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Norton Ghost Won't Install.
Discuss Norton Ghost Won't Install.
Posted by: Ted.
Hi, all.
I have Norton System Works Pro. 2003 and I didn't renew it last year. I have since uninstalled it and installed onto another partition. However Ghost won't install. It goes through all the motions and the dialogue box says the Ghost files are being installed, but no Ghost files are copied!
I've removed all Symantec files from the Registry and from "Applications" in Docs & Settings. Also, the one touch check is disabled because the programme has expired!
I thought that only the virus updates were cancelled if you didn't renew your subscription. Is this not so?
Is this why Ghost won't install?
Will previous Ghost backups still be "Restorable"?
Posted by: TheMajor
I am sure u can still restore the previous backups. just install another version of Ghost for example.
The problem is probably that it is expired, have your tried to completely un-install it?
BTW... You should try DriveImage or V2i ... a far more better program for making backups.
Posted by: IBMan
what OS are you using, if you didnt change and it worked then it shouldn't matter but i know it doesnt run on server OSs
Posted by: Ted.
Hi to, The Major.
Thank you for your reply.
I started with the Uninstall programme on the CD, then ran the Symclean tool which said there was no System Works files left. I then ran Regcleaner and RegscrubXP and removed all the Symantec entries. I also manually some files in the Registry which were suggested in a help file. I then deleted all references to Symantec in My Documents/User/Settings/Applications folder.
It's obviously still not completely gone as I still have the Norton recycle bin which I'm trying to get rid of at the moment. I've managed to remove the Protected Files section, though.
BTW. Isn't Drive Image a Symantec product now?
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Hi there to, deldude4100
Thank you for replying to my post.
I am using XP Home.
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Posted by: Ted.
Hi again, to The Major.
I have Drive Image 4 which I received with my Soltek Mainboard, but the docs don't mention support for XP. Would you know?
Posted by: silence782
What about your CD? Does it have any scratches or fingerprints that would keep the files from being copied?
Posted by: TheMajor
I would recommend DriveImage 2002 or version7(aka: Symantec V2i) These work very good with XP.
PowerQuest was bought by Symantec, that's correct... and I hate it.
Posted by: Ted.
Hi, silence782,
No scratches or marks on the CD.
Thank you, anyway.
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Hi to, The Major.
Thank you for your reply and help.
Posted by: Ted.
Hi again, to The Major.
Although I can't install Norton Ghost I have discovered I can still use the programme with the Bootable Rescue discs I created earlier.
I have now created an Image file of my C:\ drive and saved it to my D:\ partition, but am not sure if Ghost will allow me to restore it.
Question (1): If I create another partition on my removable HDD E:\ can I restore the Image file to this partition?
Question (2): If I create a bootable CD with Nero can I make a bootable Ghost Rescue CD by copying the files from the two Rescue floppies?
Posted by: TheMajor
1]Yes, if its on another partition than the "target"partition.
3]Don't know. Maybe. Lookup a "bootable CD" tutorial on google.
Posted by: Ted.
Thanks again to The Major.
Back to the drawing-board.
Posted by: ekĘsine
It may be the Ghost CD you have was locked to a specific BIOS. Many new motherboards are bundled with versions of Symantec products this way. You should use a win98/ winME startup diskette (bootdisk.com) to boot into DOS and run ghost.exe to create and restore your images. Ghost will run in native DOS anyways so installing Ghost on windows isn't neccessary. copy ghost.exe from your CD to a floppy and after booting with the startup disk, swap the ghost disk and type "ghost" at the command prompt to run the program.
a:\ghost
1) you can restore an image to any volume other than the one the image is stored on. The destination volume must be large enough to hold the restored, decompressed image, excluding free space.
2) TF has a tutorial for this:
[url]http://www.tech-forums.net/computer_articles/restore/restore-disk.php[/url]
Posted by: Ted.
Hi, All.
I have spent hours Googling the InterNet lately and posting letters to various forums for ideas on this subject. Last night I decided to experiment.
Remembering the fact that whenever you create a Ghost Image on a CD it makes the disc bootable, I just inserted the first disc of one of my Ghost backups and it took me straight into Ghost.exe. I can now create an Image, do a Verification check and also Restore the Image. The only downer is that my mouse is not supported, but I can live with that. I haven't tried backing up to a DVD yet, but I'm quietly confident.
Another really good aspect is that I can now quit Ghost.exe and boot into Windows by pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del.
Fortunately, I have a DVD reader and a DVD writer, but I assume that Ghost would load the drivers and Ghost.exe to the Virtual Partition so that the CD could be removed and the Image CD inserted.
Hopefully, this post may be of help to some-one else.
Many thanks to every-one for their help.