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radified guide to norton ghost symantec using automated batch files to create back up images norton ghost support community forum faq p a g e f i f t e e n o f f i f t e e n norton ghost automated batch files the following info comes from dick shogren personally i have never made or used an automated batch file but many readers have inquired about the best way to configure one read this entire section before creating a batch file here goes hi rad i run a shop where i work on almost all types of pcs except macs i see lots of customers who destroy their systems it s usually faster to simply backup their critical data files and re install windows winme offered hope with system restore but i found it to be unreliable i m still doing very little with xp so i don t know if it s any better i needed a simple way for customers to back up their c drive ghost is hardly user friendly what follows is a batch file that does exactly this it is accessed via either a desktop icon or an item within the ghost menu i typically add it as a menu item called easy backup it will run directly within windows without booting to a floppy note that this routine assumes you have either a 2nd partition or a second drive and that it is setup as the d drive or d partition you can easily modify the file to your own liking if you use other drive letter assignments the resultant image file is created using high compression one advantage of this batch file is that it allows you to keep a total of 5 image files this can also be modified as desired if hard drive space is a problem this file is used with ghost v6 i have not tested it with any other versions as you may have discovered you can t always restore an image created with a different version there may be some glitches if the image is spanned larger than 2 gb if anyone has suggestions or comments feel free to let me know here s the routine for the batch file rem ghost backup routine from c partition to d partition rem with image date rotation from oldest to newest if exist d save5 gho goto full if exist d save4 gho ren d save4 gho save5 gho if exist d save3 gho ren d save3 gho save4 gho if exist d save2 gho ren d save2 gho save3 gho if exist d save1 gho ren d save1 gho save2 gho full echo you have 5 ghost backup files on your hard drive echo would you like to remove the oldest one choice if errorlevel 1 goto del1 del1 del d save1 gho if exist d save5 gho ren d save5 gho save1 gho if exist d save4 gho ren d save4 gho save5 gho if exist d save3 gho ren d save3 gho save4 gho if exist d save2 gho ren d save2 gho save3 gho if exist d save1 gho ren d save1 gho save2 gho c progra 1 norton 1 0 ghost exe clone mode pdump src 1 1 dst d save1 z2 if one didn t want to be prompted prior to the final operation i think you could add sure to the final line thanks dick update 06 feb 2003 ron kuper writes to say rad dick s batch file has a small flaw that will cause the program to proceed even if the user presses n for no the flaw choice if errorlevel 1 goto del1 del1 when making a choice statement in dos the errorlevel check must go backwards from top to bottom since choice will issue all the errorlevels from 1 to the choice made in this example we have 2 choices y or n if user presses y for yes choice will return with errorlevel 1 alone however if the user will press n for no choice will return with errorlevel 1 2 so the statement if errorlevel 1 goto del1 will be true in both cases a correct form of the batch file and all other batch files for that matter will be if errorlevel 2 goto end for our example the batch with the correction rem ghost backup routine from c partition to d partition rem with image date rotation from oldest to newest if exist d save5 gho goto full if exist d save4 gho ren d save4 gho save5 gho if exist d save3 gho ren d save3 gho save4 gho if exist d save2 gho ren d save2 gho save3 gho if exist d save1 gho ren d save1 gho save2 gho full echo you have 5 ghost backup files on your hard drive echo would you like to remove the oldest one choice if errorlevel 2 goto end del1 del d save1 gho if exist d save5 gho ren d save5 gho save1 gho if exist d save4 gho ren d save4 gho save5 gho if exist d save3 gho ren d save3 gho save4 gho if exist d save2 gho ren d save2 gho save3 gho if exist d save1 gho ren d save1 gho save2 gho c progra 1 norton 1 0 ghost exe clone mode pdump src 1 1 dst d save1 z2 end ron kuper update 28 august 2006 an interesting thread developed recently in the rad community forums which proposes the fully automated creation of weekly back up images via a batch file with ghost 2003 for the owner of an architectural business located in mobile who is responsible for periodically backing up a bevy of business computers the proposed solution is elegant see here how to setup automated weekly ghost of running operating system windows update here is another batch file from maurice taquino he writes to say i wrote my own batch file to image various partitions i m familiar with dos batch files but certainly no expert so i was glad to have an example to start with i especially like the file name rotation scheme however i don t think the one posted earlier works as intended i did make the suggested change to the script regarding the errorlevel and also added an abort step so i could more easily tell when where things were ending but essentially my test batch file is the same as that posted earlier substituting a dos copy statement for the ghost batch commands to copy a text file makes it easier to test the renaming logic for any noobies reading this you can run these tests easily from windows by opening one folder view with your test bat file and another with a view of the target folder you will see the results immediately the are 2 main problems with the earlier batch file 1 there are two renaming blocks and both are run every time until after file 5 is created 2 the most recent archive 1 is deleted rather than the oldest 5 i realize batch files are like