Hi Sam,
I'M AFTER THE SAME THING AS YOU.
WORKING WITH LOTS OF COMPUTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF USERS *I NEED A PROGRAM
THAT I CAN BOOT FROM CD AND CREATE IMAGES* OF LAPTOPS, AS WELL AS
RESTORING FROM USB-DRIVE ETC.
LATELY I TRIED NORTON GHOST 10 (AN OLDER VERSION THAN THE NEW 12).
*THE NORTON GHOST 10 CD IS BY DEFAULT BOOTABLE.
ALTHOUGH I LEARNED THIS:
1. IT TAKES ALMOST 5 MINUTES TO BOOT IT AND GET TO RECOVER CONSOLE.
2. IT CAN'T CREATE AN IMAGE, ONLY RESTORE.
Yesterday a work colleague told me Norton had a new version out; 12.
So, I read a few lines on their web site and I read on one of the news:
"Lights Out Disaster Console - no need for boot CD".
OK - I wont ever get a boot CD that works, I thought to myself, and
continued to google for Norton - and found this Forum.
I got really dissapointed when your post confirmed it - not even Norton
Ghost 12 can by default boot from CD and create Image.*
Why do I want to create an image from a bootable CD?
Becasue I handle lots of computers and I dont want to smear the OS with
a software that is not needed. The end user will not ever use it. Only
me.
I don't like the idea to download and customize my own bootable CDs and
load 5 years old executables on it, and then later add drivers to
operate USB disks etc.
SO, I MUST NOW RECOMMEND THE SOFTWARE TRUE IMAGE, FROM ACRONIS.
This is how you work with that program, and these are the benefits I've
come to like about it.
Buy it, and install to whatever computer you want, I've read about not
so skilled persons that have problem installing it, but that can't
possibly be the softwares fault.
After installing it, look for a menu that is called "Create Resque
Media".
Insert an empty CD, check all options and complete the burn process.
Out comes a very nice bootable CD that loads quickly, and holds all the
kind of driver you need and with a very nice interface.
NOW YOU CAN DO THIS:
1. BOOT ON THE CD (OR WITH GUIDES ON THE NET, CREATE A BOOTABLE USB
MEMORY).
2. CONNECT AND DISCONNECT USB-DEVICES, THE PROGRAM FINDS THEM.
3. EJECT THE BOOT CD AND INSERT AN OTHER DVD WITH IMAGES, THE PROGRAM
IS LOADED TO THE MEMORY, SO NO NEED TO KEEP THE BOOT CD IN.
4. ACCESS A LAN, BY TYPING SOME IP-ADRESS AND ADMIN PASSWORK FOR A
SHARE.
5. CREATE AN IMAGE OF THE COMPUTER AND SAVE TO USB, ANOTHER PARTITION
OR WHATEVER DEVICE.
6. RESTORE FROM WHATEVER.
7. READ SATA DISK DRIVES (I'M NOT SURE NORTON CAN DO THAT).
8. IT WORKS FAST! A NORMAL XP-INSTALL @ ABOUT 3 GB TAKES 2-3 MINUTS TO
RESTORE FROM USB2 DRIVES.
9. WHEN DONE, JUST REBOOT THE COMPUTER.
The version I've tried is Acronis True Image Home. But there is also
Corporate editions, but with the needs you have, I don't think you need
it.
If you decide to google on Acronis True Image Home, beware that people
tends to have messed up computers that can't install advanced software.
So, don't mind those people or what they write.
Just install to a vanilla XP and create the CD.
Personally, I use this software at home and I use Windows XP SP2, that
is 2 years old, never reinstalled. Software works very very fine. I
tend to keep away from stupid software and my system is not smeared
with sharewares.
So, what I will do now is to try the old Norton Ghost 2003-executable
and see what it takes to make a bootable Nortin CD that handles usb
drives, sata disks and how fast it is.
Maybe Norton does it with charm, maybe not.
But I hope my information was good for you.
I've used Disc Cloning since about the year 2000; Norton Ghost, Drive
Image and PowerQuest's Deploy systems, as well as FreeBSD boot cds and
now lately Acronis, since version 9.
I can easily say Acronis beats them all by far.
I recon your need was to first backup the new laptop before you tried
to make new partitions, and now that you have - the restored disk is
not bootable?
Why didn't Parition Magic work?
By the way, isn't that program very very old?
What I would have done is to, if the system is not configured and
filled with personal files, restore it with the Restore-CD/DVD that
came with the new laptop.
After that, use Acronis Partition Expert to make new partitions.
If the computer and system is configured and important, I'm sure there
is a simple solution to get it to work again. Maybe Windows Vista DVD
has some repair option? Try also boot at the Norton CD and look at the
Utility tools.
Another thing to do is to hook the disk to another computer via USB.
And from that computer use some Disk Partition program.
Yet another is to download and make a Repair/Resque/Disaster boot-cd
(there are a few out there) that have multiple tools on them, one which
should help you.
By the way? Have you looked for any option called "Make disk Active"?
I know some clone program is acting smart and makes the "source" (your
laptop disk) inactive (not bootable) in some clone operations.
That is smart, according to the clone program, because the destination
disk is what should be booted from (not in your case).
After such, you have to manually switch the disk and/or partition to
active to make the bios want to boot from it. The MBR is there, the
partition is primary, but it is not active. Might be the thing
actually. Try it.
I don't like Norton that much, but maybe they have it on your cd?
Good luck!
/Bepps
sarah smith;3417476 Wrote:
> I did a "full disk" backup of a new Vista laptop
> using Ghost 2003. Since Partition Magic would not work, I repartitioned
> the hard drive using Gdisk. The full disk restore using Ghost 2003 ran
> fine, but the system would not boot. Would replacing the Vista master
> boot record fix it? If yes, can I just use a copy from any Vista
> computer?> sarah smith;3417476 Wrote:
> > I did a "full disk" backup of a new Vista laptop using Ghost 2003. Since
> > Partition Magic would not work, I repartitioned the hard drive using
> > Gdisk. The full disk restore using Ghost 2003 ran fine, but the system
> > would not boot. Would replacing the Vista master boot record fix it? If
> > yes, can I just use a copy from any Vista computer?
> >
> > Thanks for your responses to this list. They were very informative.
> >
> > Sarah Smith> >
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