Norton Ghost - restore drive from a backup
 

Problem
I need to transfer all the installed software on a Win2k PC to another machine (long story)...

Source Computer - Windows2000
I've backed up the single harddisk which is split into 2 partitions - 1Gb C: partition and a 2Gb E: partition using Ghost

Destination Computer - Windows2000
I intend to restore this backup on ANOTHER PC which ony has a single 10 Gb partition, C:

Q: When I do the drive restore, will Ghost re-partition the single partition into the matching 2 partitions the original PC had? Or will I have to do this manually ?

Q: Or, instead of using Ghost, should I just manually re-partition the destination computer with a C: and a E: and restore from a windows backup ?

As I seem to recall if booting off floppy disk you should be given some sort of options. Normally if using a ghost back-up to restore an image or disk then it should automatically partion for you.

jpor, thanks for the comments.

All I want to do is migrate the installed software, registry etc... from one old PC to another new one. We don't have the disks for this important software anymore so I can'r reinstall it.

I'm hoping that a drive copy in GHOST will work on another PC - perhaps not straight away. Perhaps I'll need to run the Windows 2000 repair facility (when you first boot the win2000 CD)

Does anyone know of any programs that let you migrate preinstalled software onto another machine ?

The best way to do this in my opinion is to clone the disk off the first and then restore to the other Win2000 PC using ghost. Then just change the Hostname and IP on the cloned PC. This way you can then use both.

Norton will not do any partition work for you.
Make the partition yourself using fdisk.
simple.
Be very carefull, the other pc may require other drivers for simple things like processor. This may make the first clean start-up hang big time.

dipster

It might work if you are using the same family of processor but if you are switching from Intel to AMD or vice versa then I wouldn't rate your chances.

If you ghosted the entire disk then it will ask you for the partition sizes on the new disk but if you ghosted each partition seperately then it wont and you need to set the partitions before you start.

Scooby-Doo may well be correct here, cant remember if i have done it this way or not.
So what media do you have the ghost image on ? dvd ? external drive ?

I take 2 ghost images (just personal preference and the way i build them),
one for each partition.
I use a boot floppy most times, unless you have time to make up a boot cd with ghost on it.
If installing both images onto 1 drive, install the system ( C: ) first, this then gives you the option of how much space to use on the drive. Dont exit after the system image, just put the back end partition on afterwards, followed by reboot.
I use sysprep ( the old fashion way) to rename target pc, add it to domain at first boot-up. Works a treat.

U will obv have to think about the driver issues if ur target pc is different, and also think about license issues of ur specialist software needs it.
I have sample sysprep if u need it.
cheers