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More info?)
I tried the MBR fix but no results. Saved as much as possible with the extra
XP installation and I am now formatting disk0 and reinstalling XP. Thanks
anyway.
"Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:uwb58nVsFHA.2540@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> It is known that the best way to image your system partition (usually C
> when using Ghost 2003, is to use the boot up floppy that you can create
> from within the windows interface for Ghost. One of the recurring problems
> using the Windows interface, as you have done, is that the computer stalls
> upon the reboot that is necessary to perform the imaging or restore from
> within Windows.
>
> You "may" be able to recover from this by running "fixmbr" from within the
> repair console. You have to boot from a Windows XP CD to get to the repair
> console. This will repair the master boot record and, hopefully, clear out
> the entry that is preventing you from booting into Windows.
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> Quote from: George Ankner
> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>
> "Andre De Clercq" <andre.declercq@pandora.be> wrote in message
> news:uRmT2SVsFHA.3080@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Ghost was installed on my C drive. So I started the program for creating
>> the image from my C drive and selected "backup" for creating an image of
>> my C drive to be saved on my G drive. I have 3 physical drives. C (disk0
>> 20GB)with my original xpsp2, which now gets "partly" named as "F" in the
>> computer management local storage overview, and also contains the FAT
>> partition now.
>> Furter on disk1 (80GB): used to be F: is now changed to D: and then a
>> partioned disk 2 ( E: and G
. All disks seem to be renamed.
>> "Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> message news:uorDHcUsFHA.2996@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> Again, were you using the boot floppies for Ghost 2003 to create the
>>> image?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Richard Urban
>>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>
>>> Quote from: George Ankner
>>> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
>>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>>>
>>> "Andre De Clercq" <andre.declercq@pandora.be> wrote in message
>>> news:%23wIC3JTsFHA.912@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> Thanks Richard, and sorry for my limited information. I have Norton
>>>> Ghost 2003 version 7.0. I used to back up (.Gho files) on DVD. Last
>>>> times I got backups with errors ("failed"). Yesterday I tried to backup
>>>> my C: drive (system) on my G drive. Again a backup "with errors". Ghost
>>>> advised to do an integrity check, which I did, and then it happened. I
>>>> could not return to windows. Startup is always in PC dos mode...In the
>>>> mean time I installed XP on yet another drive (E) and could select the
>>>> new XP . Strange enough, my C drive there is labeled as "-vpsgh-boot"
>>>> in "my computer", and in the "computer mangement" storage overview disk
>>>> 0 (used to be C
is now partly named F: and also a FAT part is on it,
>>>> though all disks use NTFS format. The G drive contains the GHS file.
>>>> Should I try to restore from this? Hope this is not too confusing.
>>>> .
>>>> "Richard Urban [MVP]" <richardurbanREMOVETHIS@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>> message news:%23eHQ40NsFHA.260@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>>> You don't give much to go on. Which version of Ghost were you using?
>>>>> Which methodology of creating a backup were you using (Windows
>>>>> interface or floppies)? Any error messages?
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard Urban
>>>>> Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>>
>>>>> Quote from: George Ankner
>>>>> "If you knew as much as you thought you know,
>>>>> You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"
>>>>>
>>>>> "Andre De Clercq" <andre.declercq@pandora.be> wrote in message
>>>>> news:Ow0pB8MsFHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>>>>>>I have a weird Norton Ghost problem. I wanted to make an image file of
>>>>>>may C-drive, and suddenly something locked up...When I restart my
>>>>>>XPSP2 computer it alwys start in PC dos mode now. Does somebody knows
>>>>>>what happened, and how I can reset this situation without reinstalling
>>>>>>Windows? Any help is very much appreciated.
>>>>>>
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