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In the process of computer maintenance, I often encounter such a problem:
The machine being maintained once had a system image file made by GHOST, but I don't know which partition and which directory on the hard disk it is placed in. So I am considering that if I compile a batch file, let it automatically obtain all the drive letters of the current hard disk, and then use the command dir /s/e "drive letter":\*.gho to find the image file. But now I don't know which program under DOS has this function, which can list all the partition drive letters on the current hard disk.
I remember that a brother once asked a similar question on the forum. At that time, a expert provided him with a small program under DOS, which can very conveniently output all the partition numbers of the current hard disk in the form of one partition number per line to a text file. At that time, I didn't pay attention, but now I can't find that post at all. Does that brother know, or is there another good way to solve it? Please tell me, thank you!

[ Last edited by willsort on 2005-10-6 at 23:02 ]

Re sglxy:

For your situation, you can consider using locate to locate the path of the gho file. This program can be found in the super startup disk of this forum. The usage is similar to:

locate *.gho /n /f1 /b9:"ghost ...." > _restore.bat
call _restore.bat ...

Thanks to teacher willsort for the explanation. The locate program is really something I've never seen before. Maybe I've only used "Super Boot Disk" before and never paid attention to it.

Can I use the ncd command?

Thank you, may I ask how to use the ncd command in batch processing?

Please run `ncd` in DOS and view the help.

Originally posted by willsort at 2005-10-5 03:11 PM:
Re sglxy:

For your situation, you can consider using locate to locate the path of the gho file. This program can be found in the super startup disk of this forum. Usage similar to:

locate *.gho / ...

Teacher willsort, in the line of command you listed:
locate *.gho /n /f1 /b9:"ghost ...." > _restore.bat
Does it mean that the search result of "locate *.gho /n /f1 /b9:" is output as a variable to the ghost command line? Then what is the variable name?

Re: sglxy:

This sentence means embedding the output of locate into the ghost command line, adding a line @echo off and then outputting, we redirected this output to the batch _restore.bat, and then we called it.

But considering that locate will default to taking the path of the searched image file as the first parameter, and the ghost command line may not allow this usage, so saving the path to an environment variable may be a more appropriate usage. As follows:

      locate *.gho /n /f1 /b:"set _ghofile=" > _setghof.bat

      call _setghof.bat

      del _setghof.bat

      ghost -clone...%_ghofile%...

I understand now, Teacher willsort, thank you!

May I ask Moderator willsort where to download locate?

This program can be found in the super boot disk of this forum.

What if the .gho file is hidden? Can Locate be used? Instead of using an automatic method, it's better to use a manual method: Dir d:\.gho/s or Dir d:\.gho/s/a. This is for searching the D drive, and the method for searching other drives is the same.