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Rad Community Technical Discussion Boards (Computer Hardware + PC Software) >> Norton Ghost 2003, Ghost v8.x + Ghost Solution Suite (GSS) Discussion Board >> Best way to make restore dvd? http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1205674753 Message started by ghettoblaster on Mar 16th, 2008 at 8:39am |
Title: Best way to make restore dvd? Post by ghettoblaster on Mar 16th, 2008 at 8:39am
Hello
I am currently using ghost 8.3 to create restore dvd's for laptops which works fine "in house" but its not very user-friendly for end-users (no prompts to removedisk/restart etc). I am thinking about moving to ghost 2003 but would there really be any benefit to this?, ideally what I want is a restore disk that boots asks user "do you want to continue with restore" proceeds through ghost then says "please restart" or something like that. Any advice would be appreciated.. Thanks |
Title: Re: Best way to make restore dvd? Post by ben_mott on Mar 16th, 2008 at 2:38pm
hello again,
Try one of these floppies http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127&pid=98847&mode=threaded&s... http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127&pid=104967&mode=threaded&... Read this first :it has 2 floppies second one is like you want asks if you are sure? 8.3 corporate is good better 2003 is not pro (amature-ish) http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127&pid=95211&mode=threaded&show=&st=#entry95211 Hard disk partition recovery faster than DVD :F10 on boot up to recover http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127&pid=111856&mode=threaded&start=#entry111856 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127&pid=95211&mode=threaded&s... http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127 regards Ben Smiley |
Title: Re: Best way to make restore dvd? Post by NightOwl on Mar 18th, 2008 at 9:42am
ghettoblaster
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There's no *cookie cutter* answer to a question like this--when you start creating a *custom* boot disc, you have to decide what you want the boot menu to say, and what the Ghost program response will be for a given system--and each system may be *different*! Ghost 8.3 and Ghost 2003 can be controlled from a DOS command line--so are very good at automation. You will have to learn about the Ghost command line options and the controlling *switches*--and you will have to learn about the DOS *menu* creation process for the boot files--[config.sys] and [autoexe.bat]. Legally--you must have one license for each system that Ghost is used on--be it Ghost 8.3 or Ghost 2003--but, neither of those are available any longer--you would have to consider a volume license for Ghost Solution Suite 2.x--which comes with Ghost 11.x--the next version after Ghost 8.3 that is available. Here's an example of DOS boot files that I have created--in this particular case I have placed this on a hidden primary partition on the HDD which can be activated from within Windows for a *One Button* backup, etc.--or can be activated by booting form an appropriate boot floppy or bootable optical disc: http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1203371188/45 But, the above does not have to be on a HDD partition--it could be placed on an optical boot disc--but it would have to be modified to take that into consideration. |
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