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2K version download link: http://doshome.com/tools/a/gho1_w2k.exe
Suitable for WINDOWS NT4/2000/XP/2003
Update time: 6:30 PM, August 12, 2004

98 version download link: http://doshome.com/tools/a/gho1_w98.zip
Suitable for WINDOWS 95/97/98/ME
Update time: 6:30 PM, August 12, 2004

I. Software Introduction

"One - key GHOST" is a program installed on the hard disk. It integrates a variety of the latest boot technologies. It does not need to make a CD - ROM or a floppy disk, does not need to modify the BIOS and the master boot record, does not need to divide the hidden partition, does not need to reinstall the system after restoration, and is fast to install and convenient to run (just select from the boot menu).

The main functions include: (1) One - key backup of C drive (2) One - key recovery of C drive (3) Original English version of GHOST (4) Chinese wizard of GHOST (backup wizard, recovery wizard, copy wizard, conversion wizard).

"One - key GHOST" allows you to easily create an immortal system!


II. Update History

(1) 98 version

v8.0.040812.98 (Beta)

1. Intelligently judge the version of WINDOWS to decide whether to install, and strengthen the protection of files such as AUTOEXEC.BAT, CONFIG.SYS, MSDOS.SYS during the installation and uninstallation process.
2. The CONFIG menu adds option 5 (do not load EMM386, CD - ROM, U disk driver) to avoid system crashes caused by incompatibility between individual hardware, software and EMM386.
3. TW does not use 386 virtual memory when starting to avoid system crashes caused by conflicts with some software and hardware.
4. Correct the bug that the GHO position is wrong when the recovery wizard restores the entire hard disk.
5. Integrate all tools of "Super Emergency Disk" as the auxiliary DOS toolbox of this software. (The "Super Emergency Disk" contains many dangerous programs, which should be used with caution by beginners)

v8.0.040809.98 (Beta)

1. If this software has been installed, a prompt will appear when installing again and the installation will exit.
2. The waiting time for each system configuration during installation is shortened to 5 seconds.
(In practice, it should be judged according to whether the hard disk light is not flashing, but generally it will not exceed 5 seconds).
3. To reduce the occurrence of system crashes, the one - key GHOST prompts whether to load the USB mouse driver that occupies a large amount of memory before starting. And restore the call to HIMEM.SYS (key test for WINME users).

v8.0.040808 (Beta)

1. Solve the bug of system crash caused by the conflict between the WINDOWS LOGO and TW.
2. Solve the bug of system crash caused by repeated call of HIMEM.SYS under WINME.
3. Add "WINME's DOS real - mode patch collection" (wmedos13\*.*), so you don't need to look for it everywhere.

v8.0.040806 (Beta)

1. Replace the boot module on the basis of the IMG of 0803 for 2K to adapt to WIN9X/ME.
2. The boot module borrows the WINDOWNS kernel of the local C drive, intelligently modifies AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS, and does not destroy the original functions.
3. Add "1key GHOST" in the CONFIG.SYS menu.

(2) 2K version

v8.0.040812.2K (Beta)

1. Intelligently judge the version of WINDOWS to decide whether to install and which way to adopt after installation (only WIN2000 replaces NTLDR, BOOTFONT.BIN, FASTFAT.SYS three files with WIN2003 version, WINXP/2003 do not replace them to avoid "file protection" prompt); In addition, strengthen the protection of these 3 files during the installation and uninstallation process.
2. Replace the IMG kernel with MS - DOS7.1 improved by Wengier to solve the bug that a few hard disks cannot be recognized.
3. The CONFIG menu adds option 5 (do not load EMM386, CD - ROM, U disk driver) to avoid system crashes caused by incompatibility between individual hardware, software and EMM386.
4. TW does not use 386 virtual memory when starting to avoid system crashes caused by conflicts with some software and hardware.
5. Correct the bug that the GHO position is wrong when the recovery wizard restores the entire hard disk.
6. Integrate all tools of "Super Emergency Disk" as the auxiliary DOS toolbox of this software.
(“Super Emergency Disk” contains many dangerous programs, which should be used with caution by beginners)

v8.0.040809 (Beta)

1. If this software has been installed, a prompt will appear when installing again and the installation will exit.
2. If there is no system32\drivers\FASTFAT.SYS, the same - named file of the WIN2003 version will be added to solve the bug that a few WIN2K versions cannot start because the file is not found when starting.
3, To reduce the occurrence of system crashes, the one - key GHOST prompts whether to load the USB mouse driver that occupies a large amount of memory before starting.

v8.0.040803 (Beta)

1, To solve the phenomenon that WIN2K cannot enter "One - key GHOST" due to the BUG of GURB, rename C:\NTLDR and BOOTFONT.BIN to have the extension name G1B, and add the same - named files of the WIN2003 version. (It can be automatically restored after uninstalling "One - key GHOST"
(This scheme may cause unknown errors because the system files are modified. Please make a system backup in advance. The best scheme should be: wait for the GRUB expert to repair this BUG)
2, Hide NTLDR, NTLDR.G1B, G1LDR, BOOTFONT.BIN.
3, Adjust and repair part of the interface of the WBAT menu.

v8.0.040801 (Beta)

