Copying an image from a DVD

Use the same program you used to make the image to copy the image back to the computer.....

create a bootable USB with ghost, from there you can choose which drive will be loaded with the ghost image.

You also have the option to create a boot dvd then copy that image onto that boot dvd so everything would be on one DVD disk (ghost and the image files). This option is only if you don't have a spare flash disk sitting around that you want to dedicate it for ghost.

The ghost images were burnt onto the DVD rather than being done by any software

Normally we use a bootable ghost disk and point to which image we want to load from a network share.

However, this is not being done at work. I have been given the image that needs to go onto the PC but without being surrounded by the work tools and software (which have made me dumb) I have no idea how I'd get the image onto the pc

Could I load something onto the same DVD as the image files that would cause it to boot up using some software and then I could just say look in the same DVD for the image?

Or would I need some bootable disk that would boot something up and then I could remove that CD and pop in the DVD???

Seriously confused with what should be an easy task

attempt to boot with the CD, what happens?

You need a Ghost bootable CD/USB, and then you can point it to the DVD to restore generally.

If this is a newer version, then you may need A base Windows install first, and then ghost for Windows.

Ghost bootable will reside in RAM once booted to the main menu, and then you can remove the boot  CD, and insert the data DVD.

I hope this helps !

@ SysExpert: That sounds like exactly what I need....any idea for a site where I can download one?

some info on a (slightly older) version of Ghost
http://ghost.radified.com/bootable_cd_dvd.htm

but I think your easiest option is to get hold of the original Ghost CDs if possible.

Dont have a flash disk..or know what the winPE is

Can I create a boot cd with the Ghost solution trail?

You should be able to

WinPE is compact version of windows operating system which can be booted off from a CD or a flash disk. Key thing to know about it is that it is a full 32-bit os which supports more hardware and is faster because it has better driver support. The old boot disk that we used to use back in the days were dos based, which was fine in the past, but now we have Gigabit Network cards and SATA controllers and in order to utilize the full capabilities of the hardware while we are imaging we need 32-bit OS not the old 16-bit dos.

Thanks.

Emil Gasparian
www.gasparian.us

Thanks for all the info..will have to test it out on Monday. May have to wait until end of the week to hear how everything went.

The trail version didn't let me copy an image that I had in the dvd drive..something about being limited via trail version. Ended up using a friend's "Recovery tools" cd which had some other ghost s/w which done the trick

Limited by trail version. But would have done exactly what i needed if i had full version