Trouble using Norton Ghost 2002 and win2k :'(

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Hi all - tryign to ghost my HDD to CD for ...well - when the inevitable next happens :(

However as im using 2k i cannot make the boot disc using the /s parameters i would have in 98.

This means i have to let ghost format and set up the floppy usign its wizard. However when i do that and boot i get a cannot find command thingamabob (real technical) eg c:\command.com.

here i type in one of the 4 .com files on the floppy disc...at this stage DOS totally lock and i have to on/off the power :(

mind you ^^^^ thats if im luck -- most of the time it freezes while its even reading the disc.

Ive tried this on several floppies and my FDD is okay AFAIK, as it runs other floppy based stuff okay... any ideas guys n gals??

--Jakk:t

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Aha!!

Drive Image 2002 by Powerquest -- much easier to use -- only downside is i'll nee dnigh on 20 CDRW's for my 30gb hdd to make a FULL image :'(

--Jakk:t

[kazuza]

Make a bootable floppy from any OS above win98, another with ghost wizard and merge their contents (ghost command files, system... AND Win rescue ASPI drivers (those DLL like files)).
That should do the trick!
Are your partitions in NTFS?

[Bigjakkstaffa]

My parts are fat 32 (upgraded form win98SE), also if im to merge ghost and the win2k boot disks - how do i spread the files as win 2k comes on 4 - yes FOUR bootdisks!! :eek:

--Jakk:t

[Midknyte]

you don't need to boot from win2k in order to restore an image. a good old win98 is fine. I use drive image pro with win2k systems, but i use a win98 floppy as the boot disk. I have the whole thing scripted to wipe the partitions and restore automatically. the whole thing takes about 10min.

If you want ntfs, you can always run the convert c: /fs:ntfs command right before you make the image. that way, the system will automatically change to ntfs when you boot for the first time. :)

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Hmmn - may look into that :)

--Jakk:t