Noton Goback

[Guest]

I am trying to install Goback 3.2 after the Windows XP upgrade. I get an
error "GoBack is unable to determine which of your hard drives is the boot
drive."
I have read if you have dynamic drive overlay Goback will not work. How do I
know if I have this. I never saw this loaded when I installed my hard drive
when I partitioned it. Is there a work around and does Goback 4.0 resolve
this.

 

[John John]

Get rid of GoBack.

John

 

[Jonny]

http://service1.symantec.com/support/goback.nsf/pfdocs/2003030413270207
Listed are 3 reasons, not just one.

You installed this hard drive, if you used any software other than
partitioning it, could have easily put a DDO on it if you weren't paying
attention. This is done prior to the partitioning, and with a boot diskette
or boot CD.

Not indicated are whether you added a hard drive, or simply replaced the one
you have XP installed to. ASS out of U and ME (ASSUME).

 

[Richard Urban]

Not if you have a boot overlay installed on your primary hard drive. GoBack
4 doesn't like this any more than GoBack 3 did.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

So what is the best restore program because I just I had to reinstall windows
xp after I did the updates. When my system restarted all my fonts were in
different characters (not readable). I tried to restore and it said it could
not restore in any of my restore points that I saved previous to the updates.
I need something to work outside of Windows like Goback did.

 

[Jonny]

That's easy. You need windows back the way it was before doing ALL the
updates. Ghost or similar imaging program.
I image XP before doing any windows update, 3rd party software
installs/deinstalls, or registry tweaks. The latter is probably not needed,
but am bashful from previous versions of windows.

 

[Richard Urban]

First, you must know if you installed a drive overlay . Did you format the
drive using the manufacturers floppy disk program? If you did, you likely
have an overlay installed. If you do have an overlay installed, removing it
will likely cause you to lose everything on your drive. This is because that
once the overlay is removed the partitions will not be recognized.

It is removable, but then you have to start from scratch. If you have a
large drive you may not initially be able to utilize tit's full capacity.
This can be remedied at a later time. The idea is to dump the overlay and
then partition/format the drive using what is included with the Windows
setup program. If you do this, then you can install and use GoBack again.

To remove an overlay, get your hands on a Win98se setup floppy. Boot from
that floppy. When you get to the prompt, type in *fdisk /mbr*. This will
create a generic MBR on the master hard drive. You are now clean.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

If I do this will I have problems registering Windows XP. I have heard that
once it is registered you cannot register it again. Also, when I first used
the disk that came with my hard drive it allowed me to copy my old hard drive
to the new one which is 200gigs. That is how I did my upgrade to Windows XP.
Is there a program that I can use that will copy one hard drive to another.

 

[Richard Urban]

If I do this will I have problems registering Windows XP. I have heard
that
once it is registered you cannot register it again. Also, when I first
used
the disk that came with my hard drive it allowed me to copy my old hard
drive
to the new one which is 200gigs. That is how I did my upgrade to Windows
XP.
Is there a program that I can use that will copy one hard drive to
another.

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If you have a retail version of Windows XP (not an OEM version) there is no
limit on the amount of times you can activate (not register) it.
Registration only occurs once, at most, and it is optional - not mandatory.

Symantec Ghost 9.0 (or later) and Acronis "True Image" are most useful for
copying an old drive to a new drive. As with all specialty programs, read
the instructions first. You need to understand the concept of drive
"locations" (what IDE or ATA channel is each connected to), cable locations
(what position on the drive cable are they connected to) and jumper settings
(master/slave/cable select) to have the new drive boot the operating system
after the transfer.

Most hard drive manufacturers also supply a program that will clone the old
drive to a new drive. But be careful that by doing so another drive overlay
is not created on the new drive. Using Ghost or True Image will not allow
that to happen.


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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Guest]

Does it have to be the Windows 98se boot disk or can I use my Windows Me Boot
disk. Also I did registered Windows XP. Thanks again for your help. If all
goes well I will send you a email.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Dan,

Here are some tips on keeping System Restore Healthy.
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/healthy.html

 

[Guest]

This is what I have done so far. I could not use Norton Ghost or Acronis so
I used the disk that came with my hard drive (Maxtor). It is in two
partitions and probably has the DDO installed. I used the disk that my hard
drive came with and cloned the hard drive from my old one, I had to disable
goback to do this and I am currently using it now. Here's the kickker, I
re-enabled goback and it is working fine after the clone from my old drive.
Now when I install windows xp can I just disable goback and also norton
system works instead of uninstalling. If so my theory is even with DDO I
think it would work once I enabled it. Thanks again for your help and advice.