October 31, 2011
Guys/Gals,
I'm about to embark on the proverial "Big Build" from my current
Windows 98SE to Windows 7 64 Bit, and have to get these questions
answered before I proceed.
BTW, I'm not dual booting my new box, just Windows 7 64 Bit.
My new box will have a 1TB HDD (a 512, NOT the new AFD 4K) having
multiple partitions, but none to exceed 600 Gigs.
With the warning about NOT letting Windows 7 partition a new HDD,
I plan to pre-partition the 1TB HDD and THEN install Windows 7 on C:.
Presently I am using Ghost 2003 Build v793 strictly in DOS to do
these chores on my Windows 98SE box with much smaller PATA Hard Drives.
However, I have been informed that for some reason (I'm still
looking for the answer) a Windows 7 (ANY NTFS??) image made by Ghost
will NOT boot as usual after a restore. Even though Ghost is touted
as making an EXACT duplicate of a partition (and done so for my Windows
95, 98, and 98SE C: Drives since 1995) it fails with Windows XP/Vista/7.
The reason I just LOVE Ghost in DOS is the ease that I can make and
restore images.
As an example, when I want to make a Ghost Image to my HDD, I use a
DOS batch file like so:
@echo off
Ghost03.exe -clone,mode=pdump,src=1:1,dst=G:\01_Ghost\Newest.gho -z3 -fx -sure
Ghost03.exe -chkimg,G:\01_Ghost\Newest.gho -sure
Ghost03.exe -chkimg,G:\01_Ghost\Newest.gho -sure
This tells Ghost 2003 to make an image of my C: and make a Newest.gho file
on the G: Drive with high compression, then CRC check the image twice before
quitting.
Doing the same but to my CD/DVD burner just intails making the destination
dst=@CD1/CDR00001.gho.
I even wrote one that will make an image to the HDD and then burn a CD
image right after doing the CRC check on the HDD image!
I have batch files that will clone disk to disk and partition to partition
too.
I'm sure that you can appreciate the ease of just pushing a Floppy
in the drive, hitting the computer "On" button and having Ghost do the
work automatically without any further input necessary at all.
Also, if I wish to remove OR add a file to a Ghost image, it can
be done just as if the file was in a folder in Windows Explorer, using
"Ghost Explorer" on any .gho file.
With Windows 7, I know that it would be useless to have Ghost burn
a DVD of my C:, as it would always be a "You gotta fix the BCD" image.
HOWEVER, since a Ghost image saved to the Hard Drive IS editable,
can EasyBCD do the fixing so I can restore from that image? I'll then
be able to burn the "fixed" Ghost image to a DVD using Nero.
Thanks in advance for any help you can be.
Sincerely,
Big Al
Guys/Gals,
I'm about to embark on the proverial "Big Build" from my current
Windows 98SE to Windows 7 64 Bit, and have to get these questions
answered before I proceed.
BTW, I'm not dual booting my new box, just Windows 7 64 Bit.
My new box will have a 1TB HDD (a 512, NOT the new AFD 4K) having
multiple partitions, but none to exceed 600 Gigs.
With the warning about NOT letting Windows 7 partition a new HDD,
I plan to pre-partition the 1TB HDD and THEN install Windows 7 on C:.
Presently I am using Ghost 2003 Build v793 strictly in DOS to do
these chores on my Windows 98SE box with much smaller PATA Hard Drives.
However, I have been informed that for some reason (I'm still
looking for the answer) a Windows 7 (ANY NTFS??) image made by Ghost
will NOT boot as usual after a restore. Even though Ghost is touted
as making an EXACT duplicate of a partition (and done so for my Windows
95, 98, and 98SE C: Drives since 1995) it fails with Windows XP/Vista/7.
The reason I just LOVE Ghost in DOS is the ease that I can make and
restore images.
As an example, when I want to make a Ghost Image to my HDD, I use a
DOS batch file like so:
@echo off
Ghost03.exe -clone,mode=pdump,src=1:1,dst=G:\01_Ghost\Newest.gho -z3 -fx -sure
Ghost03.exe -chkimg,G:\01_Ghost\Newest.gho -sure
Ghost03.exe -chkimg,G:\01_Ghost\Newest.gho -sure
This tells Ghost 2003 to make an image of my C: and make a Newest.gho file
on the G: Drive with high compression, then CRC check the image twice before
quitting.
Doing the same but to my CD/DVD burner just intails making the destination
dst=@CD1/CDR00001.gho.
I even wrote one that will make an image to the HDD and then burn a CD
image right after doing the CRC check on the HDD image!
I have batch files that will clone disk to disk and partition to partition
too.
I'm sure that you can appreciate the ease of just pushing a Floppy
in the drive, hitting the computer "On" button and having Ghost do the
work automatically without any further input necessary at all.
Also, if I wish to remove OR add a file to a Ghost image, it can
be done just as if the file was in a folder in Windows Explorer, using
"Ghost Explorer" on any .gho file.
With Windows 7, I know that it would be useless to have Ghost burn
a DVD of my C:, as it would always be a "You gotta fix the BCD" image.
HOWEVER, since a Ghost image saved to the Hard Drive IS editable,
can EasyBCD do the fixing so I can restore from that image? I'll then
be able to burn the "fixed" Ghost image to a DVD using Nero.
Thanks in advance for any help you can be.
Sincerely,
Big Al
