Ghost Solution Suite

i need to make a batch to create an image in boot time to my partition 1 at drive 0 but i can not save image to new folder with any name
to my destination partition .
ghost.exe it.s can do only save to root of partition as a destination.

and an another question for some error that i get in mostly
case i need use partition magic in batch command to just format some defined partiion  in my drive
that is have all parttion as ntfs that is mean i can't get Letter to any partition.
and for farther way need to use two this cammnd in my batch for some Maintenance use as an admin.

thanks a lot

ziadinfosys@yahoo.com

Are you running your batch file under DOS or WinPE?

You could use SUBST to map a drive letter to a specific folder path and then reference that drive letter in your batch file.

If you have SATA hard disks you may find that DOS cannot see them unless the bios has a compatibility mode option and the option is set.

thanks a lot ,

my ver is ghost 2003 (8.0) under dos system.

What hardware are you trying to image, and what operating system?

I assume your first language is not English, so I would like to check whether I understand your original question correctly.

Are you trying to create a DOS boot device that will boot up, create an image of the C: partition to the D: partition and then terminate?

Also - one more question. If you boot your system to DOS, can you see files and folders on both the source and the target partitions?

first of  all thanks again and again for your feedback.

second your assume is right my first language is arabic and i'am from egypt do you come before?

and which word that let you know about my poor english?

my system on c: is mostly xp and my hdd is sata mostly too that's have all drive as ntfs.

but my batch or ghost not exactly  terminate it's just could save to root of partition d:\

but i need to save to d:\ghost\        (folder).

thanks another time and i hope to do right down my english this time.

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The save destination is specified with the dst switch. Have a look at this tech article:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH106615&locale=en_US

In your case, the dst parameter would be set to d:\ghost\filename.gho

Perhaps if you can specify the ghost command line you are using we can check if it is correct.

In reply to your question about language, it is not a single word that tells me your first language is not English - it is more about the sentence structure. For example:

second your assume is right my first language is arabic and i'am from egypt

would normally be written:

Secondly, your assumption is right, my first language is Arabic and I'm from Egypt. (I am not sure what you were asking by "do you come before?" - could it be: "have you been to Egypt before?")

The apostrophe in I'm indicates that one or more letters have been omitted.

Hence I'm is short for I am,  I've is short for I have,  I'll is short for I will.

Hope this helps! 

first of all i need to from my self.

and i'll try to rid on my poor english with use numeric arrange not other.

1- Let me Reply from bottom to tob or from your last line to first.

2- "Hope this helps!" ,yeah it's help in fact just your attention is greatly helpful (as my subject said).

3- "Hence I'm is short for I am"  .....to ....."In reply to your question about language"  let me say that you

     take me flashback to my school so i'm very ashamed

4- "have you been to Egypt before"  yeah but where is your answer ?

5- "you were asking by "do you come before?" - could it be: "have you been to Egypt before?")"  does i'm

      wrong here in normal english or at least in short english because your movies that comes as a rain

      on our head - and we are so enjoy with- it's do more things with us and i think in short english this is

      right " do you come before" .

6- "it is not a single word that tells me your first language is not English" it's make me know that i'm not smart because you right it's it's not a single word only it's in spelling and structure and more mistakes

7- "Perhaps if you can specify the ghost command line you are using we can check if it is correct"

    i use this "ghost.exe -clone,mode=pcreate,src=1:1,dst=1:2\Win_Xp.gho -rb -auto -z9"

    and it's work fine but i need to put image file in a new folder named with ghost under root o d:\

    but when i used this

    "ghost.exe -clone,mode=pcreate,src=1:1,dst=1:2\ghost\Win_Xp.gho -rb -auto -z9"

    i get error message that meaning i should to create this folder first, here that the problem because i have a drive which has all drive as ntfs, Perhapsi could to create this folder with dos command like md

   only if my partition was as fat32 ,you understand what i want exactly.

8- "look at this tech article ....." i have been looked this time and before but nothing to help.

9- maybe it's more helpful at online chating on my yahoo, if you would plaese.

10- finaly step , i hope  if you do not note any mistakes again about my english

     plaese and please do not let me cry

Try this line:

 "ghost.exe -clone,mode=pcreate,src=1:1,dst=d:\ghost\Win_Xp.gho -rb -auto -z9"

However, if you are not sure if d:\ghost exists, then you can create it first. The following batch code checks if the folder exists and skips to :NEXT if it does, or if it does not exist, creates it first. However, as you point out, this code would only work on a FAT32 partition unless you are running under WinPE rather than just PCDOS.

IF EXIST D:\GHOST\NUL GOTO NEXT

CD D:\

MD GHOST

:NEXT

Should you wish to get familiar with WinPE, you could reference this article:

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/readyadventures-winpe

It uses the same version of WinPE as the version that is included with the latest Ghost Solution Suite.

I have not visited Egypt, but my mother was there with the Polish medical forces during the second world war, and had many fond memories of the country and the people.

any way. thanks at all and the time that i steal from you.

if you excuse me i have intrude on you site so i saw your lovely wife and hope you happy life.

and about egypt if you take my advice you should to try vist it as your mother.

i'm very new with WinPE

so i'll try it

all this day from correspondence it's only about my first part from my issue the second is

"and an another question for some error that i get in mostly
case i need use partition magic in batch command to just format some defined partiion  in my drive
that is have all parttion as ntfs that is mean i can't get Letter to any partition."

Using WinPE, you can use the built in utility "Diskpart" to both wipe and format partitions, assign drive letter s and set partitions active.

Within Ghost, the GDISK.EXE utility can do much the same from within a DOS environment.