Norton Ghost 2003 and SATA

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I just installed a new PC (with Windows) and wanted to backup the C (System) drive using Norton Ghost 2003. Don’t ask me why I am still using the old version instead of the new one, since this is the only one I have in my hand. The installation was just fine as well as the backup setting, then it asked me to reboot the PC. OK. Click and reboot..

After the blank screen, the ghost process notified me that there was an error and can not continue the task. It asked me to run “ghreboot“. No doubt, I run it and nothing happened. speed dating obwalden

Norton Ghost help on the web returned me nothing, except that the problem is caused by a virtual partition created by Norton Ghost as an active partition. I contacted my old friend asking for this problem and gave me a direction.  He said that Norton Ghost 2003 is not compatible with SATA devices.

Here is how to solve the problem if you face it. aargau blinddate

  1. Boot from any bootable CD from where you can run fdisk
  2. After it give you a command prompt, run: fdisk
  3. Choose to display partition and you will see a partition labeled : —VPGHOST
  4. Delete this partition
  5. Activate your Bootable Partition
  6. Exit fdisk
  7. Reboot

Voila. You should notice your Windows loading screen. Then you can install the new version of Norton Ghost 😀

Warning:  Use it at your own risk. I used Windows XP and Windows 98 for the Boot CD. spontacts thun

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12 responses to “Norton Ghost 2003 and SATA”

  1. TechPavan Avatar

    Nice to see, you too use Norton Ghost 2003… I too use the same software to backup and restore my partitions, and also for copying tasks of disk to disk or partition to partition. Its a very nice tool… I love that most reliable tool. And my above url leads to a page where I have written a tutorial on using Norton Ghost 2003 in DOS. You may please check out the article…. The snaps are not so good as they are shot on a bulge type monitor… Just check out the tutorial….

  2. Burton Snowboard Boots Avatar

    I use Norton Ghost 2003 too, it’s really easy to use and it’s come in handy SO many times…

  3. budak_bejalan Avatar

    Hii guys, anybody know what software can do backup as like Norton Ghost 2003, which full support with SATA Harddrive ? Thanks.

  4. Irfan Jafri Avatar
    Irfan Jafri

    Very good (long awaited) solution for me, Many many Thanks.

  5. marius Avatar
    marius

    saya sudah set bootable pake cd chip, dan set bios supaya baca dari cd duluan, tapi koq dia tetap booting awalnya pilihan yang norton ghost itu lagi ya? bingung deh. gimana supaya booting dulu supaya bisa di f-disk? mohon pencerahannya dong..

  6. kuo Avatar
    kuo

    guys, I got problems and do need help!
    1, I try to use Ghost 2003 to colon dual OS( xp & win7),form my laptop HD to Ghost file my desktop pc! Ghost 2003 say it succeed! but when I restore it to my laptop HD, the result is black screen from my laptop, and I try and try and try many times. and it never succeed. any ideas? thanks very much !

  7. jamenara Avatar
    jamenara

    hi GUy who have software Norton ghost 2003 plz post me !

  8. palani Avatar

    Can you send me the link for-trouble free
    free down load for Norton 2003

  9. vio Avatar
    vio

    how do i activate my boot partition after i delete de vghost partition ?

  10. mee Avatar
    mee

    best backup software

  11. samsul bahri Avatar

    salam kenal..terima kasih infonya…bisa dicoba.

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