Re: Dual boot config (2xXP) + Norton Ghost = possible ??

"Peter" wrote:
Am I the OP ? 


   Yup.  OP = Original Poster.


Anyway, when my system works fine, I use Ghost to once in a while
make a full image of C: (OS) and of D: (installed programs/documents
partition), which I keep for backup or simply if I want to go back to a
basic functioning config after having installed/uninstalled too many
programs or messed too much with drivers etc. Basically as a way
to cleanse my system every 6 months.



   I deduce from what Richard Urban posted that Ghost 9.0's image
   restoration process wouldn't interact with System Commander
   or fail in a way that leaves the MBR unable to pass control to the
   "active" partition and its boot sector.


I have not got around to create the dual boot setup yet since I wanted to know if Ghost was compatible with dual booting. (SysCom8 support left
me wondering if it was their product that was incompatible with Ghost
or if it was any kind of dual boot config that was incompatible with Ghost.
They were quite specific that I should uninstall Ghost if I wanted to use
System Commander 8, but we may have not specified in our communi-
cations that it was Ghost 9 I have.) 

So the dual boot mode native in XP has no problems whatsoever with
Ghost ?

/P 


   With Ghost 9.0 - no problem.  With Ghost 2003 and earlier, maybe
   in rare failure modes (if I read Richard Urban correctly).  If Sys Cmdr
   alters the MBR as Richard said, WinXP's boot manager may be
   bypassed entirely or it might itself pass control to the normal
   boot sector of the selected partition.

*TimDaniels*

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