　　1, Abandon the VFLOPPY technology and use GRUB for DOS combined with MEMDISK. Its advantages are:
　　(1) Solve the problem that the one - key GHOST crashes when starting after restoring the C drive (VFLOPPY has limited support for discontinuous storage of IMG, and MEMDISK solves this problem).
　　　 (2) Rename again, open a new directory to avoid conflict with the original GRUB.
　　(3) The GRUB menu supports booting from the CD - ROM and booting from the hard disk (return to the BOOT.INI menu)
　　2, Adjust the key sequence of part of the WBAT Chinese menu to avoid misoperation.
　　3, After the GHOST operation is successful, add "Shut down" and "Restart" buttons.
　　4, The version number is named more scientifically, that is, GHOST version number + update date + (beta version) + language.

v8.0.040727 (Beta)

1, On the basis of "GHOST8.0 Boot Disk v2004.07.22", expand the IMG capacity to 2.88MB, so that the functions that could not be added under the original 1.68M (floppy disk limit) can be added, such as:
(1) Support for CD - ROM and U disk, (EMM386 and UMBPCI environment optional).
(2) Support for USB mouse driver
(3) The Chinese wizard adds "Conversion wizard" (add two files NTFS.GHO and FAT32.GHO).
(4) Adopt a more stable MS - DOS7.1 kernel and TW3.1 Chinese environment.
2, After adding "One - key backup C drive" and "One - key restore C drive", sort out the main menu to make the main functions more prominent.
3, Add WBOOT.COM (return to optical boot menu) for burning CDs.

III. License Agreement

1, WINME users must install "WINME's DOS real - mode patch" to use it.
The C drive must have the corresponding version of WINDOWS installed.

2, Uninstall the old version before installation. Do not exit during the installation (uninstallation) process to avoid errors.
Be careful when using it, read the prompts carefully, and think twice before acting.

3, This software is free software, and it is forbidden to use it for commercial purposes without permission.

4, This software embodies the hard work of the author for many years. In order to make it develop better, various forms of sponsorship are welcome (contact method: send a private message to gmy in the forum of this website).

Produced by Ge Mingyang (gmy) of DOS Home
http://doshome.com

Special Note:

This beta version is only initially released on DOS Home, Wuyou Forum, and China DOS Union.
The description of each version update is only released on Wuyou Forum, and important version updates are released on the three websites simultaneously.

2K version test environment: WINXP SP1 pro Simplified Chinese version (C drive NTFS)
98 version test environment: WIN98 SE Simplified Chinese version (VPC virtual machine)

Key tests: 1, Can you enter the blue main menu?
2, Does "One - key restore C drive" cause hard disk read - write errors?

Please test it and come back to report bugs and put forward suggestions.

Memorandum of reasonable suggestions from netizens (not solved yet):

1. Login password (the difficulty lies in the storage of the password data file, and DOS has very limited support for NTFS)
2. GHO positioning of the GHOST Chinese wizard, increase the number of allowed input characters to 30 in the scientific way (X:X:\XXX\GHO), and add the traditional way (X:\XXX\XXX.GHO) to adapt to CD - ROM, U disk, and hard disk with all partitions as FAT.
3. The default one - key backup path is 1:2:\GHOST1\C_PAN.GHO (to avoid accidental deletion)
4. The default installation path is C:\Programe Files (standardized to avoid accidental deletion)
5. Chineseization of the GRUB menu and CONFIG menu. (Interface problem, can be solved later)
6. Support for USB mobile hard disk and mobile CD - ROM (occupies a large amount of memory)
7. Optional shutdown, restart, return before GHOST operation (to adapt to unattended)
8. Forbid exit during the installation process (to avoid being unable to enter WINDOWS after restart)

The problem of getting stuck at LOAD when booting with OneKey GHOST after restoring the C drive is solved. (VFLOPPY has limited support for discontinuous storage of IMG, and MEMDISK solves this problem.)

Thanks. I'll test it out.

When you first restore the C drive, and then restart and select "One-click GHOST", it won't enter, prompting LOAD. So this software can only be used once after being installed.

re: walu is solving this problem. Tested successfully with GRUB engine, but I want to put GRLDR in any directory (tested only in C:\), why is that?

The following is a statement from walu on August 1, 2004 at 11:03:47:

When you first restore the C drive and then restart and select "One - Key GHOST", you can't enter, and it prompts LOAD.
So this software can only be used once after installation.

The same problem occurs with that virtual boot disk. I hope the owner can solve it as soon as possible~~~This will definitely bring us a lot, a lot of convenience~~!·

The following is a quote from walu's post on 2004-8-1 11:03:47:

When you first restore the C drive and then restart and select "One-key GHOST", it can't enter, prompting LOAD.
So this software can only be used once after installation.

Has been resolved, please re-download.

Suggestions: 1. Automatically split into 650MB - 680MB for easy CD recovery
2. Backup to D:\XXXXX\xxxxx.gho to avoid accidental deletion

The following is the statement from YUTOP on 2004-8-2 21:02:56:

Suggestions: 1. Automatically split into 650mb~680mb for easy CD recovery
2. Backup to D:\XXXXX\xxxxx.gho to avoid accidental deletion

GHOST8.0 Chinese Wizard---->Backup Wizard has the volume splitting function.
D:\XXXXX\xxxxx.gho is a good suggestion, and it may be improved in future versions.

What improvements are still needed in terms of functionality? Everyone is welcome to give more feedback!

Release for the WIN98 version, everyone help test it, and report bugs back! Thanks!

Please test the 0809 version.

Another new version is released, give some applause or scoldings can also be!

A convenient little thing, support

The following is a quote from c5520229's post on 2004-8-12 22:42:57:

Quite convenient little thing
Support

Thank you for your support. Please also give some negative opinions, which will help improve this software!