Re: XP MCE, HP computers & Norton Ghost

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Hi DL,
That;'s exactly what I want to do. I am going to try this first when I get my new HD.
I do have 4 sets of their recovery disks mainly because they are very hard to read in my box. All my other DVD/CD
video,pictures and programs work fine but for some unknown reason I have a lot of trouble with their DVD.s.


On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 09:28:15 -0000, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote:

They are probably erring on the side of caution, any way you have nothing to
lose, as since if it doesnt work you can still recover/install using the HP
method

"RScotti" <rscotti1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi "DL",
I do have the drivers and it does work I just haven't tried to do the
backup yet. I will when I get my new HD.
Still getting two different opinions from HP. I guess they don't want me
to use this backup?

On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 00:36:33 -0000, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote:

If you have a clean Ghost Image, together with the Ghost recovery cd you
can
restore the sys disk.
This assumes the Ghost recovery cd you use to start the process has the
neccesary drivers to 'see' your external drive, and that I cannot answer.
For that you would have to check Ghost Manual or tech


"RScotti" <rscotti1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"DL"
I do have a copy of XP before the problem started but my problem is now
that HP Email Support still says it won't work
but won't tell me why.
from HP EMAIL Support:
I apologize for the inconvenience caused to you. At this point, I
would
like to inform you that you can take the back up of your hard disk on
the external drive, but that will not work to reinstall Operating
system
in your internal hard drive. Yes, data will be there on the external
drive, but the recovery process will not be started. Hence, you need
to
create recovery disc to reinstall the OS and all the application and
driver on the internal hard drive.

However, you can see the data on the external hard drive but you can
not
recovery Computer using that external drive.

I called there phone support and they said "If Norton says it will work
it
will. We don't block anything.
I don't know who to believe but I thing You and Phone support are
right.

Please advise if you have the time.


On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 21:14:22 -0000, "DL" <address@invalid> wrote:

Ghost is an Imaging App, or 'backup' type app if you prefer
It appears your hd has gone bad and HP is going to replace it, which
is
good.

Now the problem is that if your hd has gone bad, and the win
installation/boot partition is corrupted then if you Image/Backup with
Ghost
you are in effect copying the corruption. So if you restore the sys
using
the Image/Backup your corruption will be restored also.
This isn't an exact interpretation, but I'm sure you'll understand.

You might be advised to install win and your apps and drivers from
origonal
media supplied by HP & others
I don't use Ghost but you should be able to recover any data files
from
your
image, without problems

"RScotti" <rscotti1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi "DL",
Are you simply wishing to replace your hd with a larger one or
what?
If that is the case, unless hp have locked their win to the
specific
hd,
and
I dont believe that is the case, there is no reason why an
Image/Copy
app
should not work.
I am replacing my HD it is defective has something called the MFT
see
below:
CHKDSK discovered free space marked as allocated in the
master file table (MFT) bitmap.
I also have:
4 KB in bad sectors.
I really don't understand this but HP said they would replace the
HD.

Recovery points are not a complete backup, for a complete backup
use
an
Imaging app
I am using the option to do a independent complete backup with
Norton
Ghost 10 thought this WAS an imaging app..
This says it will create a backup even if windows doesn't start.I
have
a
recovery disk to get there from the command
prompt to my external HD. It even has the drivers for my external
HD.

If this is not the answer what else can I use?



Have a good day,
RScotti

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My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro
Logic
II
compatible


Have a good day,
RScotti

remove "nospam" in order to email me.

My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic
II
compatible


Have a good day,
RScotti

remove "nospam" in order to email me.

My Specifications:
HP Windows XP MCE 2005
PentiumD 820 (S) DC 2.8 GHz
Socket 775 Chipset Intel 945P
Asus Motherboard Name: P5LP-LE
Memory Installed 2 GB (2 x 1 GB)
Hard drive 250 GB SATA 7200 rpm
Western Digital External HD 500 GB
16X DVD(+/-)R/RW (+/-)R DL LightScribe drive
Nvidia Video Graphics GeForce 7300LE 256 MB
Sound/Audio Integrated High Definition audio
Realtek ALC 882 chipset Supports up to 8 audio channels Dolby Pro Logic II
compatible


Have a good day!

RScotti
.

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