Ghost is in beta testing for Vista as I write this message. It should be
released soon. Not sure, but if you have a recent version of Ghost and a
valid install key, you should be able to get a free upgrade. Keep watching
the Symantec website for details. They have already released some
updates/upgrades for Norton Anti Virus and other programs.

Craig

"tonj" <nospam@no-spam-ever.org> wrote in message
news:OiWnYPTWHHA.3500@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I ran straight into a brick wall with this combination. I've been using
>(and swearing by) Norton Ghost 2003 for years to backup and
> restore my hard drives, right from my Windows 98 days to Windows XP. But
> in the last month I've installed Windows Vista Home
> Premium on a test machine and using NG2003 I did one backup (to image
> file) of the very first virgin install, and another backup
> (again to image file) on a fully setup Vista install. Because I'm only
> testing I did not activate the installation. Today I got the
> dreaded blue screen of death (dodgy driver update I think) so I went for a
> restore using the NG2003 floppy boot disc but it didn't
> work. After the restore had finished I rebooted the machine but the bootup
> screen stops early and says:
>
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> Windows failed to start.A recent hardware or software change might be the
> cause. To fix the problem:
>
> 1) Insert your windows installation disc and restart your computer
> 2) Choose your language settings and then click Next
> 3) Click 'Repair your Computer'.
>
> If you do not have this disc, contact your system administrator or
> computer manufacturer for assistance.
>
> File: \windows\system32\windload.exe
>
> Status: 0xc000000e
>
> Info: the selected entry could not be loaded because the application is
> missing or corrupt.
> ----------------------
>
> I tried restoring both of the two different backups I had - but I got the
> same reboot screen.
> So I then tried a different hard drive, again trying both of the backup
> images - but I got the same reboot screen.
> I'm thinking maybe Vista uses a file system that is beyond the capabilites
> of NG2003 but thats only a guess.
>
> So if it transpires that my Norton Ghost days are over, can anyone
> recommend a good imaging/cloning program that will work with
> Windows Vista drives and also work from a boot floppy? I don't like doing
> backups from Windows, I like a good old fashioned boot
> floppy.
> Thanks for any help.
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