Ghost is a marvelous backup program, but the arrangement of the drives is not ideal. I use an external hard drive to back up my computer, so that the backup is isolated from the physical drive I would repair or replace if necessary.

Open Ghost and read the manual that is with it. Set up a file in the space on the backup drive (Ghost doesn't have to live on that drive, or to be on a separate drive) and run a backup there. Set up any boot disks it suggests, and then do a regular full backup or more requent incremental backup.

You usually have to tell the program what drivers (floppy, CD, DVD, etc.) to add to your boot disk and backup disk, it isn't entirely seamless, but it is much easier to use now than the earlier versions.

This program can write back the entire disk or a portion of it that has been damaged or corrupted. I've had to use it a time or two in an older machine when my reach exceeded my grasp as far as altering the programs and partitions on my hard drive.

SRS