Re: norton ghost 2003 restoring automatically

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From: Resonate (resonate_at_jolt.co.uk)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 17:33:08 GMT

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"Robert" <robertantw@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Problem : my father is learning to work with a computer, wonderful,
> but often he is doing ... stupid things.
>
> My idea was to make an image file of the hard disk on a DVD so that,
> when he had done something wrong, he could use the bootable DVD to
> boot the computer and restore the notebook.
>
> Making the image was no problem, but automating the restore A BIG
> PROBLEM.
>
> I know that Ghost 2003 is making a Virtual Partition. So it is no
> problem to boot from the DVD. But then Ghost is started and I have to
> choose what I want to do with it ...
>
> I tried the advanced settings when making an image and included the
> instruction to 'add to autoexec.bat' :
> ghost.exe -clone,mode=restore,dst=1,src=@CD-R1 -sure -fx
> but that doesn't make any difference.
>
> It is not possible to use a bootable disk because the notebook doesn't
> have a floppy.

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