i am trying to ghost an xp image to a windows vista laptop. but it is failing. are there any specific settings for vista to be made in bios.i tried with other laptops that came with xp and was successful.
Also can you give me the procedure of copying image using ghost and doing sysprep so that i can eliminate duplicate ssid's.
please help.
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I have a ghost image on a server. i boot from the floppy and select the image on the server and after it completes sysyem should reboot and thats it windows run normally.
But on the laptop that came with vista the ghost fails.
can you tell me the complete procedure of ghost including boot floppy in case i made any mistake in preparing ghost boot disk and also how to do sysprep whether i have to do before or after
Sounds like your HAL is different than your image will allow. There is a good chance that your vista laptop is multiprocessor and the hardware is probably not compatible with your image.
Might be time for a fresh copy of XP.
Personally I use acronis to image my drives. That way you can run repair after an image delpoyment if the HAL is not compatible.
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Before you can use the Sysprep tool, your computer hardware and related devices must meet the following requirements: " The reference and destination computers must have compatible HALs. For example, Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC)based MPS (multiprocessor systems) must use the same APIC HAL. A standard HAL Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC)based system is not compatible with either the APIC HAL or the MPS HAL.
" The reference and destination computers must have the same Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) support.
" The Plug-and-Play devices on the reference and destination computers, such as modems, sound cards, network adapters, and video cards, do not have to be from the same manufacturer. However, the drivers for these devices must be available.
" Third-party disk-imaging software or disk-duplicating hardware devices are required. These products create binary images of a computer's hard disk and either duplicate the image to another hard disk or store the image in a file on a separate disk.
" The size of the hard disk on the destination computer must be at least the same size as the hard disk on the reference computer. If the destination computer has a larger hard disk, the difference is not included in the primary partition. However, you can use the ExtendOemPartition key in the Sysprep.inf file to extend the primary partition if it was formatted by using the NTFS file system.
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by: nikdonovanauPosted on 2007-11-13 at 03:13:55ID: 20270713
You will most likely have to run a windows xp repair after the ghost if the image is not from that laptop in the first place.
I find that I usually get a bsod stop screen followed by an endless reboot loop.
Insert windows xp cd after ghost and select repair after the f8 screen.
Dont forget to run all the m$ updates shortly after.
Hope that helps