Norton Ghost 2003???

[Kamal]

I tried to make a backup of the D:\ on to the G:\ using Norton Ghost. It
gave me an error and was unable to finish the backup. After a reboot I could
not boot windows XP. And now all I get is the windows 98 boot screen with a
C:\

I loaded recovery console and it said windows is on E:\. i tried copying
ntldr and ntdetect to c:\ but still no luck

My Original C:\ is NTFS and D:\ is NTFS and G:\ is fat32

E:\ and F:\ were my cd-rom drives

How can I change E:\ back to C:\ and get windows up and running.

Thanks

 

[GeneR]

My Ghost 2003 made me an IBM DOS boot floppy that allows me
to clone one drive to another without starting XP. That's all I use
Ghost for anyway. I make system backup clones. See it at
http://www.photoprojects.net/index10a.html
Gene

 

[joust in jest]

Apparently you do not know that Norton Ghost is not a utility provided by
Windows XP. Norton Ghost is a product sold by a company called Symantec --
it is not sold by a company called Microsoft.

For problems with Norton Ghost, feel free to visit a Norton Ghost support
newsgroup or Symantec technical support.

steve

 

[abc]

Norton Ghost 2003 works just fine with Windows XP. I've created and
restored images with it from cdr's, cdrw's and hard drives. Were you
creating an image or cloning one disk to the other? If you were imaging
then there is no reason that Ghost would screw up any drive it was sending
an image to. Now if you were cloning you may have picked the wrong disk.

I tried to make a backup of the D:\ on to the G:\ using Norton Ghost. It
gave me an error and was unable to finish the backup. After a reboot I could
not boot windows XP. And now all I get is the windows 98 boot screen with a
C:\

I loaded recovery console and it said windows is on E:\. i tried copying
ntldr and ntdetect to c:\ but still no luck

My Original C:\ is NTFS and D:\ is NTFS and G:\ is fat32

E:\ and F:\ were my cd-rom drives

How can I change E:\ back to C:\ and get windows up and running.

Thanks

 

[Peter Wilkins]

I tried to make a backup of the D:\ on to the G:\ using Norton Ghost. It
gave me an error and was unable to finish the backup. After a reboot I could
not boot windows XP. And now all I get is the windows 98 boot screen with a
C:\

I loaded recovery console and it said windows is on E:\. i tried copying
ntldr and ntdetect to c:\ but still no luck

My Original C:\ is NTFS and D:\ is NTFS and G:\ is fat32

E:\ and F:\ were my cd-rom drives

How can I change E:\ back to C:\ and get windows up and running.

Thanks

Ghost would not have changed any of your disks or partitions if you
were just backing up not restoring. You shouldn't fiddle with the XP
boot files at all: make sure they are set back to original config..

Sounds as if the autoexec used by Ghost or else the data in the
Virtual Partition created by Ghost is still active, as the backup
aborted. If so, it will always boot into the win98 screen (PC or
MSDOS) until removed.

I assume you removed the Ghost boot floppy or CD before rebooting?
If not, do so, and you will boot up in XP.

If you did take out the boot floppy or CD, I am not sure how to stop
the PCDOS booting. I suggest you read the handbook to see if it
covers the situation - normally I would say visit the Symantec web
site, but if you can't boot to XP that's a no-brainer.

Good luck.

 

[David H. Lipman]

All those News Groups and the REAL News Group to post this Symantec question (Ghost is not a
Microsoft product) should have been in ...
symantec.customerservice.general

You don't provide any facts. You don't explain if you did a disk-to-disk clone, disk to
image, etc. You don't state what drives "D:" and "G:" are. All those other drives, are
they partitions ? Physical drives ? What ? Nor do you provide any information on the
platform.

This is a ridiculously BAD post. I like to be able to help you but, you have to be able to
help yourself first for someone else to help you.

Dave
{ shaking his head in disbelief }




| I tried to make a backup of the D:\ on to the G:\ using Norton Ghost. It
| gave me an error and was unable to finish the backup. After a reboot I could
| not boot windows XP. And now all I get is the windows 98 boot screen with a
| C:\
|
| I loaded recovery console and it said windows is on E:\. i tried copying
| ntldr and ntdetect to c:\ but still no luck
|
| My Original C:\ is NTFS and D:\ is NTFS and G:\ is fat32
|
| E:\ and F:\ were my cd-rom drives
|
| How can I change E:\ back to C:\ and get windows up and running.
|
| Thanks
|
|

 

[Rich]

I was looking up some Symantec software usage for a project and search for
your problem. This is the closest thing I found.

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...522725&nsf=ghost.nsf&view=8f7dc138830563c8882
56c2200662ecd&dtype=&prod=&ver=&osv=&osv_lvl=

 

[GJP]

Gee and and I thought this was a "WinXP newuser" group...must be mistaken,
I hope Kamal relizes the error of his ways and post a question that is more
challenging to the likes of David H.Lpman etal.

