How to use Ghost to make a back up of your OS

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Download this site in Adobe Acrobat from

Ghosting.pdf

Copy each file in to notepad and save with supplied name. You can, and will most likely have to modify some of these commands to fit your needs.

cut after line

start Autoexec.bat

@echo off

A:\MSCDEX.EXE /D:CDROM /M:12 /L:E

mouse.com

cls

:mainmenu

cls

echo MAIN MENU

echo.

echo (a) Ghost

echo (b) LPT Master with spaning

echo (c) LPT Slave

echo (d) backup c:

echo (e) restore c: make sure CD is in CD Recorder R:

echo (f) GHOST with span

echo (g) Exit

echo ________________________________________________________________________ choice /n /c:abcdefg ?

echo.

if errorlevel 7 goto exit

if errorlevel 6 goto ghosts

if errorlevel 5 goto restore

if errorlevel 4 goto backup

if errorlevel 3 goto lps

if errorlevel 2 goto lpm

if errorlevel 1 goto Ghost

:Ghost

cls

echo starting Ghost

@echo off

A:\Ghost

goto mainmenu

:lpm

cls

echo ghost in lpt master mode

@echo off

a:\ghost.exe @lpm.txt

goto exit

:lps cls Ghost in lpt slave mode

echo

@echo off

a:\ghost.exe -lps

goto mainmenu

:back up

cls

echo Ghost back up, hold

@echo off a:\ghost.exe @ back.txt

goto mainmenu

:restore

echo restorng drive hold, make sure CD is in drive

@echo off

a:\ghost.exe @restore.txt

goto mainmenu

:lpm cls echo setting Ghost to span

@echo off

a:\ghost.exe @span.txt

goto mainmenu

:exit

c:\

end autoexec, stop cut above line.

Next cut this, save as a text file "backup.txt"

-SPLIT=600

-autoname

-z

-skip=@skipa.txt

-clone,mode=pdump,src=1:1,dst=D:\backup\back.gho

-RB

end cut of backup.

Start of "lpm.txt"

-lpm

-SPLIT=620

-autoname

-z

end of lpm.txt

start of restore.txt

-clone,mode=pload,src=g:\back.gho:1,dst=1:1

end of restore.txt

start of "Skipa.txt"

\recycled\

end of skipa.txt

start of "span.txt"

-SPLIT=600

-autoname

-z

-skip=@skipa.txt

end of span.txt.

you should now have 1 autoexec.bat file, and 5 text files. Now make a bootable floppy, copy these text files to that floppy. Add your copy of Ghost. Make a folder on the floppy for your CD-ROM drivers. Add a Config.sys with a line like this,

example of Config.sys

device=A:\CDROM\oakcdrom.sys /D:CDROM

and add these files to the root of the floppy,

Choice.com

Mouse.com

Mscdex.exe

You can find these files on your HD, do a search for them.

now you should have a bootable floppy with these files on it

Choice.com

Mouse.com

Mscdex.exe

Ghost.exe

autoexec.bat

config.sys

backup.txt

lpm.txt

restore.txt

skipa.txt

span.txt

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