Norton Ghost Clone Windows 98 OS Boot Issue
I have a clone of a hard drive I have loaded up on a new hard drive. The clone was of a Windows 98 machine. I have no problem loading the image on a new drive but when put in the computer with the bad drive, I cannot get it to boot. I selected the option to make the new drive boot-able in Norton and can see all the files on the new drive when I did the restore. When in the bios, I can see that the new drive is being recognized, but one the computer passes the DELL flash screen, I never get the Windows 98 splash screen.
Can anyone help with suggestions?
Can anyone help with suggestions?
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I need the clone with software that cannot be obtained any longer
Is the image you cloned from working or not?
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Yes the image was complete no errors. It's almost like the cloned drive doesn't know it's supposed to be the boot drive
I would make another clone. Make sure you are using an IDE drive to receive the clone because Windows 98 does not know anything about SATA and cannot deal with it.
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Yeah. Definitely IDE
Here are the steps I use to make a clone with Ghost.
1. Turn off computer to be imaged.
2. Boot from Bootable USB key. USB hard drive to hold image must also be plugged in.
3. Start computer, Press F12 to get Boot Menu, Select USB.
4. Ghost will start.
5. Go to Options.
6. (a) Click on Image Tape tab
(b) Select Image Boot and Accept <--- This step is needed to make the image bootable.
(c) Then Local -> Disk -> Image
7. Select source Hard Drive to be imaged (likely already highlighted)
8. Use the Pull Down to select the image target location
9. Proceed leads to Compress (Yes) and select Default (Fast), then OK
10. After a few minutes, image creation should begin.
1. Turn off computer to be imaged.
2. Boot from Bootable USB key. USB hard drive to hold image must also be plugged in.
3. Start computer, Press F12 to get Boot Menu, Select USB.
4. Ghost will start.
5. Go to Options.
6. (a) Click on Image Tape tab
(b) Select Image Boot and Accept <--- This step is needed to make the image bootable.
(c) Then Local -> Disk -> Image
7. Select source Hard Drive to be imaged (likely already highlighted)
8. Use the Pull Down to select the image target location
9. Proceed leads to Compress (Yes) and select Default (Fast), then OK
10. After a few minutes, image creation should begin.
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Those steps would be good if it wasn't Windows 98.
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How big is the hard drive?
Did you try to start the computers from the 98 setup disc to see if the partition is visible? I yes - perform "sys c:" to make the HDD bootable.
Did you try to start the computers from the 98 setup disc to see if the partition is visible? I yes - perform "sys c:" to make the HDD bootable.
@pjnutt - Thank you and I was happy to help.
If you have the CAB files on the Windows 98 install CD, it is just a easy to copy the CAB files onto the hard drive and install Windows 98 fresh.