Hay bill and anywon else, joe with you, where can I get a coppie of norton ghost,2003, I don't no weather norton ghost 2005,workswith that trick or not. Please let me no. Joe. with love always from Joseph. ----- Original Message ----- From: Moti Azrad Musician & Piano-Tuner To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 12:59 AM Subject: Re: norton ghost 2003 Hi Bill! Can you send to me the full process to create the batch file that I nay type it in "command prompt" to create backup with norton ghost 2003. My email is: motia@xxxxxxx A lot of thanks, Moti----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" <bill.cam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 6:26 AM Subject: Re: norton ghost 2003 : stan you could not be more wrong, first of all i restored using ghost 2003 : just 3 days ago and i did so in windows xp. : : xp with service pack 2 and n t f s file system. : : : : you issue the command in windows then it reboots and preforms it in dos. : : its able to do this because during the install ghost installs its own dos : in a virtual partition. : : : secondly i also backup using the windows interface. : : once again you issue the command in windows and it reboots performing the : task in dos. : : both task are as easy as it gets. : : of course to do this you need to be able to get into windows, and most of : the time i can. : : secondly if i am unable to get into windows then i use the dos boot disk : that you make your self that allows one to reinstall a stable copy of your : o s prior to the trouble with windows. : : : that boot disk contains a batch file that does all the work and : hence no speech or dos hardware synth is needed to accomplish the task. : : all you need to do is remember the name of the batch file and type it in at : the dos prompt and press enter. : : : then wait and presto you reinstalled : : bill : : p s another tip, suppose my registry is messed up. : : like it was 3 days ago. : : first i tried system restore. : : system restore was unable to return me to a registry copy that was not : messed up. : : translation, system restore in xp sucks. : : : so my first step prior to doing a restore was to do aback up. : : you may ask why i would want to back up the screwed up version, read on for : why. : : : : after doing that backup i did a restore to a version i maid a month ago. : : : : now that i restored to a back up maid a month earlier i realize i forgot to : backup a file on my desk top so the new image over wrote it and destroyed it : : : so i lost the file, or did i. : : so i launch ghost explorer, pick file, pick open and open the backup i : maid that was corrupted. : so i am loading the corrupted and newest ghost image into ghost explorer. : : : its just like windows explorer so no learning curve. : : go to desk top and find the file, copy it to clip board and then launch win : explorer and paste it on to the desk top. : : got my file back. : : don't know about you, but i believe in ghost. : : lol : : : : : ghost nine is a totally windows based solution. : : : : if you need to do a reinstall it will use a windows boot cd is my guess and : that boot disk with windows on it will not contain the sound card drivers : for the sound card hence no speech. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : -- : To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx : To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. : Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw : : If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx