I am using Windows XP Sp3.
I have Norton Ghost 2003 / 11 [ 3mb ISo]

Now this is all i want to do , i want a confirmation from you whether i can do it.

1.Make a Ghost Image of Windows XP Sp3 [which is already installed]

2.The Image will be Stored in D ,E ,F.. or any other drive that i prefer

Now the interesting part:
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3.Create a New Entry in the BOOT menu ,something like below
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Please select a option from below [or something of that sort]
1.Windows XP Professional
2.Restore Windows Xp using Ghost
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4.When user selects option 2[ Restore Windows Xp using Ghost ] ,it should start the Ghost Imaging ISo from a local drive like C:\.

5.Now i may use the Ghost Software Interface to repair the System.

also :
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is it possible to launch the Ghost with some options so that i will not have any trouble of going through the process..
Note:
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Please explain in detail as possible ,I am a Noob
Thank you all for the Help

i am feeling really bad not even a single reply. when people could write tutorials on how to boot from USb after all this is such a simple task.


why hasn't anyone replied to this,,

Maybe it's because goku means in some languages of the outer galaxy "please don't reply to me" ?

Or maybe because you expected a reply within a few hours.

Or maybe simply because everyone is currently on strike or holydays.

jaclaz

Can it be done, in some fashion, probably. Can you do it, unknown.


From C:\, unlikely. What is a Ghost Imaging ISO? Where does it come from? Personally I've never used Ghost.

i am sure you know the Norton / Symantec Ghost Partition imaging Software.I do have a legal copy of the bootable 3Mb file.
So i want to put this file somewhere else & boot from it with a menu.

someone told me AvlGomgr is capable of doing this , but the home site seems to be down for days, i am not able to download the file

Ok, let's start from the beginning.

AFAIK it doesn't exist a "legal" 3 Mb .iso of Symantec Norton GHOST 2003.

The one that's widely circulating is a "rip", actually made by creating a 2.88 floppy image and using it as a floppy emulation image.

Obviously it is perfectly legal to use a licensed copy of Ghost 2003 to create such a .iso, but if you know how to do it you won't need to ask how you can put the .iso on C: and boot it from BOOT.INI (which BTW it is not possible).

jaclaz

Hello again,


useful information:

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...rt=#entry111856

most of the links in above link are dead if you see what i mean
so the floppies mentioned above are in a zip file here below
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http://rapidshare.com/files/284521754/postBox.zip

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ps the ghost mentioned above is ghost.exe (version 7.5 or 8) ie DOS version
the ghost is not on the floppies you have it on ghost 2003 CD
what is on the floppies are ghost command lines and other DOS tools

if you find all this too hard why not buy Acronis true image 11
and that gives you an option to make a hidden virtual partition(zone) which contains the disk image.
and a menu etc
check it out on their web site.

I have been out of computer bussiness for many years so i am in no position to
instruct you any more I have forgotten my DOS


regards Ben

Acronis does the Job i wanted ,seems to be promising
You can close the thread now as i got my answer

well what do you know , the forum after all Had the solution for the problem i face.
right here http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=18045
that was a eye opener ,
thanks to space surfer
also jaclaz & Ed-P.

let me post the tutorial on this if possible.