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Title: Ghost 2003 with XP media?
Post by Ivanov on Aug 13^th, 2006 at 8:24am

Hello there,

I got a Dell XPS 2010 lap top, with customizations for 4600 bucks.

I was interested to know will imaging be the same using Ghost 2003 or any modifications needed regarding imaging?

I don’t like their preinstalled windows XP media center, especially MacAfee antivirus software……im gonna format & install windows XP media inmy own way with out MacAfee, id go with my trusted AVG??

Hoping to hear from you once again,

Regards,

Ivanov Yezinki.

Title: Re: Ghost 2003 with XP media?
Post by NightOwl on Aug 13^th, 2006 at 8:47am

Ivanov

Do you have the separate WinXP Media Center installation CD?

Here's some issues as far as Ghosting:

Dan Goodell's *Inside the Dell Utility Partition*

Dan Goodell's *Inside the Dell PC Restore Partition*

Re: Ghost and PC Restore on Dell

Ghost and PC Restore on Dell

Ghost 9 copy drive probs

Title: Re: Ghost 2003 with XP media?
Post by Ivanov on Aug 13^th, 2006 at 10:58am

Hi there NightOwl,

Yes I have the XP Media Center Ver. 2055 with Update Rollup 2.......

Hoping to hear from you,

Regards!

Title: Re: Ghost 2003 with XP media?
Post by Ivanov on Aug 13^th, 2006 at 5:30pm

How do you personally rate win media vs winxp pro?

Pros & cons of win xp media?

Regards!

Title: Re: Ghost 2003 with XP media?
Post by NightOwl on Aug 13^th, 2006 at 6:49pm

Ivanov

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How do you personally rate win media vs winxp pro?

Sorry, can't help you on that one--no personal experience with WinMedia. You might want to create a new separate thread for that question in order to attract a little more attention--it will more hidden here.

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Yes I have the XP Media Center Ver. 2055 with Update Rollup 2.......

Well, if you have the separate installation CD, and either you do not have, and/or do not want to keep the Dell Utility partition (apparently the utilities are on the Dell restore disc if you have that), and/or you don't want to keep the Dell restore partition, you can just delete those partitions and start over--making whatever layout you want--and then Ghosting will have no issues with those Dell partitions interfering.

All depends on what you are planning on doing.

Title: Re: Ghost 2003 with XP media?
Post by Ivanov on Aug 13^th, 2006 at 8:12pm

Thanks NightOwl for your views.

Dell has stufffed the note book with some unfamiliar & unusefull softwares.....so I plan to format & fresh install XP Media Center, with out Dell utility softwares.

Regards!

Title: Re: Ghost 2003 with XP media?
Post by Ivanov on Aug 15^th, 2006 at 7:50am

Hi there,

Despite telling to ship the note book blank I got preinstalled softwares, while trying to format & fresh install XP media I got a surprise.....

On the note books active drive there was a FAT (50MB) & FAT32 (3.8GB) hidden partitions respectively active C NTFS in between them.......strange....

I deleted all the FAT partitions & made it all NTFS during fresh install...

Wanna hear your views about FAT & FAT 32 partitions with a NTFS in the middle.....

Regards!!

Title: Re: Ghost 2003 with XP media?
Post by NightOwl on Aug 15^th, 2006 at 10:44am

Ivanov

So, if I follow, you deleted all the partitions on the Notebook, and used what you thought was the WinMedia installation CD--but that CD apparently is a *restore* CD to bring the system back to the *factory default installation state*--and not just the WinMeida installation CD--correct?

Did you get just the WinMedia installed--or did all the Dell *bloatware* get installed too?

Quote:

while trying to format & fresh install XP media I got a surprise.....

Did you get *standard* Windows installation screens--or what type of setup screens were you presented with during the *install*?

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Wanna hear your views about FAT & FAT 32 partitions with a NTFS in the middle.....

If the CD is a restore CD to *factory defaults* installation--then obviously that's the partition layout Dell choose.

Title: Re: Ghost 2003 with XP media?
Post by Ivanov on Aug 22^nd, 2006 at 3:42am

Hello NightOwl,

1. Installed only Win media since I have the FULL CD....no Dell junk.

2. Didn't use the Restore CD.

3. It's all NTFS now.

4. I'm running RAID 0, 128 KB, any suggestions regarding imaging?

Regards,

Ivanov.