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How to set auto restore in WinPE (Ghost32) (Read 17430 times)
Johwwy
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How to set auto restore in WinPE (Ghost32)
Sep 24
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, 2008 at 1:07pm
I want to set an auto restore in WinPE(Ghost32). Basically I want to boot from DVD (with Ghost image in it), auto launch the Ghost32 to restore the image. No user interact, no prompt for span files.
Is this possible?
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, 2008 at 8:47pm
Johwwy,
What sort of WinPE are you using? How often are you planning to restore? How many HDs in your computer? Plenty of empty space?
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Johwwy
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Brian,
The one created by GSS 2.05 with the latest patch, not that often. We restore as need it. In case of physical damage of hard disk, and we have to replace it with a new one.
Some of them has 1 hdd, and some are servers.
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Johwwy,
I've no experience with GSS 2.05. I mistakenly assumed you were referring to BartPE/ReatogoXPE. Auto-restores can be done from these CDs using images on the HD.
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Sep 25
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, 2008 at 7:00pm
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Johwwy
Do you know how to load WinPE *automatically* after inserting the DVD?
Do you know how to put a batch file in for WinPE to run once loaded--could this be a registry entry for the *run once* key? Might have to have some sort of delay to make sure WinPE gets fully loaded before initiating the batch file.
I'm not a WinPE user/expert--so would need to determine if that's possible--if *yes*--everything else should be doable--and I could help with that!
If you know those two things, then you could launch Ghost32 in the batch file, and use command line switches to control what Ghost does in terms of using the Ghost image on the DVD to load to one or more of the partitions on the system's HDD.
Brian
Do you know how to launch Ghost32 automatically from within BartPE/ReatogoXPE once it's loaded? Can BartPE/ReatogoXPE be loaded automatically from a DVD disc when booting from it?
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NightOwl,
Welcome back. We really, really did miss you.
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Do you know how to launch Ghost32 automatically from within BartPE/ReatogoXPE once it's loaded? Can BartPE/ReatogoXPE be loaded automatically from a DVD disc when booting from it?
I think BartPE/ReatogoXPE can only be run from CDs, not DVDs, so an image on the disc is impractical.
I've made a ReatogoXPE CD that ran an Image for Windows restore automatically when the PE had loaded. The image was on the second HD. I'm sure the same thing could be done with ghost32.exe and snapshot.exe as IFW runs from a single exe. I lost interest in this technique as I found much better ways to do unattended restores.
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Sep 26
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I found some scrappy notes about how to do it. I was using imagewc.exe but I guess the ghost plugin would use similar edits.
In ifw.inf this section worked..
[SourceDisksFiles]
; Remove the semicolon from the line below to make IFW V2 load at BartPE startup.
autorun_ifwv2.cmd=2,,4
cdboot.f35=a,,4
IFW.ini=a,,4
ifw.bat=a,,1
imagewc.exe=a,,1
imagewc.ini=a,,4
My autorun_ifwv2.cmd was..
@echo off
Title IFW V2 AutoRun
start "" /D%~d0\programs\ifwv2 %~d0\programs\ifwv2\ifw.bat
exit
My ifw.bat was..
path=X:\Programs\ifwv2;%path%
H:
CD \BackupImages\IFW
imagewc /r /d:w0@0x2 /base:WinXP /f:BRIAN /v /a /uy
exit
Don't ask me to explain the above. It's a dim memory.
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You've been doing some *fancy stuff* using Image for Windows--it's a good starting outline if someone wants to pursue it.
But why do all this when a good bootable CD or DVD with DOS Ghost version-whatever already can do all this?!
I think Image for Windows comes in a DOS version as well, doesn't it?
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NightOwl,
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But why do all this when a good bootable CD or DVD with DOS Ghost version-whatever already can do all this?!
Automation. Say you have a 50 GB image (which I don't have) on your HD that you want to restore. (I chose a large image to rule out images on DVDs). Put your ReatogoXPE CD in the drive, click restart and when you return from a long lunch, the restore has completed.
I don't use floppies or optical discs for restoring now. I use Image for DOS in a bootable file.
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/howto/howto-ifd-bootfile.htm
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I think Image for Windows comes in a DOS version as well, doesn't it?
IFW creates images from Windows. It restore images of non system partitions from Windows.
IFD creates and restores images from DOS. Basically it's used for restoring images of your OS. You can use a floppy or CD. Or a bootable CD/DVD containing the backup image. This disc is pretty automatic too. No menus. Just click Yes.
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But why do all this when a good bootable CD or DVD with DOS Ghost version-whatever already can do all this?!
I misunderstood. Doing it from a bootable DOS disc is easier than ReatogoXPE. I agree.
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How to set auto restore in WinPE (Ghost32)
Sep 25th, 2008, 12:37am Mark & Quote Mark & Quote Quote Quote
I want to set an auto restore in WinPE(Ghost32). Basically I want to boot from DVD (with Ghost image in it), auto launch the Ghost32 to restore the image. No user interact, no prompt for span files.
Is this possible?
Please check this link below
http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1217024697/
You just need to use a batch file or command line for Ghost32. If you making WinPe using Ghost, you get the commandline option while creating the ISO. You can use the command lines by providing information at that time. Else you can manually add this batch file in the WinPE. But to execute the batch file u need some tweaking of WinPE image. You need to read documentation for that.
Also having ghost images on CD/DVD but it has some limitations which has been mentioned in the post. So read each and everything carefully to avoid later problems.
Hope this helps
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Re: How to set auto restore in WinPE (Ghost32)
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Oct 5
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, 2008 at 2:40pm
if hardware is different you can not automate
if pcs are networked you got to consider IP address
and name conflict.
best is to use ghost.exe(version 7.5 or 8) from a hidden Fat32
partition.
using F11 key on star up like most manufacturers do.
or used to do with ghost.exe
those days it used to work nicely as we did not hae the Vista boot manager .
if you got XP you can still use it
here is a link How to :
how to boot and recover ghost image from a hidden partition using F11 ,F10 keys at power up.
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http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127&view=findpost&p=111856
regards Ben
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Re: How to set auto restore in WinPE (Ghost32)
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ben_mott wrote
on Oct 5
th
, 2008 at 2:40pm:
best is to use ghost.exe(version 7.5 or 8) from a hidden Fat32
partition.
using F11 key on star up like most manufacturers do.
or used to do with ghost.exe
those days it used to work nicely as we did not hae the Vista boot manager .
if you got XP you can still use it
here is a link How to :
how to boot and recover ghost image from a hidden partition using F11 ,F10 keys at power up.
viewed:99,283
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127&view=findpost&p=11185..
.
Check this post
http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1211223513
Created this with free tools using ghost(paid) and enable F10/11 recovery and explained with snapshots of stages.
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