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Windows 7 - Making a boot DVD of Ghost files |
02-16-2010
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Making a boot DVD of Ghost files I hope not OT - not Windows 7, but Windows, anyway...
I want to make a new DVD from an old one in the hopes that it will be easier to read. Is it enough to download the first to my HDD and burn these files to a new one? I suspect not. Can anyone help, please?
The backstory is:
I have a dodgy 'restore' DVD created some years ago to do a special install for a batch of laptops. It is in the form of a Ghost (7, I think) image set up. Its files are (in case it helps): 02673000.crc
02673000gho
02673000txt
02673001.ghs
02673002.ghs
setenv.bat
span.bmp
G_INST, a directory.
The DVD fails in the laptop with a variety of errors at different times after setup has started: I suspect that either the drive is flakey or the DVD is a bit dark for its ageing light source... The laptop won't boot from a Flash-drive and I don't have a plug-in DVD drive. The laptop is currently wiped with 'Operating system not found' on the screen. Drat.
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Apple iMac OS Windows 7, OS X, XP CPU Core2Duo, 3GHz Memory $ GB Graphics Card Nvidia something Sound Card ? Monitor(s) Displays 24" Apple RAy-Ban enforcer Hard Drives I TB |
02-16-2010
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#2 | | W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE |
The only thing that I can think of is to attempt to rip the DVD to an image with Nero, or some burner software similar that has a verification step built inm on your desktop, so that it will cross check the image against the DVD. Usually, any errors that it finds will be displayed in the log window. If the image is okay, burn it to a blank DVD and see if the laptop can read it then. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DIY OS W7x64 Pro, SuSe 12.1/** W7 x64 Pro, XP MCE CPU Phenom II 1090T w/Noctua NH-D14 /**4400+ X2 w/CM Hyper TX 3 Motherboard ASRock 890FX Deluxe 4/**A8N-SLI Memory 2 x 2GB Patriot PGS34g1600LLKA/**4x1GB Corsair VS Graphics Card EVGA GTX460 SC/**EVGA 8800GTS Sound Card Asus Xonar D2X/**Xonar D1 Monitor(s) Displays Acer X233H, Dell E152FPc /**LG M237-WD Screen Resolution 1920x1080 & 1024x768/**1980x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media USB/**Saitek Eclipse Mouse Cordless Trackman Wheel/**Ditto PSU CM RS600 w/ APC BX1000G/**Antec 500 TP w/ APC BX1000 Case HAF922/**Antec 1040IIB Cooling 3x200mm, 1x140 and 1x120mm/**5x80mm fans Hard Drives WDC 2TB, 1.5TB, 1TB, 500GB,Seagate 500GB , Maxtor 80GB /**500GB Seagate & WDC 1TB Black Internet Speed 3.3Mbps Other Info SB 560 5.1 w/ Sennheiser RS140/**Creative T20 speakers, Dvico FusionHDTV7 Gold RT, Cisco E3000, HP 5510V AIO, Linksys E3000, Belkin F5U237 hub and **F5D8055 adapter
(** = 2nd rig) |
02-17-2010
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Nero has a "Copy DVD" feature - I suggest using it in this case. | My System Specs | | |
02-18-2010
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I have been repeatedly running the disk in the hopes that I would get lucky just once - and I did! The disk image completed and, in the laptop, it was 2005 all over again with out of date Norton's and defunct ISPs' icons.
Thanks, all, for your suggestions and help. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Apple iMac OS Windows 7, OS X, XP CPU Core2Duo, 3GHz Memory $ GB Graphics Card Nvidia something Sound Card ? Monitor(s) Displays 24" Apple RAy-Ban enforcer Hard Drives I TB Making a boot DVD of Ghost files problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:34 AM. |  |