ghost

bigwilly · 04-13-2002, 08:04 PM

I'm setting up a puter for my mom
she is over 60 and lives over an hour away
I partitioned the hd into 2 partitions
on the first partitions is all the op system and programs
on the 2nd partition is a ghosted file of her 1st partition
i'm trying to make a boot disk that will automatically
reload her c: drive from her d drive ( 2nd partition)
so if she has a problem all i have to do is say put in your floppy disk and restart the puter
i can reghost it manually, but i need it to happen with no user input
I've tried the emamples in the ghost manual, but they don't apply exactly to my situation, and everything i try to alter isn't working
any suggestions
here is the string i am trying now
Ghost.exe –clone,mode=pload,src=d:\test.gho:1,dst=1:1
thanks

04-14-2002, 04:14 AM

Why don't you set it up so that you yourself can restore it back.

Then you can use this as an excuse to go visit your mother who is only an hour away.

Besides how often do you think she will fubar it?...

:D

bigwilly · 04-15-2002, 07:54 PM

well if you knew my mom
she is really green
i gave her the first puter when she was 59
she is now 64 and she has messed it up quite a bit
she has grandkids ( worst virus known to mankind )
she is 90 minutes away and i drove 3 hours one night after a 10 hour work day, just to push her power button for her
so the idea of fixing a trashed windows mess, remotely is nice

Rob · 04-16-2002, 11:42 AM

Here's an idea,

Purchase remote management software such as PCAnywhere and save yourself alot of trouble.

04-13-2002, 08:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
bigwilly Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 4 OS:	ghost I'm setting up a puter for my mom she is over 60 and lives over an hour away I partitioned the hd into 2 partitions on the first partitions is all the op system and programs on the 2nd partition is a ghosted file of her 1st partition i'm trying to make a boot disk that will automatically reload her c: drive from her d drive ( 2nd partition) so if she has a problem all i have to do is say put in your floppy disk and restart the puter i can reghost it manually, but i need it to happen with no user input I've tried the emamples in the ghost manual, but they don't apply exactly to my situation, and everything i try to alter isn't working any suggestions here is the string i am trying now Ghost.exe –clone,mode=pload,src=d:\test.gho:1,dst=1:1 thanks

04-14-2002, 04:14 AM	#2 (permalink)
SPEEDO Posts: n/a OS:	Why don't you set it up so that you yourself can restore it back. Then you can use this as an excuse to go visit your mother who is only an hour away. Besides how often do you think she will fubar it?... :D

04-15-2002, 07:54 PM	#3 (permalink)
bigwilly Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 4 OS:	well if you knew my mom she is really green i gave her the first puter when she was 59 she is now 64 and she has messed it up quite a bit she has grandkids ( worst virus known to mankind ) she is 90 minutes away and i drove 3 hours one night after a 10 hour work day, just to push her power button for her so the idea of fixing a trashed windows mess, remotely is nice

04-16-2002, 11:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Rob Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Langley, BC Canada Posts: 52 OS:	Here's an idea, Purchase remote management software such as PCAnywhere and save yourself alot of trouble.