IS NORTON GOBACK 4.0 COMPATIBLE WITH MS RECOVERY CONSOLE?

[Guest]

I am running WXP Professional, SP2. I have installed the MS Recovery Console
to the root directory of my system drive. I previously used Roxio GoBack 3.2
Deluxe while running W2K, SP2 and was very satisfied with it except for one
peculiarity which I think, but am not entirely sure, was attributable to it.
When I tried to use the Recovery Console I installed, it could not be
accessed, even though the "CMCCONS folder and contents were present.
Disabling and then uninstalling GoBack restored access to the Recovery
Console.

Since I really like the more "tweakable" features of Norton GoBack 4.0 as
compared with Windows XP's System Restore function but also like the Recovery
Console, I would like to know if there is an inherent incompatibility between
Norton GoBack and the Windows XP Recovery Console.

Is there some way to use both processes on Windows XP Professional?

 

[CS]

I am running WXP Professional, SP2. I have installed the MS Recovery Console
to the root directory of my system drive. I previously used Roxio GoBack 3.2
Deluxe while running W2K, SP2 and was very satisfied with it except for one
peculiarity which I think, but am not entirely sure, was attributable to it.
When I tried to use the Recovery Console I installed, it could not be
accessed, even though the "CMCCONS folder and contents were present.
Disabling and then uninstalling GoBack restored access to the Recovery
Console.

Since I really like the more "tweakable" features of Norton GoBack 4.0 as
compared with Windows XP's System Restore function but also like the Recovery
Console, I would like to know if there is an inherent incompatibility between
Norton GoBack and the Windows XP Recovery Console.

Is there some way to use both processes on Windows XP Professional?

Why you would want to use either one should be the question. Neither
the Recovery Console or Norton Go Back work very well. As you know
the Recovery Console is severely limited in that only the system drive
can be accessed and then only the Windows folder. Go back is a
resource hog that slows down the system.

Suggest you download and try the BartPE program which allows access to
everything on your system (it's free). The program is burned to CD
and is bootable. Instead of Go Back use one of the better imaging
programs to create an image of your system drive which can be restored
in case of problems. True Image, Image for Windows, Ghost 2003, are
programs that come to mind.

BartPE = http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

True Image = www.acronis.com

Ghost = www.symantec.com

Image for Windows = www.terabyteunlimited.com

 

[Richard Urban]

You can use GoBack 4 and the recovery console. You just need to use the
recovery console when booting from the Windows XP CD. If you have SP2
installed you need a CD that has SP2 integrated into the install package.

--
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!

 

[Guest]

Thanks, CS. I already do scheduled backups as well as image copies of system
and data volumes to a second HD with rotation to DVD using Dantz Retrospect
Professional 7.0 and Ghost 2005 (9.0). The reason I like GoBack is because,
at least on my W2K installation, it worked like a charm for "quick fixes" or
reverts of a short interval and it was accessible even if Windows would not
boot. I love my full backups, but they entail more work for restores and
some document discrepancies are inevitable, depending on your backup
intervals. But they are invaluable in cases of hardware failure or other
irretrievable disk corruption. The recovery console, and similarly, booting
in safe mode are also nice to have when Windows has trouble starting.

BTW, you CAN access ALL drives and folders/files, allow wild cards, enable
removable media by using the "set" command from within the console after it
has been enabled. See the link to the MS WXP Professional Resource Kit,
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...windows/xp/all/reskit/en-us/prmb_tol_kfma.asp.

 

[Guest]

Thanks again CS. Another thing you mentioned was that Goback was a resource
hog. I've read the same thing from others, but never seemed to experience
this with Roxio Goback Deluxe 3.2 and W2K Professional. Is this something
new? How does it manifest itself other than slow access times? Any startup
or shutdown anomalies?

Thanks.