Re: Can't start WinXP after starting Ghost 2003

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Okay, I found another post here with the same Ghost ver., same situation and he posted a solution which I partially followed:

 

Boot the PC with a DOS diskette containing FDISK command, delete the C: partition,  then reboot from HD.

 

I thought I understand the workings of Ghost better and forgot that it messes with the main HD's partition space, and whenever it comes to deleting a C: partition it scares the pigeon poop out of me!  I simply changed the active partition to #2 and rebooted.  #2 partition is my HD's Windows partition.  I will go back later and remove that Ghost partition.

 

Now my question is:  why did my Drive Clone fail?  This IS the main function of Ghost.  I realize my copy of Ghost a a little old,  but this shouldn't matter for what I am applying it to here.

 

Any useful information you can provide will be much appreciated,  it might even inspire me to upgrade.

 

Mike

 

 

Message Edited by mhyland on 07-07-2008 04:56 PM
Message Edited by mhyland on 07-07-2008 05:02 PM
Message Edited by mhyland on 07-07-2008 05:02 PM
Message Edited by mhyland on 07-07-2008 05:03 PM

With a Dell XP laptop, I am currently having the same problem using Ghost 2003. When I run gdisk.exe I get the message, "No fixed disks installed." I am assuming I can run FDISK, delete the C: partition and change the active partition. Question: I do not have a floppy drive. Can I create a CD with FDISK and boot from that CD?

 

And likewise, any idea what caused this problem? Should I uninstall and reinstall System Works 2003? Is it safe to use Ghost 2003 with XP on newer hardware?

 

Thank you for the help.

Jim

Yes, Fdisk will run from a cd.

 

I use G2003 in the dos mode (boot from the created cd) with SW2006 and it works well.

The earlier version of NSW may not support NTFS, I don't know, but ghost knows how to handle it ok.

I don't do any ghosting in windows.