Hello everyone, I'm new to the forum and having a few issues with Ghost (obviously).

I obtained a set of images, Ghost files, which are:

ABC001.GHS 2.1 Gigs , ABC002.GHS 2.1 gigs, ABC003.GHS 73kb, and ACB.GHO 2.1 gigs

I also have two files: output40.cap (48kb) and output104.cap (100kb)

I've tried to burn the files to seperate DVDs using Nero and I just get burn errors. When I use a boot disk with Ghost on it, I navigate to a second HDD in the computer and select the GHO file to run for the install / reinstall of the files.

The issue is that it sets up the systems (which are multiple OSes of Windows2000 Server, WindowsXP Pro, and Windows Vista Ultimate) in a boot menu to choose the one I want.

When I select ANY of them, it'll start running the standard Windows screen showing the progression bar, then just restart the system.

The other times I've used Ghost  to reload systems (not me creating the Ghost files), it asks for all of the discs (001, 002, 003) but on this one it does not.

Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

NightOwl,

I don't know what version of Ghost was used to make the images. I have two Hirens CDs that I'm using to try to reinstall them though, one has Ghost 8.0 on it already with USB support.

I have the files (GHO + 1 GHS) file on three DVDs. I figured as you stated in your post that it would prompt for the other CDs but it doesn't. It doesn't even recognize when I try to get it from the DVD, it'll only recognize the GHO file when I try to get it from a secondary HDD installed in the machine.

Yes, the restored images create three new partitions (1 primary, 2 logical) on the HDD with a boot menu.

I restart but I don't get a 'failed to load OS' error, the machine just restarts on its own when it cycles through the MS Windows loading bar, you know the one that scrolls for progress. It'll go like four or five times and then just restart.

The original Images were from a HP machine that my friend did who is currently not in the country. I'm trying to put them on a Dell machine, which he said would work without an issue.

I didn't do this "SysPrep" as you say because I have no clue what you're talking about.


When I restore off the HDD, it doesn't ask because as you state they are in the same sub directory but with each GHS file being 2+gigs, I didn't think it'd take less than five minutes to restore a complete machine. When I tried the DVDs, it doesn't even recognize the DVD in the drive, says no GHO files are on the DVD but I burnt them to each of the three along with one individual GHS file on the DVD.

So is there any way that I can open the GHO and GHS files to export the data in them and then possibly re-rip them into a Ghost file that will run on my machine? If so, how? (babyschool me!) thanks!