put thought and resources into including the  Ghost image on our machines. It is a shame that some customers, not knowing of this wonderful feature, have reloaded their system when they didn't have to  or damaged or destroyed the image by performing some actions that they would not have done had they known. It would be prudent for Dell to  COMMUNICATE  to their future customers about this feature. The instances where this feature will be used (and appreciated) will only increase with the internet becoming more and more corrupted with malware and hackers.  This feature can't be a selling point and a reason to buy Dell if nobody knows about it. And it will obviously be a point of irritation to those who find out, too late, about its existence.