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where is that located??

BRB...

That's correct.

You will soon be finished with generalization. It's a once only.

roxe wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2013 at 10:55pm:


With an image, you should never need to re-install.

roxe and Brian

Slow down--take a couple deep breaths--we are talking computers here--not life and death!

Let's get things sorted.....

Brian

Roxe has been asking about something I said here:

NightOwl wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2013 at 11:25am:




roxe

If you look at that link above, it shows you the correct boxes to have checked or unchecked, and which radio button to choose.  The step by step written instructions also specify the settings.  These options have had to be set since WinXP, where they first became an issue--so they are not *new* to Win7.

roxe wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2013 at 9:44pm:

So, that search has shown you that the BCD is located in C:\boot.  Apparently you have not made the correct setting changes to reveal the System Files.

roxe wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2013 at 10:44pm:

So, I see you have figured that one out.

roxe wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2013 at 9:08pm:

and

Brian wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2013 at 9:16pm:

Technically, Brian is correct--you eventually will need your working Win7 generalized if you want things to work without *issues* in the future if using Ghost.  But, if I'm not comfortable with doing something new, I prefer to work with testing on a *spare* HDD that has no consequence to me if I do something wrong. 

I would generalize the spare Win7 HDD, make a new whole disk Ghost backup of it, and then restore the image as a whole disk restore back to the spare HDD to demonstrate that it all works.

roxe wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2013 at 10:55pm:



If you only do a partition restore to an existing partition, it will have to be to a different HDD with a different disk signature, otherwise you will not have tested whether the *generalized* Win7 is working correctly (note:  reformatting and/or repartitioning does not automatically create a new disk signature--one has to zero the first sector of the HDD to force the creation of a new disk signature--or one can edit the signature if you have the necessary disk editor and knowledge--an advanced skill set).  The only time the bootability becomes an issue is if you restore the Win7 OS to a new replacement HDD, or if you use a whole drive restore to the previous source HDD and Ghost 2003 has zeroed the disk signature as part of the process.

So, if you want the easiest way to test whether the *generalized* Win7 will boot when a new disk signature is generated, then you should do a whole disk image backup, and then a whole disk restore.  That will force a new disk signature (Ghost 2003's default behavior without the -fdsp switch), and if Win7 boots--then the *generalized* BCD is set up properly.

Once you're satisfied that everything has worked properly, then *generalize* your main working HDD with the Win7 OS, make a Ghost backup, and move onto the next issue(s).

As you have already shown, if all else fails, you know you can use the Win7 installation CD to do a repair and fix the problem without too much hassle.

Brian
NightOwl

didja see??  didja see??

Brian


ok, one more question... what will happen when I re-image w7 back to the original hdd it came from??

will it do anything to the hdd ID???