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how to remove msosync.exe

I have just restored a prior backup of my system drive C using Norton Ghost 15.
The problem is that I now have the "hour glass" circular symbol all the time and the msosync.exe is running according to the task manager.
I am running Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit.

How can I disable this application ?

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Eng. Nidal Kamal

Good day,

Are trying to restore over your already running Windows? If, yes Stop right now.
I think it is recommended to boot from Windows PE CD or USB. Run Ghost then restore, from there, to Drive C.

BTW, as I understood you want to overwrite your running O.S. by the backup copy you have.

If you want to take a backup of your running O.S. before you overwrite it, then you may use any backup that is VSS aware.
Such as http://www.backup-utility.com/

Roger Alcindor

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I removed Microsoft one drive and that fixed the problem (good old Microsoft ?)
I had restored from a backup because I have problems with the display which I thought might be due to software since I ran the hardware diagnostics and the tests all passed.
Re-running the hardware diagnostics revealed a Video memory inconsistency which Dell informs me is the video card on my M6600 Laptop. I thought that the msosync.exe might be a virus because the task managers showed it with varying process ids that changed rapidly.

Thanks for you help,

Roger