Hiya,

I hope Nightowl will read this since he showed me through many things with Ghost 2003 
Now I'm stuck again. 

Windows XP Pro, Ghost 2003, 2 HDDs.

My HDD #1 has 5 partitions. C:\ is XP, size 57 GB.
My HDD #2 has 2 partitions. I:\ is IMAGES, size 40GB.


I have successfully created images in DOS using Ghost CD/DVD boot-floppy Set (#1+#2) both on partition (HDD #2 Partition I:\)
and on DVD. Thanks to Nightowl 

Today I tried to restore an image using these boot-floppies.
Once loaded in DOS I get the following:
> local > partition > from Image

Source (just 1 drive shown): primary | ID 07 (???) | 57913 MB = correct, is C:\ | diskload (???)
should be DESTINATION !

Destination (2 shown):  1. 305250 MB | type basic --> I got no partition this size
                                   2. 114473 MB | type basic ---> dito

When I highlight either of them I come to:
"NEW" (!) | primary | 07 (???) | NTFS (as all my drives) | "NO NAME" | no size yet (at least not really..)

If I go on I get the message "do you want to DUPLICATE" --> I can either click YES or RESET  > I clicked RESET, hoping that Ghost would NOT start anything -
but instead of showing any processing Ghost loaded right into windows.   
note: I was too excited to think of simply turning off the PC 

By (eg) the versions of applications which I had upgraded lately I could see clearly that obviously I HAD an image-restore - somehow (!) 
So what the heck did Ghost do there 

Now I did not trust that and restored the image again, this time with Ghost-windows-interface.
Went well. 

Anyway I need to know what I do wrong since I got to restore using boot-floppies in DOS.
If windows would not start anymore I would be lost.
Apart from that Ghost 2003 only works reliable in DOS.


Patiently waiting for reply.
henriette 

henriette

Welcome back!

Well, you have presented a problem list that I don't exactly understand--so we need to explore what's going on in more detail!!!

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Okay, so you booted from the floppy disks to DOS Ghost, chose to do a restore operation from your local disk, restoring a partition only, from an image--that is clear enough!

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I think you may have mixed up two different procedures here!  The only time I have ever seen the option to *Reset* is if I have used the Windows Ghost interface to setup a Ghost procedure, and Ghost then shuts down Windows and re-boots to DOS.  And, then Ghost will re-boot to Windows when done!

My DOS Ghost program doesn't act this way!  And, in your second post you say:

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This sounds like what DOS Ghost does when I do a *Local > Partition > From Image* procedure.

I do not get any message that contains the word *Reset*!!!  And, if I select *No*, I go back to the main opening Ghost screen--it does not re-boot to Windows!  So, I don't know what's going on there!


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The next screen after you select *Local > Partition > From Image* will be a screen asking where the source of the image file should come from--both of your HDDs should be listed!!!  At this stage, Ghost does not know what you are planning on doing, so it will not make any attempt to correct an *operator* error--such as attempting to restore to the same partition that holds the source image file--can't do that!

Presumably you would select the 2nd HDD.  (You will know if that's the right HDD in the next screen because it will list the two partition on that HDD--if you see 5 (or 6!?) partition listed, then your HDD #1 is where you image file should be--you should see just 2 partition listed!)  You would then select the partition on which the image file is located, and then browse to the actual location of the file.  You then select the file.

So, your outline of events does not match any experience I have had using Ghost 2003--so, I have to imagine that the German Ghost version is quite different from my version....or, you will have to clarify what's going on!

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Ghost, when creating an image file, does not *create* any *NEW* partition that is not there--so the image file can only contain what's actually on the source HDD at the time of image creation!

You must have a 6th partition on your HDD that you are unaware of!?  In Windows, *right click* on *My Computer* and select *Manage*.  On the new screen that comes up, select *Disk Management*.  On the next screen that is presented, you need to select your HDD 0, it should have your 5 (6?) partitions listed after you select it (it may already be selected by default.).

Does that 6th partition show up?  If it does, then that's why you see that partition in the Ghost image file also.  If it does not, then we may need to do some more detective work!

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This step does not occur in my version of DOS Ghost--so I have to think something else is going on here!

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My expectation here, being as you re-booted to Windows (again, as stated before--my DOS Ghost version can not do this!) after selecting *RESET*, is that Ghost canceled the procedure, closed itself down and re-booted to Windows.  But.....how could it re-boot to Windows if you used the floppy disks to boot from--do you have to *manually* select the floppy disk to boot from each time your system re-boots?--Is your *normal* boot order to use your HDD first--and not the floppy disk?

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This statement makes no sense at this point!!!!  You said when you selected *RESET*, you booted back to Windows!!!!  How could you have the above message occur?  (By the way, that is the message I get after selecting the destination partition when doing a *Local > Partition > From Image* procedure in DOS Ghost.)

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If you have selected the correct partition from the image file as source, and you have selected the correct destination partition on the destination HDD--then, *yes* is the correct choice to restore that partition from the image file to the HDD partition.

henriette

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Okay!

So, you now know why there is a 6th partition listed in the Ghost image file.  And you seem to see both of your HDDs now.

But, what steps are you selecting that give you that final message:

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You have selected the *source* for the image file, you open that image file and select a partition, then you are taken to the *destination* selection where you have to choose a HDD, and then a partition--what specific choices are you making that end with the final step you have listed above? 

I can not make my Ghost program show me that same message!

Hiya NightOwl 

I couldn't reproduce the 'continue with restore' > 'YES/RESTORE' when clicking on 6th partition 'NEW' (leftover space).
I got 'YES/NO' right away.
No idea what was going on when I told you so - that is why I am posting in this thread.

This doesn't matter anymore since I reallocated free discspace of my HDD #1 (all partitions).
Used 'Paragon Partition Manager 9.0'.
So the 6th partition doesn't exist anymore.

The 5 partitions now got the size I needed 

Have created boot-DVDs lately. Simply gotta swap floppy #2 to #1 ("command.com" is on #1).

I let ghost write with commpression HIGH to DVD since images become bigger.

question 1:
Will Ghost split automatically + ask for seconc DVD when needed (using floppies in PC-DOS) 
Don't want to use commandline if not necessary.

question 2:
when creating or checking image I see lottsa "no-named MFT *table*files" (hope you understand my translation).
I always have been wondering what that could be - and where *come from*.

Ghost is working accurate in DOS as always since you showed me how to ... 

henriette 

Hiya NightOwl 

All questions answered by you   

henriette