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create a restore partition?
Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 7:51pm

hi,

my first post here. i searched; and i hope i'm not asking a question that has been asked before.

is there a ghost8/ghostcast server solution that enables a restore of an image to a partition that ghost itself makes? (i don't think so. however, this would really solve some problems. particularly how to resize a partition for an XP machine without paying for Partition Magic.)

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	Re: create a restore partition? Reply #1 - Sep 23^rd, 2010 at 11:04pm @ flacco5 There are threads here but this one is fresh in my mind. Is this what you are after? http://community.norton.com/t5/Other-Norton-Products/Ghost-How-does-one-load-an-...
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	Re: create a restore partition? Reply #2 - Sep 24^th, 2010 at 4:39pm hi Brian, you've given me a great start, lots of fun reading ahead. thanks for the help.
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	Re: create a restore partition? Reply #3 - Sep 24^th, 2010 at 9:36pm @ flacco5 Please let us know about your progress.
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Reply #4 - Sep 25^th, 2010 at 1:39pm

hi Brian,

the solution that i saw pertained to Windows Vista. Vista is the first MS operating system that lets you resize your primary partition.

i was looking for it on XP. so, i decided to pick up Acronis's Disk Director to make the new partition. if successful, i hope it will be easy enough to recover the ghost image to it.

so, unfortunately i abandoned the idea of having ghost create a partition on an XP machine. thanks for the help, though.

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Reply #5 - Sep 25^th, 2010 at 4:43pm

hi,

i have used Acronis Disk Director 11 to create about a 18-20 gb partition on the pc i want to restore ghost to. On this PC i now boot off C but I have E drive to put data in.

i don't want to restore the ghost image so that the PC i restore to attempts to boot the other image. instead, i would like to restore the image to the E drive so i can look at the files.

however, Ghost doesn't see the E drive.

reviewing these instructions:
http://ghost.radified.com/ghost_3.htm

using ghost 8.2, i choose Local/Disc/From image. i find the image. as soon as i do this a new dialogue appears asking for the destination drive.

they are numbered 1 and 2. judging by the numbers, 1 = C + E. 2 = my external drive with the image.

Is there anything i can do to get Ghost to recognize the E drive as a destination drive (and not write over C)?

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	Re: create a restore partition? Reply #6 - Sep 25^th, 2010 at 4:58pm flacco5 wrote on Sep 25^th, 2010 at 4:43pm: i choose Local/Disc/From image. Try Local/Partition/From image I'm having a lot of trouble understanding what you are trying to do.
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Reply #7 - Sep 25^th, 2010 at 5:53pm

Brian,

i tried local/partition/from image and chose the ghost file. i'm confronted with the same two drives (1 & 2) that i described in my prior thread.

i'm trying to put a ghost image onto a newly created partition on a particular PC. (the image probably has system files, but i'm only interested in looking at them; not trying to boot.)

however, ghost doesn't seem to recognize the new partition. the #1 destination drive is reported to be the same size as the resized C and new partition E together; as if i never created the second partition (E).

hope this is clear, because i don't know what more i can say to describe it. thanks.

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	Re: create a restore partition? Reply #8 - Sep 25^th, 2010 at 6:24pm @ flacco5 flacco5 wrote on Sep 25^th, 2010 at 5:53pm: i'm only interested in looking at them; not trying to boot.) Then you don't have to restore the image. You can browse the files with Ghost Explorer. Are you using Ghost 8.2 from DOS?
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	Re: create a restore partition? Reply #9 - Sep 25^th, 2010 at 6:53pm Brian, thanks for the quick reply. i'm running it from BartPE. i'm looking at Ghost Explorer right now. i want to be able to copy these files to my new partition. i feel like i'm pretty close. thanks.
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	Re: create a restore partition? Reply #10 - Sep 25^th, 2010 at 7:26pm hey Brian, turns out Ghost explorer gives me everything i need. i can restore the data using it. thanks for the help. sorry for the stupid questions.
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Reply #11 - Sep 26^th, 2010 at 1:48pm

hello,
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how to resize a partition for an XP machine without paying for Partition Magic

use FREE PartedMagic Boot CD
http://partedmagic.com/download.html

Tip:
always use imgBurn.exe to copy an ISO to aCD-R
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how to create a ghost recovery partition:
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=14127&pid=111856&mode=threaded&...

here is afresh link as they usually get deleted in 60 days
http://rapidshare.com/files/421489537/Myfloppies.zip
regards ben

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