GJP

 

[joust in jest]

You are right: this is a "WinXP newuser" group -- the OP has a problem with
Norton Ghost, which is neither Win XP nor a Microsoft product.

steve

 

[Greg R]

I don’t mind answering non-Microsoft products if I know the answer.
However Symantec has terrible support advice. They told me ghost
2003 was to be used only for cloning drives not backing up- how dumb.
I figured out on how to do a partition backup(s) using ghost and a
windows 98se boot disk. It works like a charm. (Yes, you can also
back it up to a cd-r if your cd drive is bootable).

I use this command like for ghost. Pardon the caps

A:\GHOST\GHOST -FDSP -NTIL -SPAN -CRCIGNORE -FRO -Z9

You are right: this is a "WinXP newuser" group -- the OP has a problem with
Norton Ghost, which is neither Win XP nor a Microsoft product.

steve

Greg R







http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/

 

[GJP]

Oh come on...he was using Ghost on a computer running WinXP....where
does one start...believe it is a Ghost problem first or ask a question
here where a number of willing WinXP experts will answer your question
and provide direction. At least one can expect to sort out wether it's
Ghost or WinXp that is the problem....but without insulting remarks
about the quality of the question, which BTW most replies found easy
enough to do.
NewUser could be "new" to computing not just new to WinXP...heck I find
things happening in WinXP that just make me shake my head...like the way
you remove programs from startup ...why the heck did MS decide that
using Msconfig (like in Win98)was too simple and make removing a program
from startup a PITA.

GJP

 

[Malke]

Oh come on...he was using Ghost on a computer running WinXP....where
does one start...believe it is a Ghost problem first or ask a question
here where a number of willing WinXP experts will answer your question
and provide direction. At least one can expect to sort out wether it's
Ghost or WinXp that is the problem....but without insulting remarks
about the quality of the question, which BTW most replies found easy
enough to do.
NewUser could be "new" to computing not just new to WinXP...heck I
find things happening in WinXP that just make me shake my head...like
the way you remove programs from startup ...why the heck did MS decide
that using Msconfig (like in Win98)was too simple and make removing a
program from startup a PITA.

As an aside, msconfig is available in XP and removing items from Startup
is quite easy. Go to Start>Run and type "msconfig" without the quotes.

Malke

 

[Al Smith]

I don’t mind answering non-Microsoft products if I know the answer.

However Symantec has terrible support advice. They told me ghost
2003 was to be used only for cloning drives not backing up- how dumb.

Symantic recently purchased Drive Image, a superior product to
Ghost, so they may intend to reduce the role of Ghost in future
and switch all their backup sales to Drive Image.

 

[Rock]

Symantic recently purchased Drive Image, a superior product to Ghost, so
they may intend to reduce the role of Ghost in future and switch all
their backup sales to Drive Image.

Actually they have incorporated Drive Image technology into the new
version of Ghost. It now requires the .Net Framework. I would guess
that, if a product is going away it will be Drive Image. Symantec has a
track record of killing off products they buy.

 

[Greg R]

Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost.

Someone in the xp general group told me that.

Actually they have incorporated Drive Image technology into the new
version of Ghost. It now requires the .Net Framework. I would guess
that, if a product is going away it will be Drive Image. Symantec has a
track record of killing off products they buy.

Greg R



http://www.angelfire.com/in4/computertips/

 

[CS]

Symantec purchased Ghost from a company in Germany not Peter Norton
Computing. What they did was purchase Peter Norton Computing from
Peter Norton around 10 years ago and have been using his name ever
since. The purchase from Peter Norton included Norton Utilities,
Norton Backup, and several other programs. The most important aspect
of the purchase was the use and endorsement by Peter Norton himself.

 

[Al Smith]

Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.

The bought nortons ghost.

Someone in the xp general group told me that.

This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They
are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its
endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes
within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it ... they
are like Microsoft.

 

[NoNoBadDog!]

Symantec *IS* the parent company of Norton. Has been for years. They
recently bought PowerQuest, so now Drive Image 7 and Drive Image 2002 are
being marketed under the Symantec name. Peter Norton is the original owner
of Norton, the Corporation. Ghost has been a Norton product since it's
inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company
to Symantec.

Bobby

 

[WeatherGuy]

This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like
some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly
multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach
and consuming it. Come to think of it ... they are like Microsoft.

Why does everyone bash big outfits like Microsoft and Symantec?. Growth is
the objective of capitalism and the weak should fall by the wayside. That's
the American way.

And what's with all the cross posting?

 

[Jerry]

I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP
DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of
garbage. Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is
excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the
tutorials lead you to believe.