Help: How to enter DOS to do GHOST in VISTA system? Waiting online - China DOS Union Forum

Just bought a new laptop but it's running VISTA system. I only know how to use GHOST for backup. But I can't enter DOS. After booting with a WINDOWS ME boot disk, I can't find my hard drive. Need help on how to enter DOS!! Waiting online!! PS: I don't know much about computers, please be specific thank you!!!

Please let the poster clarify his situation more, for example, whether the hard disk is S-ATA? Where is GHOST.EXE placed (on the CD or hard disk)? According to the laptops (SONY) I've seen installing VISTA, there is only one partition on the hard disk, and it's made with SONY's special partition tool. And VISTA can only be installed on an NTFS partition. In this case, GHOST.EXE placed on the hard disk may not be recognized under DOS. And there's only one partition. May I ask where the backed-up image file will be placed by the poster? Placing it on the hard disk is obviously not okay. Please take a close look at the manual, which probably teaches the poster how to make a recovery disk. Of course, the above is just a guess. If the poster's hard disk has two partitions, he can boot with a DOS boot disk or boot CD with GHOST.EXE installed, execute the GHOST on this CD or floppy disk, and let GHOST recognize the hard disk instead of using DOS. This might work! It is recommended to use the latest GHOST 11.0. Wish the poster success!

You can also try my gghost, which supports running on the hard disk.

Originally posted by 雨露 at 2007-4-19 07:19 AM:
Please make the owner's situation clearer, for example, is the hard disk S-ATA? Where is GHOST.EXE placed (CD or hard disk)?
According to the notebook (SONY) I have seen installing VISTA, there is only one partition on the hard disk, and it is ...

My laptop is Toshiba.
There are 3 partitions.
The situation is the same as you mentioned.
After entering DOS, only C drive can be found and it is not the content in my own C drive.
Is it okay to use GHOST 11.0?

Originally posted by yoshizukiyu at 2007-4-20 02:11:

My laptop is a Toshiba.
I divided it into 3 partitions.
The situation is the same as you described.
After entering DOS, I can only find the C drive and the content is not the content in my own C drive.
Is it okay to use GHOST 11.0?

"Is it okay to use GHOST 11.0?" Should be okay!
"The situation where after entering DOS, I can only find the C drive and the content is not the content in my own C drive" indicates that there is no FAT32 - formatted partition on your hard drive (that C drive should be a virtual memory drive).

Just install MAXDOS 5.8. It has GHOST inside.

If it's just for backup and you don't need to enter DOS, there's a very convenient software called OneKey, which is an idiot-proof operation under pure Windows.
I just can't attach files, you can just search it on Google.

Floor1　yoshizukiyu	Posted 2007-04-19 13:00
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Just bought a new laptop but it's running VISTA system. I only know how to use GHOST for backup. But I can't enter DOS. After booting with a WINDOWS ME boot disk, I can't find my hard drive. Need help on how to enter DOS!! Waiting online!! PS: I don't know much about computers, please be specific thank you!!!

Floor2　雨露	Posted 2007-04-19 20:19
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Please let the poster clarify his situation more, for example, whether the hard disk is S-ATA? Where is GHOST.EXE placed (on the CD or hard disk)? According to the laptops (SONY) I've seen installing VISTA, there is only one partition on the hard disk, and it's made with SONY's special partition tool. And VISTA can only be installed on an NTFS partition. In this case, GHOST.EXE placed on the hard disk may not be recognized under DOS. And there's only one partition. May I ask where the backed-up image file will be placed by the poster? Placing it on the hard disk is obviously not okay. Please take a close look at the manual, which probably teaches the poster how to make a recovery disk. Of course, the above is just a guess. If the poster's hard disk has two partitions, he can boot with a DOS boot disk or boot CD with GHOST.EXE installed, execute the GHOST on this CD or floppy disk, and let GHOST recognize the hard disk instead of using DOS. This might work! It is recommended to use the latest GHOST 11.0. Wish the poster success!

Floor3　lianjiang2004	Posted 2007-04-19 21:04
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You can also try my gghost, which supports running on the hard disk.

Floor4　yoshizukiyu	Posted 2007-04-20 02:11
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Originally posted by 雨露 at 2007-4-19 07:19 AM: Please make the owner's situation clearer, for example, is the hard disk S-ATA? Where is GHOST.EXE placed (CD or hard disk)? According to the notebook (SONY) I have seen installing VISTA, there is only one partition on the hard disk, and it is ... My laptop is Toshiba. There are 3 partitions. The situation is the same as you mentioned. After entering DOS, only C drive can be found and it is not the content in my own C drive. Is it okay to use GHOST 11.0?

Floor5　bc12060101	Posted 2007-04-20 06:10
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Originally posted by yoshizukiyu at 2007-4-20 02:11: My laptop is a Toshiba. I divided it into 3 partitions. The situation is the same as you described. After entering DOS, I can only find the C drive and the content is not the content in my own C drive. Is it okay to use GHOST 11.0? "Is it okay to use GHOST 11.0?" Should be okay! "The situation where after entering DOS, I can only find the C drive and the content is not the content in my own C drive" indicates that there is no FAT32 - formatted partition on your hard drive (that C drive should be a virtual memory drive).

Floor6　gang9869	Posted 2007-04-20 12:28
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Just install MAXDOS 5.8. It has GHOST inside.

Floor7　remexremex	Posted 2007-04-20 13:20
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If it's just for backup and you don't need to enter DOS, there's a very convenient software called OneKey, which is an idiot-proof operation under pure Windows. I just can't attach files, you can just search it on Google.