[DVOM]

Damsel, I'm glad that's working out. Have you tried booting with it?

A CD boots alot faster than a floppy.

Edit: When you boot to it, it will go directly to the Ghost screen, you won't have to bother with command line at all.

[Damsel]

Hi DVOM

Originally posted by DVOM:
Damsel, I'm glad that's working out. Have you tried booting with it?

Yes, I did and at first I was thrilled. I booted it from the desk top computer ( where I made the disk) and it worked beautifully!

Then I tried it on the notebook (where I need it) and it didn't recognize the mouse and then where you choose what you want to do, if enter is hit, it asked if I wanted to quit without giving any choices.

So then I went back to my desktop and tried it again and the mouse didn't work!!!

<SOB> <SOB> It was exciting for awhile!!!

Is yours ever flaky like that??

Thanks for helping!!!!

[DVOM]

When you couldn't use the mouse, were you able to navigate with the up>down>right>left keys and the 'tab" key?

Did the "enter" key just want to quit then?

[Damsel]

Hi DVOM

Originally posted by DVOM:
When you couldn't use the mouse, were you able to navigate with the up>down>right>left keys and the 'tab" key?

I didn't try the 'tab' key but the others worked.

Did the "enter" key just want to quit then?

I think that's the only one that asked to 'quit' of the ones you mentioned.

I am going to bed now as I'm getting cross eyed playing with it. I am going to try it again tomorrow and pay better attention to what is happening and what is not and if you don't mind too much, I'd like to report back to you.

Thanks VERY much for helping me out!!

[Damsel]

I'm getting closer to fixing it but still quite a ways off, I think!

I made two disks:

One shows all the programs like autoexec etc. When I use that one and run autoexec.bat, the mouse driver is installed. It doesn't seem to run autoexec.bat on its own.

But then when I choose the partition to install from ( they are referred to as network drives??) nothing happens. I just get the hour glass - like it's looking for something!

I then have to reboot!!

On the second disk that just shows ghost.exe, I get no mouse!! The up and down and tabs work, though but doesn't get me far enough.

Any further ideas???

Thank you!!!!!!!!

[DVOM]

Just a guess but the Ghost floppy may not have gotten made perfectly.

Try making the floppy again and reburning the CD.

[Damsel]

Originally posted by DVOM:
Just a guess but the Ghost floppy may not have gotten made perfectly.

Try making the floppy again and reburning the CD.

:-( Please can someone walk me through this exercise from the beginning - like making the floppy (which one to pick) and then making a bootable cd. I have roxio and I have downloaded Nero - so a walkthru on either is okay. I have now ruined 10 cds trying.!This is the first time I've burned so I'm not sure!

When I did it last night, I chose the standard and now I chose the one that takes 2 floppies and I am at a complete loss!!!

Thank you!!!!

[bassetman]

Look here:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...rc=bar_sch_nam

[Damsel]

Originally posted by bassetman:
Look here:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...rc=bar_sch_nam

I went there and clicked on:

http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/tut..._wizard_s.html

This brought up an empty blue screen with a little red cross on the upper left left hand side.

:-(

DVOM ! jbcalg! Where are you guys?? :-)

Thanks!!

[bassetman]

You need Flash Shockwave installed and probably JAVA enabled.
Should look like this.

[Damsel]

Originally posted by bassetman:
Look here:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...rc=bar_sch_nam

I installed Macromedia Flash and got the screen that you directed me to but it is for NETWORKS!

Any other help, please????

Thanks!!

[bassetman]

I don't have time to check out all the links on the original URL I gave you, but even if it is for a network, can't you still just do it for your main PC?
From the Ghost 2003 page choose How to make an emergency boot back up disk
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/gho..._tutorial.html
It tells you how to image the drive and ceck it for accuracy.

Good luck, short of time here and I have to run!

[JohnWill]

First off, you should use CD-RW media until you get it right, if you're worried about burning up CD-R media. Personally, I have at least a thousand of them in the closet obtained on free after rebate deals, so I use them like tissue paper.

For Nero, you can simply make a GHOST boot floppy, then create a bootable CD from it. I don't know how it works for Roxio, since I don't use it.

[Damsel]

Originally posted by johnwill:
First off, you should use CD-RW media until you get it right, if you're worried about burning up CD-R media. Personally, I have at least a thousand of them in the closet obtained on free after rebate deals, so I use them like tissue paper.

Good idea!!

For Nero, you can simply make a GHOST boot floppy, then create a bootable CD from it. I don't know how it works for Roxio, since I don't use it.

It worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was trying to do Bassetman's way (which was the way Symantec had it) but that didn't work.

Then I tried DVOM's way (which is John's as well and I think jbcalg's) and it works beautifully on both the desktop and the laptop!!

DVOM was right when he said that it was probably a bad floppy copy. Thanks DVOM!!!!!!

I'm real happy!

Thank you ALL!!!

p.s. Can I just make another copy by a regular burn of the CD that works or do I have to say it is bootable first? I know that I can do it again the same way I did it before but I just want to learn!!

Thanks again!

[DVOM]

Just a lucky guess on my part about the floppy. Those things are so unreliable I always make 3 copies of anything important.

But from your description it sounded like the files were all corrupted.

As for your last question, if you're willing to waste a couple more CD's, give it a go.

BTW, if you keep an eye out for CD deals, you can find them for about 6-8¢ apiece in the 100 stacks. Usually after a rebate.