Manually Restoring the Ghost Image

1. Obtain the ptedit.exe utility. If you have a Partition Magic CD, locate the file ptedit.exe on it, or else download an older version from
here). Copy the file to some place you will e ale to run it from when ooted to D!", such as a floppy dis#, CD, or $"% flash drive.
&. Bypass the Dell MBR. %oot to D!", load a mouse driver, and run ptedit. $se ptedit to change the '(ype' code of the third partition
from 'D%' to ')C'. Ma#e the third partition active y changing the '%oot' indicator to '*)'. +,ote there must e only one '*)', so -ero out
the '*)' in any other rows.) ,ow when you reoot, the third partition will ecome the C. partition.
/. Boot to DOS. 0ou cannot oot directly from the third partition ecause you won't e ale to #eep its autoexec.at file from running
automatically. "o oot from a Win98 boot disk. ,ote a D!" 1.& or 2in34 oot dis# will not e ale to access the third partition
ecause of its 56(/& format, so ma#e sure you use a 2in3* or later oot dis#. !nce you've ooted to +usually) the 6. prompt, switch
to C. and you should e ale to see all files in the restore partition.
7. Restore the Ghost image. 8aunch c.9in9recover.exe. 8ocate the source file, c.9img9fi.gho, and restore it to the dis#'s second partition.
Warning: Do not use c.9at9recover.at. (his is a script file to run recover.exe without user intervention while within the D":
environment. "ince you are not letting D": go through it's normal system pre;chec#s, it is unwise to let recover.exe run without user
intervention.
4. Restore the partition table. 8aunch ptedit again and change the partition;type ytes to their regular values +D<, )=, and D%) and
ma#e the second partition the active partition. +<s decir poner en la columna oot >ue le corresponde *) y todos los dem?s en )))
(he restored 2indows partition will startup the next time the computer is ooted.
Manual Recovery from a DOS-Style DSR Partition - Step-by-Step
(Note: these screens show the Norton Ghost 2003 program. However, the Dell recover.exe program will look nearly ientical to this.!
Step 01: Open the restore
partition
"oot to D#$ %rom the Dsr%ix &D.
't the A: prompt, enter the
comman: ! pte"it ! to la(nch
the )ower*(est )artition +a,le
-itor.
+he row %or the main .) partition
will start with #$ %# in the %irst
two col(mns. &hange to #$ ## .
+he row %or the D$/ partition will
start with D& ## in the %irst two
col(mns. &hange to #' %# .
Do not change any other %iels.
0o( sho(l have only one %# in
the &oot col(mn.
&lick the Save 'hanges ,(tton
to save the changes.
/-"##+. (' re,oot is re1(ire
%or the changes to ,e
recogni2e.!
Step 02: Start recovery
program
"oot to D#$ %rom the Dsr%ix &D.
't the A: prompt, enter the
comman: ! c: ! to switch to the
&: rive.
't the ': prompt, enter the
comman: ! c" c:(img ! to
switch to the 34G irectory.
't the ':(IMG prompt, enter
the comman: ! c:(bin(recover !
to la(nch the Dell /ecovery
(tility.
&lick O) to skip the copyright
screen.
5rom the men(, select *ocal .
Step 03: Select task
$elect Partition %rom the 6'ction6
%lyo(t men(.
$elect +rom Image %rom the
6)artition6 %lyo(t men(.
Step 04: Select image file
$elect the ': ,DellRestore-
local rive.
$elect the +I.G/O %ile.
&lick the Open ,(tton to
contin(e.
Step 05: Select source
partition
Highlight the Primary #$ 01+S
partition.
&lick the O) ,(tton to contin(e.
Step 06: Select destination
drive
$elect yo(r main har isk.
&lick the O) ,(tton to contin(e.
Step 0: Select destination
partition
$elect yo(r main .) partition.
&l(e: this sho(l always ,e a
Primary #$ 01+S partition. If
you have more than one
partition like this, make sure you
figure out and select the right
one!
&lick the O) ,(tton to contin(e.
Step 0!: "host
0o( are now reay to elete the
main .) partition on yo(r har
isk an replace it with the
image o% the partition that is in
the 53.GH# ,ack(p %ile.
&lick the 2es ,(tton to
contin(e.
Step 0#: "host
+he restore process will take
some time.
7hen it %inishes, exit %rom the
program.
Step 10: $tedit
"oot to D#$ %rom the Dsr%ix &D.
-xec(te the comman: ! pte"it !
to la(nch the )ower*(est
)artition +a,le -itor.
8no the changes yo( mae in
$tep 09.
+he row %or the main .) partition
will start with #$ ## in the %irst
two col(mns. &hange ,ack to
#$ %# .
+he row %or the D$/ partition will
start with #' %# in the %irst two
col(mns. &hange ,ack to
D& ## .
Do not change any other %iels.
0o( sho(l have only one %# in
the &oot col(mn.
&lick the Save 'hanges ,(tton
to save the changes.
%inished&
+he main .) partition sho(l now ,e restore to its contents as it was when originally shippe.
/e,oot an let the comp(ter ,oot into .).
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Saving a 'opy of the Ghost Image
!nce you discover how to manually gain access to the @host image, you may reali-e how easy it is to save a copy of the @host image onto a
DAD. ,ote this procedure re>uires a DAD urner, as the files are too large to fit on CD.
1. Obtain the ptedit32.exe utility. 6lthough you can use ptedit, there's no need to oot to D!", so it's easier to instead use ptedit's /&;it
cousin, ptedit/&. If you have a Partition Magic CD, locate the file ptedit/&.exe on it, or else download an odler version from here.
&. Expose the restore partition. 5rom BP, launch ptedit/&.exe and use it to change the '(ype' code of the third partition from 'D%' to
')C'. +,ote. you will not e reooting into D!", so do not change the active partition.) BP will now recogni-e this as an ordinary
56(/& partition, so reboot and BP should give the new partition a drive letter. 2ith a drive letter, you can easily access the files on
the partition.
/. Copy the Ghost image. Copy the following files from the restore partition to DAD.
in9mouse.exe, in9recover.exe, img9fi.gho, and any img9fi)))))C.ghs files.
7. Rehide the restore partition. 8aunch ptedit/& again and change the '(ype' code from ')C' ac# to 'D%'. :eoot and the restore
partition should e hidden again.
If you should ever need to restore from this DAD, you would oot from a D!" oot dis# that includes CD support +such as an ordinary 2in3*
oot floppy), switch to the CDDDAD drive letter, load the mouse driver, then launch recover.exe. 5rom here you would manually guide
recover.exe through the process of restoring the fi.gho image, Eust li#e @host &))/.
Note: recover.exe expects the destination partition to exist already, so use your favorite method to create a partition efore restoring the
contents into it from the image. Partition si-e is not critical, as long as it is large enough to contain the contents of the image.