Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes - an update with more woes
On Friday 08 October 2010 19:59:12 Soren wrote:
> Booting from a normally usable floppy on CD (floppy disk emulation),
> it only generates this exact error message:
>
> "Type the name of the command interpreter (e.g.,
> C:\WINDOWS.COMMAND.COM) A>"
Basically that error message is saying "I can't find Command.com on
drive C:" In which case just reply "A:\command.com" assuming a DOS
bootable floppy disk.
Or make sure that the disk is bootable and "Command.com" is in the root
directory of the floppy disk. You may need a "Config.sys" file with
the line "A:\command.com" in it.
> Well, after getting an external USB floppy drive ('only' 45 US bucks
> here in DK...), the laptop now boots properly from a floppy disk,
> except no CD/DVD drive is detected. I tried this with no less than
> eleven diferent boot disks, and all were no-go. "The CD driver isn't
> loaded" is the common error message.
In that case you need a driver for the CD and a line in the "Config.sys"
file pointing to it eg: "A:\CD.sys". You will now need
an "Autoexec.bat" file with the correct parameters for the CD drive.
> The second - and maybe most important thing - is that while it's
> possible to start ghost.exe from this USB floppy drive, the error
> message is "...no drive to clone (11093)..." appears. Nice :)
Thats simply because you don't have a CD driver loaded ! Ghost can't
see the CD drive.
> This could be caused by either the fact that a CD driver is not
> loaded, or that a 2003 Ghost is not supporting newer systems. A
> Google search didn't bring me any closer.
Ghost works just fine from a floppy with access to a usable CD drive.
> To say it straight, forget about Linux's dd, and Acronis in this
> case, as I want absolute reliablity, and neither do serve that.
Rubbish ! If used properly then both work as advertised.
> I know Symantec is working on a new version of Ghost that works
> within Win7, so this could be a common problem?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> If SATA's the problem (seems obvious), where do I find a boot floppy
> for this??? (bootdisk.com doesn't fix this)
Assuming SATA is supported by the BIOS then it shouldn't be a problem.
If drivers are needed then they will probably be available somewhere on
the net. Though I must admit I've not yet met a situation where I've
needed SATA drivers.
> Thanks.
>
> /soren
HTH, YMMV.
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Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes - an update with more woes
Thanks, but unfortunately a no-go. Acronis has a link on their web site referring to issues with the laptop I'm trying to back up (HP). From what I could dig up on the net, Norton Ghost 2003 should support win7 without any problems (using CLI), only newer versions should not be working properly. Heh, time to become creative: My next attempt will be trying to run Ghost from a VM within a *nix live CD on a USB pen that has all the necessary drivers. *Anything* seems better than Win7 System Restore, as this beast takes forever to finish. Josh MacCraw wrote: As Ghost is not "serving that" either, maybe you should try the Acronis boot disk, no? On 10/8/2010 11:59 AM, Soren wrote: To say it straight, forget about Linux's dd, and Acronis in this case, as I want absolute reliablity, and neither do serve that. I know Symantec is working on a new version of Ghost that works within Win7, so this could be a common problem?
Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes - an update with more woes
As Ghost is not "serving that" either, maybe you should try the Acronis boot disk, no? On 10/8/2010 11:59 AM, Soren wrote: To say it straight, forget about Linux's dd, and Acronis in this case, as I want absolute reliablity, and neither do serve that. I know Symantec is working on a new version of Ghost that works within Win7, so this could be a common problem?
Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes - an update with more woes
Thanks for the input so far on this.
Suffering from a bad knee injury keeping me immobile even for computer use for
weeks, the status now is:
The laptop is still an HP G62 i3 dual core w/4GB RAM, and 320GB SATA 7.200 HDD.
BIOS is upgraded to latest version. HP support isn't helpfull, to say the least.
Booting from a normally usable floppy on CD (floppy disk emulation), it only
generates this exact error message:
"Type the name of the command interpreter (e.g., C:\WINDOWS.COMMAND.COM)
A>"
Using the Redirect command at this stage is new to me, so here I am completely
blank...???
Well, after getting an external USB floppy drive ('only' 45 US bucks here in DK...), the laptop now boots properly from a floppy disk, except no CD/DVD drive is detected.
I tried this with no less than eleven diferent boot disks, and all were no-go. "The CD driver isn't loaded" is the common error message.
The second - and maybe most important thing - is that while it's possible to start ghost.exe from this USB floppy drive, the error message is "...no drive to clone
(11093)..." appears. Nice :)
This could be caused by either the fact that a CD driver is not loaded, or that
a 2003 Ghost is not supporting newer systems. A Google search didn't bring me
any closer.
Any solutions?
Any similar clone programs out there?
To say it straight, forget about Linux's dd, and Acronis in this case, as I
want absolute reliablity, and neither do serve that.
I know Symantec is working on a new version of Ghost that works within Win7, so
this could be a common problem?
Any suggestions?
If SATA's the problem (seems obvious), where do I find a boot floppy for
this??? (bootdisk.com doesn't fix this)
Thanks.
/soren
