Win2K Ghost problem

[ssmokee]

I had Ubuntu installed (ext3) on my laptop to try it out, and now im trying to restore my win2k image (NTFS). After I restore the win2k image (the image was taken using partition to image method) and try to boot, I get a GRUB boot loader error (obviously because Ubuntu is no longer there). If I boot to DOS from floppy/CD and run "fdisk /mbr" then win2k will boot. Im guessing that if I try to restore my Ubuntu image now I will have to boot from cd in rescue mode and get GRUB to rewrite the bootloader. Is there a way I can get ghost to save AND restore the MBR when imaging so I can avoid this BS?

In this setup I will always be using the "partition to image" and "image to partition" methods since the laptop only has one hard disk.

Edited March 12, 2006 by ssmokee

[cluberti]

Yes - you need to image the disk, not just the partition. If you only image a partition, you don't clone the MBR, and thus results in the problem you are seeing. If you can, boot to the Windows 2000 CD and open the recovery console. Run the fixboot and fixmbr commands and reboot. All should be fixed once you've done that.

Edited March 12, 2006 by cluberti

[ssmokee]

Yes - you need to image the disk, not just the partition. If you only image a partition, you don't clone the MBR, and thus results in the problem you are seeing.

Well that totally screws up my plan. Is there any other drive imaging software that will let me do partition to partition with or without the MBR? Even if there was a program that just dealt with saving/restoring the MBR that would be fine.

[jftuga]

Try this:

http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/

I have only used their BootIt NG, but they also have Image for Windows and Image for DOS which appears to do the same thing as Ghost.

-John