Norton Ghost

digitalwolf · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:36

I have been handed a totally clean PC and 4 CD-R's with an image of a previous HDD spread across them.

I have installed norton ghost (trial) and the 1st CD contains a file called CDR00001.gho and then an exe file called 'GHOST'.

I put this in the drive and then reboot the computer and the CD starts spinning and then asks for a floppy disk. There is no floppy disk with the images and my mate says one wasn't created.

Disc's 2-4 have CDR00002.gho etc on them but not GHOST.

Could someone give me an idea on how to get this image running?

Thanks.

(The old HDD was destroyed I believe so can't use that)

digitalwolf · 29 Apr 2008 at 16:00

digitalwolf said:
I have been handed a totally clean PC and 4 CD-R's with an image of a previous HDD spread across them.

I have installed norton ghost (trial) and the 1st CD contains a file called CDR00001.gho and then an exe file called 'GHOST'.

I put this in the drive and then reboot the computer and the CD starts spinning and then asks for a floppy disk. There is no floppy disk with the images and my mate says one wasn't created.

Disc's 2-4 have CDR00002.gho etc on them but not GHOST.

Could someone give me an idea on how to get this image running?

Thanks.

(The old HDD was destroyed I believe so can't use that)

Also to add when the PC boots, it reads the disk as the CD drive is 1st boot device and says:

Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM
1.44Mb diskette:
Starting DOS

Bad or Missing command interpreter:

A:\

digitalwolf · 30 Apr 2008 at 12:51

Anybody? I'm willing to purchase the full version.

digitalwolf · 30 Apr 2008 at 14:12

Thanks for the replies guys.

Thought i'd just clarify that there is nothing in the A drive and I do not have a Norton Boot disk on floppy.

I have no idea why it goes to the A: prompt, just automatically does it.

Thanks.

digitalwolf · 30 Apr 2008 at 15:13

Okay something completely different happens now.

I've chucked an old IDE HDD of mine into the computer.

Windows recognised the drive in slave and asked me if I wanted to formatt it. I did and now it's set to master.

I boot the PC up with the first image CD in and it goes past the A: prompt now and to a menu.

The menu asks if I want to :- Carry out a backup
Check up on a backup
Rebuild HDD

I press button 3 for rebuild and it says "press any key to continue", I do that and then the HDD makes a loading noise and then the BIOS beeps continually for 3 seconds and then the CD spins up.

The CD starts to spin, then after a couple of mins stops. I've tried inserting the second CD but it does nothing.

Any idea's guys?

Thanks.

digitalwolf · 30 Apr 2008 at 16:04

korbk said:
The reason it's going to the A: prompt is because the bootable cd is emulating a bootable floppy disk. The A: drive is the CD!

At the A: prompt, can you type 'ghost' (without the quotes) and then press return?

With the old drive in it says "bad command or file name" when I try tying ghost @ A: prompt

Still getting black screens with the different HDD in.

digitalwolf · 30 Apr 2008 at 16:46

Okay I have just tried the Win 98 bootdisk and that brings up 'Norton Ghost 2002'.

I go to image and then 'from cd' and then press enter.

It then asks for the Norton Ghost 2002 CD-KEY which can be found on the 'splash screen'.

I don't have one but I do have a copy of Norton Ghost 12.0 which I purchased earlier.

Whats the next plan of attack

Thanks

digitalwolf · 1 May 2008 at 13:04

Any idea's guys? Will norton give me a CD key for 2002 because I have 12.0?