Norton Ghost and XP

[Timothy Daniels]

Nope...the same results...using all of the suggestions in this
thread...it simply will not log on with the new drive...it books fine,
all the files are there but it will log on, accept my password and then
log off back to the login prompt.

Then I suggest you start a new thread titled "automatic logoff
after login", including postings in the *.configuration_manage
or *.setup_deployment NGs. BTW, how many partitions are
there on the source HD?

*TimDaniels*

 

[Brian]

1) Don't let the clone boot up while the source HD (containing
the "parent" OS) is still connected. Disconnect the source
HD BEFORE the new clone is booted.

2) THEN restart the PC, and the new clone should boot by
virtue of it being on the only HD in the system, which puts
that HD at the head of the BIOS's HD boot order.

yes.that is exactly what I did..still wont let me into desktop.

 

[Brian]

Then I suggest you start a new thread titled "automatic logoff
after login", including postings in the *.configuration_manage
or *.setup_deployment NGs. BTW, how many partitions are
there on the source HD?

I sure will..you've been a great help and I do appreciate it!

 

[Timothy Daniels]

Question...when you say "disconnect the original drive and
re-configure the new drive as the Master drive", when is
this done?

This is standard procedure that has evolved, but it's
unnecessary if there is only one HD in the system. If there
are 2 or more HDs in the system, it's to assure that the
new HD boots instead of the old HD by taking advantage
of the BIOS's *default* HD boot order, thereby keeping
newbies out of the BIOS. It involves switching the Master
and Slave settings of the 2 HDs on the same cable, and
to further consolidate superstitious behavior, the Master
HD is put at the end connector and the Slave at the middle
connector. Of course, if the HDs are both jumpered Cable
Select, just reversing their positions on the cable is sufficient
to reverse the Master/Slave settings. As you've seen, the
clone will boot up fine - even with its HD jumpered as Slave -
when it's on the only HD in the system.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Timothy Daniels]

it doesn't automatically reboot after I choose to COPY ONE DRIVE TO
ANOTHER. I have to manually shut down, hook up the new, copied drive
and it boots but wont go to desktop. I think it may be a drive letter
issue but I can't seem to get into the system (even in safe mode) to
change it.

If the new OS is a true clone, it should work exactly like its
"parent" - that includes drive letters. That's why I asked if
it is the only partition on the source HD. If the OS contains
shortcuts (i.e. named paths) to folders or files in other
partitions, those folders and/or files will not be found if the
old HD is disconnected. Or if the clone sees partitions in
a different order, it may assign different letters to them.
So..., how many partitions did the old OS see and have to
deal with?

As for not autmatically rebooting after the copying is done,
that's not a problem. *Automatically rebooting* could be a
problem.

BTW, why do you "hook up the new, copied drive"? All you
have to do is to "unhook" the old source drive to try out the
new one.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Guest]

how did you run ghost and where did you save the image? I would suggest that
you save the image in a different storage (say a zip drive). And when you
copy the image to the new harddrive, make sure that the old one is not in the
system yet.

 

[Timothy Daniels]

He wasn't making an image file that would have to be
"restored" later to another HD. He was making a
"clone" which puts the exact copy directly on the
destination drive without the image file intermediary.

*TimDaniels*

 

[Brian]

how did you run ghost and where did you save the image? I would suggest
that
you save the image in a different storage (say a zip drive). And when you
copy the image to the new harddrive, make sure that the old one is not in
the
system yet.

I am using Ghost 9 and used the COPY ONE DRIVE TO ANOTHER option. It
completed successfully but again, it wont let me log into my desktop.

 

[Brian]

Let me ask this..will the bootable Ghost CD-ROM allow me to edit the
registry or change the drive letter?

Thanks