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From: BertieBigBollox on 27 Jul 2010 05:22
Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user with an
easy way to get back to the default installation in case they screw
things up.

I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a saved ghost
image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted to the partion and the
ghost image restored.

In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do this, but, in
this case, theres no DVD drive.

Any ideas best way to do it?

I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp and dos, and
then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 27 Jul 2010 09:25
Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console for advanced users:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/EN-US

BertieBigBollox(a)gmail.com wrote:
> Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user with an
> easy way to get back to the default installation in case they screw
> things up.
>
> I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a saved ghost
> image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted to the partion and the
> ghost image restored.
>
> In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do this, but, in
> this case, theres no DVD drive.
>
> Any ideas best way to do it?
>
> I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp and dos, and
> then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?
From: Mark Adams on 27 Jul 2010 11:19


"BertieBigBollox(a)gmail.com" wrote:

> Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user with an
> easy way to get back to the default installation in case they screw
> things up.
>
> I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a saved ghost
> image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted to the partion and the
> ghost image restored.
>
> In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do this, but, in
> this case, theres no DVD drive.
>
> Any ideas best way to do it?
>
> I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp and dos, and
> then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?
> .
>

I know Acronis true Image can be set up to boot from a flash drive. An
Acronis image of the operating system could be stored on the "recovery"
partition, the machine booted from the flash drive and the image restored to
the C: drive. I suppose if the machine can be set up with a boot manager to
choose which partition boots at startup; you could set up Acronis to boot
from the "recovery" partition and also store the image on that same partition.

This is still not a sound recovery plan because if the hard drive fails, it
takes the recovery with it. Better to keep the recovery image on a USB hard
drive and use Acronis (Ghost, or whatever you use to create the image) on the
flash drive to recover the image.
From: Mark Adams on 27 Jul 2010 11:20


"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console for advanced users:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058/EN-US
>


Gee, PA. I don't think Recovery Console can create and restore recovery
images.


> BertieBigBollox(a)gmail.com wrote:
> > Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user with an
> > easy way to get back to the default installation in case they screw
> > things up.
> >
> > I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a saved ghost
> > image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted to the partion and the
> > ghost image restored.
> >
> > In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do this, but, in
> > this case, theres no DVD drive.
> >
> > Any ideas best way to do it?
> >
> > I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp and dos, and
> > then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?
> .
>
From: Db on 27 Jul 2010 12:05
in the past I did create a dual
boot for xp.

the secondary disk was
a virgin windows and used
to work on the main disk
with the initial xp installation.

however, the above was
simply created created by
installing xp with is setup
cd and selecting a secondary
disk.

I think the above would be
the best route to use because
you could save the ghost
on the secondary drive

then use the virgin windows
to initiate the ghost onto
the main drive.

the only thing that I am
not experienced with is
to make the main drive
bootable after you install
the ghost.

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> Is it possible to do this? Need this to roll out to a user with an
> easy way to get back to the default installation in case they screw
> things up.
>
> I'd like to dual boot the PC but have a partition with a saved ghost
> image in. Then if needs be PC could be booted to the partion and the
> ghost image restored.
>
> In the past, I've created bootable ghost DVDs which do this, but, in
> this case, theres no DVD drive.
>
> Any ideas best way to do it?
>
> I'm guesiing it could be done by dual booting Pc with xp and dos, and
> then setting up DOS same as I do for DVD boot?

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