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I'm trying to open up a ghost program in DOS and am getting the error: Load Error: No DPMI Memory. Does anybody know a way around this? Thanks!

"DOS"?
As per Google - maybe try editing config.sys:
device=c:\dos\himem.sys /numhandles=128
(depending on file locations & boot device, natch)
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Thanks for the help. I tried adding it and still get nothing. I don't really understand what the DPMI memory is and why the computer has this problem. It is a old Dell Optiplex GX1 (Circa 97') It has 64mb of ram on a PII. Any ideas? Thanks.

Well, I'm not familiar with that specific error - although DPMI (DOS Protected Mode Interface) would seem to indicate an issue with the DOS extender - usually cwsdpmi.exe
DOS extenders allow DOS applications to access memory beyond the paltry 640K normally available.
Sorry - not too sure what else to suggest other than googling (or using different/newer disk cloning software)
Computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps only weigh 1 1/2 tons.
- Popular Mechanics, 1949

http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/DOS_Protected_Mode_Interface.html
It would appear you are using a WINDOWS version of GHOST which uses PC(Norton)DOS, this version of DOS which in my opinion has many issues seems to be the cause, and maybe you should try re-creating the DOS Disks from within Windows. Later versions of Ghost are after all Windows software..

DPMI=DOS Protected Mode Interface
Most likely you need a DOS memory extender like DOS/4GW. It should have came with the program and it should reside in the directory where the program is installed.
Check out this page for the free DOS/4GW replacement binaries:

OR get your FREE cwsdpmi here -
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