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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #60 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:17pm Brian, Sorry, but the odd behavior spooked me and I bailed. So do I need to start over? is Win7_paste gone? I did delete to old Win7 as I could see the empty space. But I now have Win7 just no Win7 _paste Bill.
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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #61 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:21pm No, everything is OK. Just delete Win7 from the Boot Menu - DEFAULT.MNU Click Add on the Boot Menu and setup Win7_paste.
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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #62 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:22pm Brian, OK, I'm restarting, I'll report back. Bill.
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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #63 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:25pm The Boot Menu - DEFAULT.MNU is the one you see after clicking Boot Edit.
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Reply #64 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:47pm

Brian,

OK, guess what, Win7 booted this time.
Here's what happened.
This is how booted earlier, It came up normal, the 4 colors came together to from box's, then it started to pules lighter to darker as it has before.
This time I waited maybe 2 to 4 minuets, I saw text blink at the bottom very briefly then the little blue disk came up just like it normally would, then bingo (no pun intended)
I'm sending this from Win7.
I did a little searching this morning and some mentioned they needed to wait many minuets.
I'm going to try and boot again after I sent this to see if it still takes so long, and this time I take note of the time.
If I only would have tried this in the beginning.

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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #65 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:52pm Bill, That sounds very promising. Both OS are booting from HD 0. I hope Win7 "learns" to boot faster.
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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #66 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:52pm Brian, This time it took 40 seconds to get to log on. Bill
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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #67 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:53pm Mr Moose wrote on Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:52pm: Brian, This time it took 40 seconds to get to log on. Bill I'm going back and try XP.
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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #68 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 8:57pm Excellent!
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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #69 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 9:09pm Check the WinXP Boot Item and make sure Win7_paste is hidden.
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Reply #70 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 9:19pm

Brian,

XP works just like it always has,
Win7 only took 24 seconds this time.
You know, now that I think about it, that long wait made me think it was locked, but the fact that the 4 colored box's were still pulsating, that should have been a clue to keep waiting. I wish I would have timed it, but it had to be at least 2 if not 4 minuets.
This info could really help a lot people down the road.
Now the big question, can Ghost 15 create a recovery point that will work.
Next question, what's the best way to do this?
OK, I know how to setup Ghost, but what I mean, is the fact that I've never setup Ghost to backup a dual boot.
This is what I had in mind.
In XP just use the backup that's already in place with Ghost 14, and the same with Win7 and Ghost 15.
Is there a better way?
I will check back tomorrow.
Thank you so much for hanging in there for me, honestly, I was ready to give up.

Bill.

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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #71 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 9:22pm Brian wrote on Jul 26^th, 2010 at 9:09pm: Check the WinXP Boot Item and make sure Win7_paste is hidden. Brian, I'll check that, but I did tell Win7_paste to hide, and I could see hide next to XP when I was in there. Bill
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	Re: Big problem, advice needed. Reply #72 - Jul 26^th, 2010 at 9:26pm Bill, I think you only need to use Ghost 15. To image WinXP from Win7, select Show Hidden Drives. I'm pleased it worked out. You now have a solid independent dual boot.
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Reply #73 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 1:11pm

Hi Brian,

Is it possible to create a image of my drive, that when restored, would bring it back to its current dual boot configuration, with BING, Win7, XP all in place just as it is right now?
Or, would I just need to image both OS's and if anything went wrong, I would need to rebuild the dual boot, which would mean reinstalling BING and starting over?
Whatever backup configuration I decide to go with in the end, I will need to test it, I have yet another 1 TB that I can use to do this. If all's well, that drive will be formatted and used for data backup.
Right now I have a total of 10 hard drives, 4 of those are off site in two different locations.
Why so many drives? I'm a photographer on the side (I still have a day job to pay the bills) I have a lot of data to backup, and I need redundancy, storage is dirt cheap, if lost, my pictures can never be replaced.
Yes, I can always replace the OS, but images, and now Clones, have saved me countless hours, more than once, over the years.

Thanks, Bill.

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Reply #74 - Jul 27^th, 2010 at 3:14pm

Mr Moose wrote on Jul 27^th, 2010 at 1:11pm:

Is it possible to create a image of my drive, that when restored, would bring it back to its current dual boot configuration, with BING, Win7, XP all in place just as it is right now?

Not with Ghost 15 but yes with IFW, IFD and IFL. These apps are available from TeraByte Unlimited. You can buy them in a "Bundle" with BING.

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/index.htm

I have a test computer with several images of the whole HD. One image contains two WinXPs, Win7, Ubuntu, DOS, Data and BING. After restoring the image to a blank HD, everything works.

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