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Symantec Norton Ghost causes system to boot improperly after cloning hard drive image - IBM IntelliStation

Troubleshooting


Problem

After cloning or imaging a hard disk drive using Symantec Norton Ghost, the system fails to boot the operating system.

Resolving The Problem

Symptoms

After cloning or imaging a hard disk drive using Symantec Norton Ghost, the system fails to boot the operating system. This information is provided as a source of reference for those who have cloned or imaged a hard drive which, upon boot, may fail to load the operating system. This anomaly has occurred using Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows 98SE operating systems, but may not be limited to specifically those operating systems.

Affected configuration

All IBM IntelliStation systems

Solution

The information provided relates to the use of Symantec Norton Ghost as the imaging software. If another imaging software is used, it is recommended that the user contact the manufacturer of that software if this anomaly is experienced.

If Symantec Norton Ghost is used to clone or image a hard drive and, upon boot, the operating system fails to load from that hard drive enter fdisk /mbr from a DOS prompt. If fdisk /mbr is unsuccessful, refer to Symantec's web site at http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/.

Refer to these two document titles along with their document ID's for more detailed information: "Ghost compatibility with Windows 2000", Document ID: 2000020908463825; and "Error: "NTLDR is missing" or "INACCESSIBLE BOOT DEVICE on startup after cloning", Document ID 2000112817032525.

 

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

IntelliStation Pro:All operating systems listed

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-60366

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