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I put in my recovery disk 1. It says it can't read GHOSTERR.TXT. Is this a bad disk or is a viris stopping it?

 

[pauly [MSFT]]

Hi Jasweav3aol,

By 'Recovery Disk' do you mean the Factory Restore CD that came with your
computer?

I can't be certain but I suspect so because the name of the disk os
recovery and the name of the file 'ghosterr.txt' hints that it might be
needed as part of a process to restore an image of the original disk to the
hard drive. Of cource, this is pure speculation on my part.

Based on the information you've provided I suspect that you may have a
problem with your CD or HD drive.

You should contact your hardware vendor for advice on troubleshooting and
using this recovery disk.

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| From: =?Utf-8?B?VG9t?= <JASWEAV3aol.com>
| Subject: Recovery
| Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 14:16:02 -0700
|
| I put in my recovery disk 1. It says it can't read GHOSTERR.TXT. Is this
a bad disk or is a viris stopping it?
|

 

[resistor]

"ghosting" is used to make a copy of a complete installation
so you can reset your computer to a particular condition?
I have a set of disks that are a ghost of my system after I installed
all my apps so that if I have to do a reinstall I do not have
to go through all the software installs again. It sounds like
there is a bad disc in the bunch or they are out of order or
hardware in the computer in question has changed
since the images were made.

You could try making a new copy of the disc that is giving
you the error to see if that fixes it. There is more about
this in these links.

http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/archive/topic/20400-1.html
http://www.computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/103542.html

Small rodent sacrafices can had some effect,
from time to time, though I don't recomend it.

Hope this helps.