Hi All, I have a problem and maybe you can help me with it. I want to create a bootable ghost image, only I want it to be bootable and selectable from the boot menu (boot.ini). The thing is that C: HAS to be NTFS. The ghost partition can be Fat or NTFS. So in other words, how can I create a bootable ghost Image from Hard Disk?? Thanx in advance :)

The original Hard Drive File Structure is not a factor in creating a bootable CDROM. Ghost stores the entire Disk Drive Or Partition (all folders, sub filders, files, MFT, security [if NTFS], etc) into a single or Spanned (multiple images) GHO Image file. The file can be restored in various ways, 1 of which is vai bootable CD. The problem here is that if the Original Image exceeds the capacity of a CDROM, it MUST be spaned to cover multiple CDRoms. At that point the administration and restore process can become lengthy and teadious, thus voiding any time savings gained by centeralizing OS deployment. Anyways check out How to create a bootable CD that can restore a Ghost image. Document ID:2000030611414425 http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/8477deaaaafc102288256b1e00704619/fdd881a565c6e0008525689a005b8792?OpenDocument&prod=Symantec%20Ghost&ver=7.5&src=ent&pcode=symghost&dtype=corp&svy=&prev=&miniver=symghost_75 (it's one continuous URL). It's more pratical to store images on a Centeralized Server and deploy via Ghost Administration Console or Gohst boot Disk.. Good Luck

Thx for your reply, but it's not exactly what i mean. The image must be bootable from the Hard Drive. Creating a bootable cd image is easy. The user should see something like this when booting: Windows 2000 professional Norton Ghost Restore It should follow the same procedure like when you are using a ghost disc. But PC dos cant handle NTFS. Users should be able to choose for them selves, so the ghost administration console is not an option for me.

that doesn't make sense why you would want a GHOST restore option in the boot.ini of the noraml boot sequence. and then you want it on CDrom. I know how ghost works, DOS, Multicast, Unicast, CDrom, USB, etc. I know how to make a CDROM auto restore a ghost image, make a cdrom work like a floppy, restore from a netowkr boot disk, a ghost boot disk, and so on. But I don't know what, "C: HAS to be NTFS. The ghost partition can be Fat or NTFS" - has to do with a bootable restore image using the boot.ini you say, " It should follow the same procedure like when you are using a ghost disc " - using a gohst floppy boot disk, where you pick Disk to Disk or Disk from Image or what ? sorry - it's not very clear what you are trying to achive...

Thx again for your info. I want to achieve the following: A selection in the operating system menu. So that I can select to restore an image, without having to insert any disk. And C: has to be NTFS because that is what the company uses for a file system. for example, normally u get something like this: Windows 2000 professional Windows XP Professional So in the boot menu(boot.ini), there are entries to 2 seperate partitions. Now I want an entry to a partition that has an image file on it, and that automatically restores the image to the c: partition. Normally I do this via disc, but my employer wants me to automate this, if possible that is. I hope this explains my situation a little better than before. (every user has his own image, with all his data and settings) Thanx again!

What you could do is create another Primary Partition put the image on that. Add this to the boot loader or install another boot loader that will handle multi partitions. There are some free ones out there. You can even protect them from people. after creating another primary partition you could just put the image on it. You dont really need it to be NTFS because you are really using it for anything except restoring the image back to the system.