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Hmm 142 views and only one response... Surely someone out there must have a similar issue?
BTW thanks Phil for the response. It does say Windows Vista on the front as well as Windows XP, however what worries me is that in the Norton Ghost Readme file it specifically says...
" Norton Ghost does not support dual boot or boot-strapping environments. If you want to manually edit your partition's boot.ini file, do the following:
So that is why I have never used this CD as I am not quite sure what all that means, what in the world is boot-strapping anyway? I only know that I am not only dual booting but multibooting. I wonder if Ghost 14 or Ghost 2008 supports multiboot or what their readme files have to say about this. Anyone? Again Phil thanks and perhaps you are right.. I will hit them with it.
Perhaps I can help a bit. Ghost 12 is where we introduced Vista support. It should work just fine with either flavor of Vista that you use. You could download Ghost 14, if you want. But since you have a 12 license, you would only be able to use 14 in a trial mode for 30 days. While there are some new features in 14, it doesn't sound like they will be needed for what you are trying to do.
As to which OS to use to backup, since both OSes are on the same machine and have access to the same resources, it is not going to make much difference this case. I would expect that the performance in either OS is going to be similar. Ghost itself is for the most part a 32-bit app. The only sure way to know which will backup faster in your case would be to benchmark it each OS.
As far as the statement about not supporting dual-boot environments, which it sounds like is what you have, that is primarily to help people realize that there are issues that can arise in a dual boot environment that can require user intervention to resolve. Ghost does not have built in all the smarts necessary to deal with all the cases that can arise in a dual boot environment. You can take images just fine to back things up. You can also lay those images back down without problems. The area where you can run into trouble is in booting up afterwards. It is very easy to lay things back down so that the boot sequence is broken and all of a sudden things won't boot.
To understand even a simple case you have to realize that Microsoft, in implementing the dual-boot feature, did not, for whatever reason, do it cleanly. It doesn't just simply tuck the second OS into is own partition and make the MBR (Master Boot Record) smart to enough to just go to that second partition. Instead there are things done in the first partition that point to the second. So, let's say to take your images. Then at some point your hard drive dies. Being very glad you have a backup, you replace the drive and you restore your images ... and inadvertently swap the first partition for the second. Innocent enough and easy enough mistake. But the net result is that your system won't boot. Well that is understandable. The things put into the old first partition are now sitting in the second partition and Windows no longer knows where to find them. And as you get to know more about the boot process, you will realize this is only a very simple case. There are many more things that could go wrong. Since Ghost was never given the smarts to do all the boot fix ups on it own, dual boot quickly becomes a support nightmare for all parties involved. Hence, the policy you read.
So, can it be done, namely can Ghost backup and restore this kind of environment? Certainly it is possible, but the odds are you will have to learn some things about the boot process to get things working after a restore if anything goes wrong.
Should this scare you off? No. The most important thing is to get good backups. With good backups (which included multiple copies of a backup!), your data will be protected. There are several ways to get to your data and get it back -- even if a things don't boot after a restore. Also, it is possible that in the scenario above that things are restored right (to there proper place and in the right order) and it boots without problems. It can be done. I know this since I've done it.
I have an unused copy of Norton Ghost 12 for some time now. I find it a bit intimidating to use because of my OS setup and don't know where to start. First my system is as follows.. Any other info needed please let me know...
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 2.40 GHz
6 GB RAM
2x 250 GB Seagate SATA (ST3250410AS00)
Both drives partitioned 132 GB up front and 100 GB on the back
1st drive partitioned...
C drive Vista 64 (132.29GB /101.8 GB Free Space)
D drive Vista 32 (100.59 GB / 78.51 GB Free Space)
2nd drive partitioned
E Drive XP 32 (131.84 / 125.22 GB Free Space)
Unallocated 101.04 GB (for Linux install)
Now I have (2) 80 GB SATA drives left over, one is making a strange sound so I can't depend on it. But I don't want to throw it away either, so I want to ghost an image of this basic setup so that if the whole thing crashes I have an image of the basic system without any other software installed yet, a sort of tertiary backup) These drives are basic Windows OS's clean installs only with needed drivers. I thought since I heard it is possible to condense the image that this is possible.
So I would like is a simple image of the 2 drives on the one (noisey) 80 GB drive then remove it and store in a safe place, then installing the other 80 GB drive and make an image, then maybe re imaging after I have my peripheral software and back up say once a week till I can get a larger drive for back ups
Now my question is how to go about it... Should I Ghost from my 64 bit system since I can access the full 6 GB RAM thus making it a faster back up or what? Any tips? Suggestions? Please help!
Others have said that Ghost can't back up multiboot systems to begin with. Maybe I need to ghost each partition? Someone with the experience can maybe help me? Thanks for your time
I'm not sure that G12 is compatable with Vista. The file systems between V32 and XP are different. If G12 can read the drive, it should work. I do think that G14 is useable for this, so since the key for G12 hasn't been used, why not do the download of G14 and then use to do the drive? I don't know if the G12 key will work or not, you might have to talk to Online support for that one if you can't get the G12 to install. They may be able to get you a key that does work (since the os's may be different, they may not. Never hurts to ask!).
Nothing ventured nothing lost.