Ghost and Vista

[Roger Drouin]

Hi!

I'm about to install Vista.
I want to make sure that this process will work.
So, I would want you to check if it is correct.

Here is the process:

1. Ghost (version 10.0) my C: drive (Windows XP) to an image on DVD
2. install Vista on the C: drive
3. use and test Vista
4. Ghost (after restarting in DOS mode with a boot diskette) the C: drive
(now with Windows Vista installed on) to an image on DVD
5. restore with Ghost to C: drive the Windows XP image coming from DVD
6. restart with Windows XP now on C: drive

later, to continue to use and test Vista:

7.Ghost (version 10.0) my C: drive (Windows XP) to an image on DVD
8. restore with Ghost (after restarting in DOS mode with a boot diskette)
to C: drive the Windows Vista image coming from DVD
9. use and test Vista
10. repeat steps 4, 5 and 6 to return to Windows XP

Do you thing this process will work correctly?

Thanks a lot! Roger

 

[Brian A.]

Why bother, see:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx

--

Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts:
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Techno-Crat]

Yes it will work
I use Ghost regularly and only had problems with earlier versions of it not
supporting sata drives
I now have no problems
I did drive drive image 2002 with a very early release of Longhorn and the
imaging software could not find the ghost image store on the second drive
this also seems to have been fixed

 

[Andyistic]

Are we talking about Norton Ghost?
I've never had success with this product.
Anytime I went to restore a partition from the image,
Ghost was unable to locate the image.

-- Andy

 

[JCO]

You won't be able to fit Vista on a DVD not to mention it may be tough to
get WinXP on a DVD.. Depending on what all you have installed. A better
option would be to keep the image on another partion of your harddrive,
assuming that you have something like a 120GB that is partitoned into 3-5
partitions.

Other thing to consider is the file structure system. What do you use for
WinXP? It can be FAT32 or NTFS. Windows Vista must be NTFS. Take that
into consideration.

 

[JCO]

Why would ghost not be able to find the image? Just trying to understand.
I use ghost for years, however, I've been using Acronis True Image lately.
My Vista Image is stored on a partition, but I've never tried to restore it
yet.

 

[Raven Mill]

I use Ghost10 and did just fine fitting Vista on a single DVD. (Especially
if you have a DL dvd burner...) Just have to use compression and a straight
install will fit just fine.

 

[Phillip Pi]

I used Norton Ghost 2003 for DOS, kept their images on another HD
drive/partition (have two NTFS [C: too] and one FAT32), and had no problems.

I use Ghost10 and did just fine fitting Vista on a single DVD. (Especially
if you have a DL dvd burner...) Just have to use compression and a straight
install will fit just fine.

--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
ISP/Symantec Online Services, Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com