Windows won't reboot after Norton Ghost
I just ran Norton Ghost (Norton Systemworks 2003) on my WinXP Pro machine and now it won't reboot to Windows. It keeps booting to PC-DOS 7.1 and it will not return to Windows despite selecting that option on the boot menu. I've tried GhReboot.exe but after executing the program, the cursor just sits there and nothing happens. I've tried to execute GDISK.EXE also to manually restore the Windows partition and make it active, but it does the same thing with the cursor. Did Ghost mess up my hard drive (SATA type)?
Is there ANY way to manually recover the partition and make it active again? My last backup was about 3 weeks ago and I hate to lose what's been added since then. Thanks very much!
gdisk with /i switch will help
I don't know if any one needs this info any more but here it goes.
On my computer, Ghost 2003 have problem with the IDE controller (SATA drives).
If your computer freezes before Ghost can completly load up then try this:
To Run Ghost.exe - Boot up to DOS (not Windows) and type "Ghost.exe /noide" in Ghost directory. (/noide disable the ide controller)
If you are stuck in Virtual Mode then you will need to use gdisk.exe to set Window partition to active state and then delete the virtual partition.
Add "/i" to the end of every gdisk command and it should work.
exemple: gdisk /status /i (show status of all hard drive)
exemple: gdisk 2 /status /i (show status of disk 2)
exemple: gdisk 2 /act /p:x /i (set partition x on disk 2 active (your Windows partition))
exemple: gdisk 2 /del /p:y /i (delete partion y on disk 2 (your virtual partition))