Hello. I manage 50 computers, and I'm starting to use Ghost 2003 to
"rebuild" them, when they need everything installed from scratch.

Here's the method I'm using:
-I have all Dell Optiplexes, but different models. Everything is XP XP2
on NTFS.
-I made a good image file, stored on C: drive of computer "X".
-I'm not using Sysprep or any fancy tools. I'm aware that some drivers
will need to be reinstalled on the imaged computers, since they are diff
models.

-Computer "Y" needs a complete rebuild.
-I take Y's hard drive, pop it into X as a slave drive (F, and restore
my Ghost image from X's C: to Y's drive. Then I put the drive back into
Y, jumpering it for "Master" again. And then, on Y (the PC with the newly
imaged HD)....

WINDOWS WON'T START. On EVERY computer, it does the same thing - windows
boots into that mode "WINDOWS COULD NOT START LAST TIME, WOULD YOU LIKE
TO BOOT NORMAL, SAFE MODE, ETC". No matter which I choose, safe or
normal, the PC just freezes after that. Nothing happens. Won't even go
into safe mode.

I found a workaround, but the amount of time the workaround takes sort of
defeats the purpose of Ghost. If I perform a "Repair" reinstall of XP,
everything works beautifully. Everything else in the image works great -
all the programs, settings. Then I upgrade it to XP SP2, apply all
patches, and all is well.... but I would have spend the same amount of
time just reinstalling everything, without using GHost!

Thanks for any thoughts...

-Mike

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Are you reformatting or repartitioning the "Y" drive, first?
Are you choosing "Make/Set Drive Active" in the method you are using?
Could you use "Copy Drive", instead of restoring an Image?


"Mike Sampieri" wrote:

> Hello. I manage 50 computers, and I'm starting to use Ghost 2003 to
> "rebuild" them, when they need everything installed from scratch.
>
> Here's the method I'm using:
> -I have all Dell Optiplexes, but different models. Everything is XP XP2
> on NTFS.
> -I made a good image file, stored on C: drive of computer "X".
> -I'm not using Sysprep or any fancy tools. I'm aware that some drivers
> will need to be reinstalled on the imaged computers, since they are diff
> models.
>
> -Computer "Y" needs a complete rebuild.
> -I take Y's hard drive, pop it into X as a slave drive (F, and restore
> my Ghost image from X's C: to Y's drive. Then I put the drive back into
> Y, jumpering it for "Master" again. And then, on Y (the PC with the newly
> imaged HD)....
>
> WINDOWS WON'T START. On EVERY computer, it does the same thing - windows
> boots into that mode "WINDOWS COULD NOT START LAST TIME, WOULD YOU LIKE
> TO BOOT NORMAL, SAFE MODE, ETC". No matter which I choose, safe or
> normal, the PC just freezes after that. Nothing happens. Won't even go
> into safe mode.
>
> I found a workaround, but the amount of time the workaround takes sort of
> defeats the purpose of Ghost. If I perform a "Repair" reinstall of XP,
> everything works beautifully. Everything else in the image works great -
> all the programs, settings. Then I upgrade it to XP SP2, apply all
> patches, and all is well.... but I would have spend the same amount of
> time just reinstalling everything, without using GHost!
>
> Thanks for any thoughts...
>
> -Mike
>
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