big_dave

Most likely you are *trapped* in Ghost 2003's *virtual partition* that is created when setting up a Ghost procedure from the Windows Ghost GUI--usually this happens when there is some type of software/hardware incompatibility between Ghost and your system and the *virtual partition*--perhaps if you are using SATA HDD's?

Here's some problem solving references--report back with your efforts and results:

How to use GhReboot

Cannot start Windows after starting a Ghost 2003 task from Windows

How to restart the computer into Windows if a problem is encountered after running Ghost 2003

If the above *automated GhReboot* does not work, check this thread on how to use the Symantec Ghost DOS command line partitioning program, *gdisk*, as to how to manually change the active partition back to your original partition:

Ghost 2003 -operating system not found

big_dave

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You have to come up with a bootable CD that gets you to DOS and has the GHREBOOT program on the CD's data portion of that bootable CD or on another CD that you can swap in--here's my way of doing a bootable CD on a system without a floppy disk drive: 

Creating Bootable CD/DVD's Without A:\Floppy Drive

When you get to the step of setting up the burn of the CD, you should add *ghreboot.exe* to the data portion of the CD--and wouldn't hurt to put the *gdisk.exe* there as well.

Try the *ghreboot* first--then use *gdisk* if that fails.

Do you have any utilities that come on an installation CD that boots to DOS--such as PartitionMagic, Norton SystemWorks, .... ?

?--Beg, borrow, *steal* a floppy drive that can be hooked up to your system!

Hi Guys

I'm away from home for the next day or two so will not be able to progress.

I will update when I've had a chance to review comments

Thanks for you help and input it's much appreciated.

I've arranged to borrow a floppy drive

Ta
Dave

big_dave wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2006 at 5:42pm:

You need to make boot diskette(s) for DOS-related Norton Ghost 2003 with WIN98SE as opposed to XP.

big_dave

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Not entirely sure what you mean by *the downloads section*!

In the

Guide

, the *download* sub-directory is a place to hold and organize the various files for use in building the boot image file. 

The boot sector on the CD is a *hidden* area that you will not see with usual file managers such a Windows Explorer.  It's the *data* portion of the CD that can be seen by Windows Explorer, or in DOS when you have loaded the necessary optical drive DOS drivers.

When you boot the bootable optical disc, you will actually *see* the boot files you have placed in the *hidden* boot sector area because those files are loaded into a *virtual A:\ drive*--not a *real* floppy drive--but you can access those files under the A:\ directory.  In the 

Guide

, you are adding *ghost.exe* to the boot files, and you are getting very close to the maximum image size for the boot sector of 1.44 MB.  If you leave *ghost.exe* out, then you have *lots* of room for various other DOS utility files there--so you could add them there as long as you stay below the 1.44 MB limit for the *boot.img* file.

But, in the various burning programs, after you have made the selections for the booting of the disc, and have pointed those routines to the *boot.img* file, you usually have a interface screen with two boxes for file selection--usually the top is the *source* files and the bottom shows files you have selected to be burned to the *data* portion of the CD.  You can select from the source *whole sub-directories* that includes all the files that they contain, or select just individual files--to be added to the lower box--before burning the disc.

Does the above answer your question?

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