Re: Norton Ghost and booting from the Recovery CD

Thanks for your reply. Sorry, I should have mentioned that I have checked the
BIOS and the CD/DVD is at the top of the list.
When I try to boot from the Symantec CD or the Windows CD a message comes up
that in the first case, it is Starting Symantec Recovery Disk... and in the
Second - Windows Setup. Even leaving it for several minutes and for an hour
once, the process gets no further. Everything else works fine.
John

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> It could be something as simple as the BIOS boot sequence.
> You neglected to say how the PC will not boot from the CD
> (Ignores it, etc..) You need to enter BIOS setup and locate
> the Boot category and check the device ordering. Most times
> it is set to Floppy, Hard Drive. Just toggle the 1st device to
> your CD/DVD drive.
>
> "jrsjs" <jrsjs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:B19B814A-DD15-4104-82B6-BA52B34CD1F8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Hello,
> > I reinstalled Windows about 3 weeks ago and added all my applications and
> > so
> > on. For safety, I have moved My Documents, which includes My Pictures to
> > my D
> > drive which is another internal drive, leaving applications and Windows on
> > the C Drive.
> > I have Norton Ghost 9 and find that I cannot boot from the Symantec
> > Recovery Disk, nor from the Recovery Disk which came with the computer to
> > reinstall Windows. This is the disk I used fror the recent reinstall which
> > all went fine.
> > I have the computer just as I want it and it all works fine except for
> > this
> > problem which means that I cannot use Ghost 9 or reinstall Windows in the
> > event of a disaster.
> > It was a disaster which caused me to reinstall last time and I am anxious
> > to
> > avoid going through it all again. The CPU expired. I had a new CPU and
> > motherboard professionally installed. Ghost worked OK with the previous
> > setup. I have spoken to Norton and the conclusion is that it is something
> > to
> > do with my computer rather than Ghost.
> > Sorry for the length of this post but hoping that someone can help.
> > I have recently posted this in another Windows forum and although I
> > received
> > some generous replies, they did not sadly resolve the problem.
> > Thanks,
> > John
> >
>
>
>
.

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