Appendix
How to Reinstall Windows in 2 Minutes
This chapter teaches you how to set your computer properly and, if necessary, reinstall Windows in 2 minutes. Ghost can use different methods to complete this task. The following two sections explain the creation of the emergency Recover Floppy and Recover CD:
Emergency Recover Floppy
Divide a hard disk into two partitions. The first partition is for storing the operating system and application programs. The second partition is for backing up the operating system and data. The size of the partition can be set according to the backup requirements. For example, the Windows operating system needs 200MB of hard disk space, while the complete Office installation requires 360MB. The remaining space can be used to store other data.
After installing Windows, use Ghost to create a backup of the source system and store the file (Image file) in drive D. The file is named as Original.gho. Then, create a recover floppy disk containing:
Bootable files (Command.com, Io.sys, and MSDOS.SYS )
Config.sys (configuration setup file)
Autoexec.bat
Ghost.exe (Ghost execution file)
There are two ways to set the content of the recover floppy for restoration:
(1)To load Windows automatically after booting, set the Autoexec.bat command as:
Ghost.exe clone, mode=pload, src=d:\original.gho:2,dst=1:1
Refer to the [Introducing Ghosts Functions].
