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[Brian_K]

Have you booted from the Ghost CD and it's asking to Initialize? Is so say Yes.

Edit..... Initialize writes boot code and a Disk Signature. It doesn't create partitions.

[coup27]

I just secure erased my ssd and then booted the ghost cd. When selecting my SRP v2i file and clicking next it said my ssd had an uninitialised disk partition structure and do I want to initialise it now, but it would let me continue if I said no. So I want to say yes?

[Brian_K]

Yes.

I can't recall that.

[coup27]

Ok good news and bad.  I SE'd my SSD and initialised my disk partition structure and then one by one restored each v2i file following the exact settings and it worked, my system booted.  Unfortunately I now have this:

http://www.elmleigh.co.uk/Paul/7.JPG

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[Brian_K]

Good work. Ghost occasionally does this. Run msconfig, Boot tab, delete the unwanted OS.

[coup27]

I just did that and it also worked, my now system boots straight in.

Firstly a massive thank you for spending the time to help me out with this.  I am very grateful and I've realised how much more powerful Ghost is over my previous imaging program once you get your head around all the settings.  For my own knowledge tho, got a couple more Q's.

What would have happened if I had not initialised my SSD partition structure and then restored the images onto it?

If there a specific reason to do multiple partitions one at a time instead of how I was doing it before, but obviously with correct settings?

Why did it make a second OS and what would have happened had I booted it?

Finally, do you have a set of settings for GPT?  Eventually work will be having a new PC for everybody and I am going to recommend we have PCs which with UEFI and partition in GPT so I would like to know how Ghost works with GPT to use as our imaging solution.

[Brian_K]

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coup27 wrote:

What would have happened if I had not initialised my SSD partition structure and then restored the images onto it?

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Probably nothing. Restore MBR and restore Disk Signature do the same thing.

If there a specific reason to do multiple partitions one at a time instead of how I was doing it before, but obviously with correct settings?

Ghost can't handle it. It reverses the partitions.

Why did it make a second OS and what would have happened had I booted it?

A bug. If you had tried to boot the second entry you would have received an error about no OS.

Finally, do you have a set of settings for GPT?

I've only tested GPT on data partitions.

[coup27 · Accepted solution]

OK, thanks for those answers.

Once again thank you very much for the help you've given me.

cheers.

[Brian_K]

Easy.

I'm just in the process of repeating your image/restore but to an IDE HD.

Images created to a GPT partition. (In progress now)

I'll wipe the source HD and restore the two images.

[Brian_K]

OK. I had to Initialize too. You can't avoid it.

Win7 booted directly. There was no boot menu.

I was using Ghost 15 SP1 if that makes a difference...

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