Guest info@robertovalente.net Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Hi everybody, I have used Norton Ghost 2003 for years with no problems on my machine (I have two Samsung SpinPoint HDs, taken from the box from my supplier, on removable trays and everynight I used to shut off the machine, insert the second HD (which is otherwise in a drawer) and the floppy and backup the first HD, using the -ID and -FSI switches, because I also have a Linux partition...) One day, my MB died and fortunately my supplier had the exact same one in the store (ASUS P4P8X), so to avoid having to format everything because of a different chipset... Everything works fine as far as the computer is concerned, except for the Ghost floppy... I have tried the old one, made a new one from Ghost in Windows using PC-DOS and one using MS-DOS: they all do the exact same thing: the computer boots off the floppy, load the OS, starts Ghost and the complete screen (blu background, gray window, "norton ghost 2003" on the title bar) appears, even the mouse hourglass appears, but no menu... the hourglass is still and if I press any key three or four times the system beeps until reset is pressed... The only thing I can think of is that my supplier has upgraded the MB BIOS and the new one is somewhat incompatible with Ghost... I even tried (fortunately on my second HD acting as first) to run Ghost interactively: same behauvior, plus it won't boot back into windows and both gdisk and ghreboot hang the machine... So, my question is: is there a workaround for Ghost 2003? Should I upgrade to Ghost 12? Should I go with Acronis True Image? Thank you in advance for any help you may provide, Lupo
Guest Shenan Stanley Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Re: Ghost 2003 Boot Disk Problem... info@robertovalente.net wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I have used Norton Ghost 2003 for years with no problems on my > machine (I have two Samsung SpinPoint HDs, taken from the box from > my supplier, on removable trays and everynight I used to shut off > the machine, insert the second HD (which is otherwise in a drawer) > and the floppy and backup the first HD, using the -ID and -FSI > switches, because I also have a Linux partition...) > > One day, my MB died and fortunately my supplier had the exact same > one in the store (ASUS P4P8X), so to avoid having to format > everything because of a different chipset... You can just perform a repair installation if you change motherboards (which usually is enough to severely hurt the HAL.) No need to wipe out everything. > Everything works fine as far as the computer is concerned, except > for the Ghost floppy... I have tried the old one, made a new one > from Ghost in Windows using PC-DOS and one using MS-DOS: they all > do the exact same thing: > > the computer boots off the floppy, load the OS, starts Ghost and the > complete screen (blu background, gray window, "norton ghost 2003" on > the title bar) appears, even the mouse hourglass appears, but no > menu... the hourglass is still and if I press any key three or four > times the system beeps until reset is pressed... You would have to contact Symantec about that. > The only thing I can think of is that my supplier has upgraded the > MB BIOS and the new one is somewhat incompatible with Ghost... You would have to contact Symantec about that. > I even tried (fortunately on my second HD acting as first) to run > Ghost interactively: same behauvior, plus it won't boot back into > windows and both gdisk and ghreboot hang the machine... You would have to contact Symantec about that. > So, my question is: is there a workaround for Ghost 2003? Should I > upgrade to Ghost 12? Should I go with Acronis True Image? > > Thank you in advance for any help you may provide, Lupo You should contact support (or look on their web page, through their faqs, etc) for the product giving you trouble. I use Ghost a LOT and have not seen that issue. Updated BIOS or not. You can try the other programs (imaging) if you desire. I think TrueImage has a 15 day trial... Symantec probably has a trial version too. BootItNG definitely does. -- Shenan Stanley MS-MVP -- How To Ask Questions The Smart Way http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
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