Re: [Thinkpad] Norton Ghost 9

Have you tried cloning with a different utility?

I've had nothing but poor results with Ghost, and much prefer Drive Image
and Partition magic. Many good things have been said about Acronis True
Image as well.

----- Original Message -----
From: "RWM" <RWM@RWMann.com>
To: "Kathe Robin" <kathe@cheatriver.com>
Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org>; <Ina@Bechhoefer.US>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] Norton Ghost 9

> Interesting you ask this, as I finally got around to trying to use the
> Ghost 9'ed clone, made from an X22.
>
> The clone boots (Win2K, sp4) OK, up to the "Windows Logon" (and music),
> starts "Applying personal settings", after which it throws a "Limited
> Virtual Memory" error from which there is no available recovery and that
> places it into a "Saving settings" -> "Windows Logon" (or Shutdown) loop.
>
> I've obviously done something wrong, but I can't figure what that might
> be. So far, it isn't a critical issue.
>
> - Bob Mann
>
>
>
> Kathe Robin wrote:
>
> >Thats 9. Is the backup bootable? In other words if you remove your
> >original HD which you just made a full backup of and insert the backup
> >disk in the original drives bay, can you now power up the TP and have it
> >boot identically to the original source drive?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Max
> >
>
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