DOS Guru Needed

[bug_zs]

January 10, 2012


Dear Forum,

I'm jumping from Windows 98SE to Windows 7 and having a problem

using Norton's Ghost with 7.

I'm sure getting the answer to these four questions will lead me on a path

to success:

First, this is my new box's Hard Drive.........

1 TB Hitachi 7200 RPM

Pre-partitioned by Bootable CD of "EaseUS Partition Master Pro v9.0", which is

a 2012 version of good old DOS's "Partition Magic".

http://www.partition-tool.com/professional.htm


C: 75 Gigs NTFS Windows 7

D: 25 Gigs NTFS Program Files

E: 15 Gigs NTFS Used for making 4 Gig+ DVD files

F: 600 Gigs Fat32

G: 30 Gigs Fat32 Ghost Images

H: to M: 3 to 30 Gigs in size, all Fat32.


1. What is the maximum size partition that DOS, from a Windows 98SE boot disk,

can see?

2. Is there a newer version of DOS out there, perhaps from a Windows ME boot

floppy, or Windows XP?

3. When I used Partition Master, after the Primary 75 Gig C: was made, I could

have gone two different routes...

A: Make the balance of the HDD an "Extended Partition" and then make D: to M:

all "Logical Drives" within that "Extended Partition".

B: Make the balance of the HDD, D: to M: ALL "Logical Drives".

Which is the proper way to go?

4. With the C:, D: and E: being NTFS, when I boot the HDD with a floppy boot

disk and get the A: prompt, if I type C: and hit enter, will I get a C:

prompt that in actuality will be the F: drive?

Thanks in advance for all of your help.



Bug_zs

[Train]

Which version of Ghost are you using?

Older versions will not work with newer versions of Windows.

Partition Magic same thing. Why I gave up on them years ago.

[bug_zs]

January 10, 2012

Train,

>Which version of Ghost are you using?

v11.5 from GSS v2.5


>Partition Magic same thing.

I'm not using Partition Magic. As I said above: "Pre-partitioned by Bootable

CD of "EaseUS Partition Master Pro v9.0", which is a 2012 version of good old

DOS's "Partition Magic"." EaseUS is not PM, but a modern "copy-cat" of it.


In my Windows 98SE box I have been using Ghost Corporate v7.5 on various floppies

and it has worked PERFECTLY for the past 9 years, but now, taking the plunge into

a new Windows 7 box (i5-2500K, 8 Gigs) has me stuck.

What I'm up against is trying to use v11.5 that is too big to fit on a floppy.

What I want to do is put Ghost v11.5's DOS exe file in the !-Ghost folder

on the G: Drive with 9 batch files. Those batch files would be for making, CRC

checking and restoring Ghost images.

When I boot the computer with my "Make Image To HDD" floppy, it will load

all the proper files and the Autoexec.bat file will tell the computer to go to

the G: drives !-Ghost folder and trigger the "MakeHDD.bat" file and THAT file

will tell Ghost115.exe to make an image of the C: drive, name it Newest.gho,

CRC check it and put it in the G: drives 01_Ghost folder.

What has been working for the past 9 years flawlessly with Ghost v7.5 is:


@echo off
Ghost75.exe -clone,mode=pdump,src=1:1,dst=G:\01_Ghost\Newest.gh o -z3 -fx -sure
Ghost75.exe -chkimg,G:\01_Ghost\Newest.gho -sure


The only way I can get near this is to make a Bootable CD with an Autoexec

file like so:

@echo off
Ghost115.exe -clone,mode=pdump,src=1:1,dst=1:5\01_Ghost\Newest.g ho -z3 -fx -sure
Ghost115.exe -chkimg,1:5\01_Ghost\Newest.gho -sure


After the clone, I get an A prompt.

Going through the "go into BIOS and change to CD boot, do the job, reboot

go into the BIOS again, change to HDD boot" **** is a pain compared to....

"Pop in the proper floppy, turn on the computer and walk away".


Bug_zs

[Train]

I just leave the cd burner as the first boot device on my desktop and Use the F12 key on the laptop to select the cd burner which is a one time thing. Yes gots to do it each boot up with the lapper.

Boy did I misread some words.

chkimg,G: and chkimg,1:5 says to me that there may be a ram drive and we need to figure out what G changed to.

[Midknyte]

>Which version of Ghost are you using? v11.5 from GSS v2.5

Way too old for Win7.

You don't use floppied to boot the newer Ghost versions; you need to boot from the CD.