system configurations highly personal for me i don t care about the oldest archive if the max is present and i need to make room for a new save1 then the oldest one should be deleted without asking me and the batch should continue my own version of this batch file is echo off cls echo echo ghost backup hit ctrl c to abort otherwise echo echo note ghostpe will pause until you manually press ok echo for each image dump echo pause cls ghost backup routine from c partition to d partition with image date rotation from oldest to newest rename files this step ages the filenames by increasing each by 1 check for max number 5 is the oldest backup if max of backups reached delete the file if max not reached so what continue if exist h save_c5 gho del h save_c5 gho if exist h save_c4 gho ren h save_c4 gho save_c5 gho if exist h save_c3 gho ren h save_c3 gho save_c4 gho if exist h save_c2 gho ren h save_c2 gho save_c3 gho if exist h save_c1 gho ren h save_c1 gho save_c2 gho if exist h venus_5 gho del h venus_5 gho if exist h venus_4 gho ren h venus_4 gho venus_5 gho if exist h venus_3 gho ren h venus_3 gho venus_4 gho if exist h venus_2 gho ren h venus_2 gho venus_3 gho if exist h venus_1 gho ren h venus_1 gho venus_2 gho image drive1 partition1 a ghost ghostpe exe clone mode pdump src 1 1 dst h save_c1 gho z2 fx a ghost ghostpe exe chkimg h save_c1 gho fx image drive1 partition2 a ghost ghostpe exe clone mode pdump src 1 2 dst h venus_1 gho z2 fx a ghost ghostpe exe chkimg h venus_1 gho fx end echo done please reboot now exit here s another note and problem solving config sys autoexec bat from mr j houston from viet nam for those of you who receive the following error message upon restore or checking a ghost image error image file not created with norton ghost i recently imaged a hard drive following your instructions to split the files into 630 meg chunks i couldn t burn the images directly as ghost is incompatible with my cd burner so i saved the images to a hard drive and later burned them to to cd rs using nero when i did a test restoration the ghost program produced an error message that read error image file not created with norton ghost which is a technical support document this support document advises to assign a drive letter 1 open norton ghost 2003 2 click options 3 choose external storage driver settings 4 check assign drive letters this is impossible running ghost from dos to overcome this impediment i rewrote a config sys and autoexec bat that installed the usual drivers for a cd rom drive and the called ghost exe from the cd rom this worked perfectly with ghost detecting a drive letter for the cd drive and properly installing the 5 images stored on 5 cd roms without difficulty for completeness config sys menu menuitem fromflpy this computer was started from a ghost boot disk menuitem fromcd this computer was started from a ghost bootable cd fromflpy fromcd common device oakcdrom sys d cd1 device btdosm sys device flashpt sys device btcdrom sys d cd2 device aspi2dos sys device aspi8dos sys device aspi4dos sys device aspi8u2 sys device inicd sys d cd3 lastdrive z config sys autoexec bat echo off set tz gho 05 00 mouse com cls lh mscdex exe d cd1 d cd2 d cd3 echo loading if config fromflpy goto flpyboot if config fromcd goto cdboot goto failed flpyboot echo insert ghost boot disk 2 containing ghost exe pause if exist a ghost ghost exe goto ghostfnd goto flpyboot cdboot echo insert ghost boot disk 2 containing ghost exe echo to run ghost exe from a hard disk or cd press ctrl c at the following prompt echo then change to the appropriate drive letter and type ghost pause if not exist b ghost ghost exe goto cdboot b goto ghostfnd ghostfnd cd ghost echo loading ghost exe forceusb force1394 goto end failed echo unknown boot menu selection goto end end autoexec bat i made the first cd rom bootable and copied these files along with oakcdrom sys btdosm sys flashpt sys btcdrom sys aspi2dos sys aspi8dos sys aspi4dos sys aspi8u2 sys inicd sys mscdex exe command com mouse com mouse ini inicd sys ibmbio com ibmdos com as well as ghost ghost exe into the root of the cd rom and it became a standalone set of back up cd roms there is no rocket science involved but it eliminates that error image file not created with norton ghost when restoring or checking an image file in closing i want to express my appreciation of the hard work that you have obviously put into your web site and it has proved invaluable to me as i sit in a technologically isolated area j houston buon me thuot daklak province central highlands vietnam see here for more batch file wizardry you might find helpful these are customized for a particular system but you might be able to edit them to your particular system provided by the c man one of the web s best sources for batch file wizardry is here rob s before closing i want to take a minute to mention shameless plug a few other radified guides that you might find helpful for example the aspi drivers guide is currently the site s second most requested feature and is translated into more languages than any other site guide the guide to ripping cd audio mp3 encoding receives more kudos than any other the guide to booting from a scsi hard drive is my personal favorite espousing a hybrid approach to disk storage i received more reader input for the asus cusl2 motherboard user s guide than any other doc s fdisk partitioning guide is referenced by several universities doc s guide comes with a companion titled hard drive partitioning strategies the guide to the best software programs applications is growing the fastest the intel northwood pentium 4 cpu takes a look at the 0 13 micron p4 processor from intel there s also a page containing a sample of pc benchmarks for making comparisons including links to benchmarking programs the newest addition is a windows xp installation guide and several others shameless plug norton ghost support community forum faq p a g e f i f t e e n o f f i f t e 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