How To Recover Press F10 , F11 At Boot Up, complete instructions press F10 key system restore Options

[Ben_Mott]

I have searched the internet and it seems that this forum (bootable Cd)is the only place
that has information on this subject.I am going to copy it here as it is to do with XP

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127

how to restore ghost image from a hiden fat32 partition using F10 or F11 at boot up.

you need TEST this on your Test machine first please although i have done it and it works OK
1. ghost.exe(7 or 8 so they can handle NTFS partitions of XP)
I have mine on interactive floppy posted earlier, but you can have it on its own on a floppy

2. GDISK.exe (comes with ghost small prog like fdisk but more powerful)
I put mine on my win 98 boot disk, for convinence.
3. windows 98 BOOT floppy
http://www.postbox.wanadoo.co.uk/benwin98boot.exe
4. boot manager disk
http://www.postbox.wanadoo.co.uk/bootmanager.exe
the good thing about boot manager is that it can handel hidden partitions.
it is all ready made to use with menu.
5. you also need bootable floppy to copy contents to recovery partition
http://www.postbox.wanadoo.co.uk/benpartitiontype.exe

6. partition magic 6 or higher or the cd which I posted link earlier QTpated that will do same

job.

places where I got my info and down loads are :
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss...cid=MIGR-4UFUYK

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss...cid=MIGR-4UFUYK
and
http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-4QDSS5.html
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important information
the lable of the recovery partitin must be IBM_SERVICE
as the boot manager prog looks for a partition of that name if not exist error will result.
the recovery partition MUST be FAT32 and HIDDEN and PRIMARY.
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use partition magic to make 2 partitions
1. NTFS where XP is or will be living say 70GB PRIMARY lable it XP

2. FAT32 recovery partition size 10Gb PRIMARY HIDDEN large enough to hold ghost image and

content of floppy (benpartitiontype)remenber this partitin must be hidden at all times as XP

tends to write to it other wise.
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once you have the two partitions boot with a windows 98 boot disk with gdisk on
at A: prompt type
GDISK /STATUS 1
and enter on key board
this gives you all partition details of disk 1
GDISK 1 /-hide /P:2
this un hides the partition 2
restart pc with win 98 boot disk in floppy drive for settings to take effect
fat32 IBM_SERVICE partition is now C:

take win98 boot disk out
put ben partitiontype floppy(abovwe) in floppy drive
COPY A:\*.* C:\
now take that floppy out and put in the floppy with Ghost.exe in
COPY A:\ghost.exe C:\
take that floppy out and put win98 boot disk in again
SYS C:

this puts system files on recovery partition.
GDISK 1 /hide /P:2
this gain hides the partition
take win 98 boot disk out and put bootmanager disk in
then CTRL +ALT +DEL to restart.
it boot into the floppy and gives 3 option on menu
choose option 1
this will add a line when you boot saying press F10 to recover
take the floppy out and test CTRL +ALT +DEL
it should boot to recovery partition ..........
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remember you still do not have the ghost image on that partition which we need .
if you install XP fresh it will wipe the F10 option.
and you need to do it again at the end
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to copy the XP image to that partition you need to again unhide the partition then Hide it again
some of you experts are probable board by now so I cut story short
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important ghost image MUST be named image.gho as this is on the command line.
boot in with windows 98 boot disk again
GDISK 1 /-hide /P:2
this un hides partition
reboot for setting to tahe effect

take win98 boot disk out put disk with ghost.exe in
ghost.exe

this will bring ghost (use arrow keys ) choose partition To Image option
for destination choose IBM_SERVICE
put win 98 in immidiately
boot into it and hide partition
GDISK 1 /hide /P:2
it is all ready test it to see if it copies the image
I have tested it and it all works ok and you will get a Buzz when it works .

reference:
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127

once it is done then you can clone the complete disk this time for cloning identicale machines.
point about the master boot record was explained by a Ghost expert NightOwl
my preferred method of Ghost backups is *whole disk* backups.
Ghost does backup the first *absolute sector 0* which has the MBR code (Master Boot Record) and the Partition Table--but the rest of the Master Boot area which is *absolute sector 1 thru 62* is not backed up in Ghost's default mode--unless you use the Ghost command line switch *-ib* (image boot) which will then backup the whole Master Boot region of sectors 0 thru 62!

So, if there is special code in the Master Boot region sectors 1 thru 62, then you should use that *-ib* switch--and now a restore of that image will restore that region too--and should preserve that *F10* function!

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Restoring to many computers
If you are planning to create an image and restore it on multiple computers with different hardware, it is best to do a little preparation before cloning. At the source computer, copy the installation files from the Windows 95, 98, or NT installation CD to the hard drive. Then, install the operating system from those files. After the system has been set up, remove the hardware that you know may cause a problem from the Device Manager before creating the image. As long as you remove the devices, shut down the computer, then create the image without restarting into Windows, the destination computers will automatically detect the appropriate hardware and install the appropriate drivers.

If you installed Windows from the installation CD, rather than by copying the files to the drive before installation, you will need the Windows installation CD so Windows can access its library of drivers.
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost...05125&src=w

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Edited:
the above download site is Temp and the free ISP might demolish it any time , so if the links do not work you know what has happened.


Regards Ben mott