Re: Did Ghost 2003 messed up the partition table ?

[Dan <dan27649@xxxxxxxxx>]

Chris,

Perhaps by now you've found something that works for you.  If not, you
might want to check out www.bootitng.com.  I have had great success
with this software, saved my butt numerous times as I was dealing with
Windows registry problems awhile ago.  Fred Langa also liked it.

- Dan

On 7/23/05, Chris Spirinckx <Chris5.Spirinckx@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Dan,
> 
> Browsing this side made me more and more convinced that I need to find a
> replacement for Ghost…
> 
> It also lead me to these sites :
> 1) http://www.diydatarecovery.nl
> Using this Demo-tool showed me exactly what was going on.
> Resolving the problem however was not allowed without registration.
> 
> 2) http://www.goodells.net/multiboot/ptedit.htm
> This site explained the MBR in detail
> and the usage of PowerQuest's Partition Table Editor (ptedit.exe)
> 
> Not having a lot of confidence in Partition Magic,
> I booted in DOS and used this PTEDIT
> Blanked out the FAT32-entry from Ghost and rebooted in WinXP.
> The Diskmanager now showed the correct disk size with one partition
> as it used to be !
> 
> Removed the Virtual partition-file that Ghost has created in C:\
> Finally I uninstalled Ghost 2003 on both of my PC's.
> 
> So you may not have giving me the answer, you certainly lead me to it !
> 
> 
> Many thanks for the input,
> 
> 
> Chris
> 
> PS : Has any one any experiences with the products of Acronis  ?
> http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/