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gunston · #1 Post by **gunston** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:28 pm

hi all,
i am a newbie, does anyone know to create Norton Bootable CD which can restore my thinkpad with the Ghost Image file store in separate partition.

Please help...
thanks

#2 Post by **Kyocera** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:31 pm

Gunston, you can make bootable CD's from your thinkpad software.

gunston · #3 Post by **gunston** » Sat Apr 08, 2006 11:57 pm

hi,
using which IBM software.?

#4 Post by **Kyocera** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:03 am

Access IBM, create recovery discs and create rescue media. If you check the on board tutorials it give a great description of the software. I have made the recovery discs for my machines, these can be used to replace the HPA on your current drive, or add your factory contents and HPA to a new drive.

ibmuser · #5 Post by **ibmuser** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:17 am

The Norton Ghost CD is bootable itself.

#6 Post by **Kyocera** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 12:28 am

you can create an image of your drive with ghost and about 6 cd using the ghost software, i have done this, it is a pain in the [censored] really. If you use the ibm software to create recovery cd's you start the program and stick the cd's in to be copied. You get one boot cd to start the process and the rest data cds.. Doing this with ghost is far more tedious than with the create recovery cd program.

gunston · #7 Post by **gunston** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:14 am

Kyocera wrote: Doing this with ghost is far more tedious than with the create recovery cd program.

hey you mean that the IBM recovery software is less tedious than Ghost? or the other way.

JHEM · #8 Post by **JHEM** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:23 am

gunston wrote:
Kyocera wrote: Doing this with ghost is far more tedious than with the create recovery cd program.
hey you mean that the IBM recovery software is less tedious than Ghost?

Yes.

Heck the FREE trial version of Acronis is better than Ghost.

Regards,

James

#9 Post by **Kyocera** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:41 am

Unfortunately there is only a 7 day free trial version of Acronis 9.

That being said, make yourself some recovery CD's with your Thinkpad software and you don't have to worry about any third party software.

ibmuser · #10 Post by **ibmuser** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 9:53 am

JHEM wrote:
gunston wrote: hey you mean that the IBM recovery software is less tedious than Ghost?
Yes.

Heck the FREE version of Acronis is better than Ghost.

Regards,

James

TrueImage is a great product to be sure, and preferences are personal - a matter of needs and wants - but I've used Ghost without issues. For one thing, restoring is slightly easier in Ghost. The wizards in Trueimage require the plug/unplug options for a virtual drive (Ghost just mounts on a spare drive letter). In my case, I need to automatically backup with the installation of applications or when a user logs on the computer - a nifty feature of Ghost. Updates are easier with Ghost and the help file is rather more helpful I would suggest. TrueImage also does not have the ability to set the number of backups. When the number of backups is exceeded, Ghost automatically deletes the oldest one. In fact, with TrueImage if you do not rename the previous backup that you want to save, True Image will overwrite it without issuing a confirmation message or warning. On the other hand TrueImage does provide a secure partition for backups.

#11 Post by **Kyocera** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:35 am

ibmuser,
TrueImage is a great product to be sure, and preferences are personal - a matter of needs and wants - but I've used Ghost without issues. For one thing, restoring is slightly easier in Ghost. The wizards in Trueimage require the plug/unplug options for a virtual drive (Ghost just mounts on a spare drive letter). In my case, I need to automatically backup with the installation of applications or when a user logs on the computer - a nifty feature of Ghost. Updates are easier with Ghost and the help file is rather more helpful I would suggest. TrueImage also does not have the ability to set the number of backups. When the number of backups is exceeded, Ghost automatically deletes the oldest one. In fact, with TrueImage if you do not rename the previous backup that you want to save, True Image will overwrite it without issuing a confirmation message or warning. On the other hand TrueImage does provide a secure partition for backups.

This is going outside the scope of what the OP is looking to accomplish, hence the recommendation to use the IBM Software built in to the machine, if that (for some reason) is not an option then Acronis for the novice user is definately the second choice for straight up imaging.

ibmuser · #12 Post by **ibmuser** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:25 am

You might have a point. Acronis is excellent to be sure.
On a side note, came by this review (mind you the comparison is to Paragon).

http://www.freewebs.com/disk_backup/howwetested.htm

gunston · #13 Post by **gunston** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:58 pm

i just wondering Acronis can create a single Bootable CD ?

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