I have had Norton Ghost on my Windows XP PC since 2005. I mirror image my C drive to my E drive often. Today my C drive crashed. I removed it and put E in its spot but could not boot from it. I thought it was a complete copy but now know I was wrong thinking it was a complete backup and bootable. How do it restore my C drive after formatting it and loading XP with all that backup data?
Hi Gravale,
Norton Ghost 10 is compatible with Windows XP Media Center Edition. You can install it.
--Vinod
Thanks, Vinod. Much appreciated. 
Hi dg110270,
Have you got your backup files (.v2i) saved on another drive?
When backing up a computer the recovery points should be saved to another location, preferably on a external drive and those files can then be used to recover the computer.
Deric
Deric i'm such a novice that I not sure what your referring to. I have two hard drives and I thought I was backing up from C to the other. Now I'm not sure what was done but under "My Computer" I have two drives listed. C & D. C has been formatted & XP loaded. D show all my backup folders.
dg110270 wrote:I have two hard drives and I thought I was backing up from C to the other.
dg110270,
We need to know which backup method has been used. Did you use Copy Drive or did you create Recovery points? As Deric mentioned, do you have .v2i files in the backup.
Have a look in your backup folders and you should see the "Recovery points" and you can use those to recover the computer.
The recovery points are files .V2i, I will post a pic in a minute I need to reboot with my backup drive connected.
I use Ghost 12 but I would think G10 is basically the same.
If you have the files on your D: drive, all you need do is boot with the SRD or the installation CD and when you reach the recovery screen select "Recover My Computer" and follow the instructions and you should be able to recover the C:drive to the last backup that you did.
Back in a while.
Deric
Brian,
I was typing when you posted, I will reboot and post a pic if he is still not sure what he is looking for.
Deric
I did a copy drive.
dg110270 wrote:I did a copy drive.
OK. We might be able to fix it.
When you try to boot from the Copy, what happens?
I found the v2i backup but I guess I need to load Ghost back on the new drive. I can't open the v2i file.
The backup drive when put in the C location won't boot.
dg110270 wrote:The backup drive when put in the C location won't boot.
We need to know what do you see on the monitor?
You removed the old HD and replaced it with the new (Copy) HD. You have jumpered the new HD correctly if it is an IDE HD. After powering on, does Windows start to boot and then freeze on a blue screen?
I assume the OS is WinXP?
Here is a couple of pics of the type of files you should see, mine are in folders, to pick them up to recover Brian is better suited than I am to talk you through it with the copy drive backups.
when you install a new drive and install the O/S and apps the first thing to do is run a "Backup My Computer" onto another drive,that way you can recover you PC easily.
Deric
The PC boots ok now. Under my computer I have 2 local drives listed. C is the orig drive formatted and loaded with XP. D has the backup files.
Hold on Deric, it may not need to get to that point. I agree with Brian that it is just a boot problem.
I don't think it will get to the blue screen yet, it won't be the active partition at this point.
dg110270 wrote:The PC boots ok now.
I'm lost. Can you describe what you have done since the original crash? Have you reinstalled Windows?
Dave,
My brain ain't as active as your's and Brian's, I just wanted to show what he was looking for to start with and point him in the right direction for future backups.
Deric
Yes Reloaded windows XP on the orig drive that crashed. Probably had a virus.
OK. See Message #11