Is this going to work?

[F. David]

I should also tell you that I have my backups on an
external HDD.
>-----Original Message-----
>Since I haven't had to restore any backups yet, I'm no
>expert. With that said... my logic, and it might be
>flawed, is telling me that if my Ghost backup doesn't
>work at first try, I would reinstall using the OEM disks
>(bringing my system to orginal, out of box state) and
>then restoring the Ghost backup file, the System
>State .bkf (ntbackup) and Documents and Settings(also
>ntbackup), that I have made since Ghost, hoping that it
>will bring my system back to right before the
>catastrophy, with all programs intact.
>Or is this wishful thinking.
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