Ghost restore does not work

[support.microsoft.com]

Hey All,

Every time I use ghost to restore a Windows XP partition image, it won't let
me log in. I've never experienced this problem, and would really love to
get my laptop running again. My machine has been to HP 3 times in the past
3 months, and I'm really tired of having to reinstall everything. I'm using
Ghost 9.0, Windows XP Pro MSDN license (I'm a developer at a company in
Bellevue) and I use this machine for everything from gaming, finances,
working on my projects at work, programming, school, whatever, so it has a
ton of apps.

The ghost file is a partition image (I have two partitions on the drive).
I've marked it as startable using FDISK, and restored the image to the
primary partition. Windows boots, I can get the login box to come up, but
when I log in, it immediately logs me off.

Thanks,
Matthew

 

[Richard Urban]

You must image a "competent" operating system partition in order to complete
a successful install. The fact that you get all the way to the login screen,
only to have the system dump on you, tells me that you didn't create an
image from a known good system. By getting as far as you did, you have
already passed all the common obstacles that many people run into.

Crap in = crap out!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Rodney Kelp]

Hey All,

Every time I use ghost to restore a Windows XP partition image, it won't
let me log in. I've never experienced this problem, and would really love
to get my laptop running again. My machine has been to HP 3 times in the
past 3 months, and I'm really tired of having to reinstall everything.
I'm using Ghost 9.0, Windows XP Pro MSDN license (I'm a developer at a
company in Bellevue) and I use this machine for everything from gaming,
finances, working on my projects at work, programming, school, whatever,
so it has a ton of apps.

The ghost file is a partition image (I have two partitions on the drive).
I've marked it as startable using FDISK, and restored the image to the
primary partition. Windows boots, I can get the login box to come up, but
when I log in, it immediately logs me off.

Thanks,
Matthew

Every backup program I ever saw had a problem backing up files that were in
use by windows.......making the backup completely useless! Those programers
are pretty stupid sometimes.

 

[Richard Urban]

Many tens of thousands of people use "Ghost", "Drive Image" and even "Backup
MyPC" without any problem what-so-ever.

Maybe YOU are the cause of the problem!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[support.microsoft.com]

So, that's it? Nobody has any useful input?

Oh yeah, why would I WASTE my time imaging a partition that was bad in the
first place??? The data is good, XP just won't let me log into my profile
after I restore an image.

Also, this isn't the first time - I've installed XP 3 times (due to HP
having to "restore their customer install"). Each time I sent it into HP
(loose screw, bad CD rom), I made a ghost image. And each time the exact
same problem. Login, get logged out. The HDD does not have any bad
sectors, the data is good, everything with the OS was working FINE before I
sent the machine back. It just plain doesn't like the restore, and I was
hoping an MS engineer could point me in the right direction, as I'm not
looking for useless commentary from other users.

 

[Richard Urban]

No, you're missing the point. Ghost DOES like to restore. That's what it was
designed to do - and it does it well.

I have been using either Drive Image or Ghost for about a dozen years. I
have never had any problems in restoring an image, which I do often. I am
always trying new programs, after which I will revert to the way the system
was before the trial. I may do this once a week.

Ghost IS reliable!

That being the case - where does the problem lie? I have no doubt that I
could create an image of your computer and then restore said image. The
image WILL be bootable and usable!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[shakey]

Maybe its something HP is doing. Have you tried to restore your working
computer while it is working as a test?