Post by El_Pescador on Feb 23rd, 2007 at 4:09pm
Anyone setting out in Norton Ghost 2003 to make a single 1.44MB floppy system diskette utilizing MS-DOS learns very quickly that space is at a premium. GHOST.EXE is so voluminous that not even the modest HIMEM.SYS can be squeezed in. However, when using a bootable 1.44MB floppy diskette to generate a bootable CD with Nero Express there is a "workaround" for this dilemma, i.e, place GHOST.EXE in a folder entitled GHOST located in the non-bootable sector of the CD designated Drive X: and then insert a PATH statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT pointing at the target folder.
As there are a number of DOS-dependent utility routines in my kit bag (see images below), I decided to take advantage of all
that space so now I am able to merely quit Ghost 2003 after the boot-up to enjoy a DOS A:> prompt allowing an easy switch over
to Drive X:. Doing so allows me to employ those tools contained in the various folders therein in order to perform tasks in DOS that cannot readily be accomplished in Windows.
EP :'(
As there are a number of DOS-dependent utility routines in my kit bag (see images below), I decided to take advantage of all
that space so now I am able to merely quit Ghost 2003 after the boot-up to enjoy a DOS A:> prompt allowing an easy switch over
to Drive X:. Doing so allows me to employ those tools contained in the various folders therein in order to perform tasks in DOS that cannot readily be accomplished in Windows.
EP :'(