It's common for administrators to "inherit" the job of looking after an existing environment where either a pirated copy of Ghost is being used unlicensed, or where a purchased 10-user license is being used with thousands of machines, so if you've been put in a position where you are taking over a system like this, for your own benefit it's probably a very good idea to verify that you're using the software in a properly licensed way (and raise it with your manager if not). Remember, you need a Ghost Solution Suite client license for every single machine Ghost is used with.
You really need to verify that your organization actually has licensed Ghost legally, and if your organization has done this then you'll be able to track down all the documentation you need since it will be there with your original installation. However, if you've been assigned the job of maintaining an existing LanDesk installation which happens to use Ghost, then it may well be the case that the Ghost executable used by it was not legally obtained and licensed - this is unfortunately a common situation.
You'll see basically the same command line in this article so it's likely that this example actually comes from a LanDesk environment via cutting and pasting from there.Īs to the poster's original question, if your organization has legally purchased Ghost then as Ed indicates you already have a complete manual which documents all the switches in detail. Our documentation for that executable is very comprensive. Attach a USB drive to your technician PC. Now that you now have a set of working files, you can use MakeWinPEMedia to build bootable WinPE media.
Please helpĮd, the "RunBatch" thing I believe is a LanDesk thing. After you add drivers or other customizations to Windows PE, see Image optimization to help reduce the boot time. Has anyone come across this situation before and managed to find a solution to this or am I using the wrong switches in the script.
My aim is to just rebuilt the C: Drive and leave the other partitions untouched. I have searched the Symantec website for more info on Ghost 11.5 and switches and there does not seem to be much information on this version, even though it being the latest. The script that gets executed via WinPE is as below: If I try to just restore the C: Drive (Partition 1) the whole disk gets re-imaged as a one big C: Drive and gets rid of the 2 partitions. When using WinPE I can restore the whole disk image fine. The image was created using Ghost 11.5 (GSS 2.5) using Ghost32.exe. In this series, we take questions that may be difficult for you to bring up in public and ask the Spiceworks Community on your behalf to give you the anonymity you want to find the answers you need.Hi, I have just taken an image of a Laptop that has 3 partitions (C, D, E), the last is a FAT partition and is hidden. The disk in the Laptop is a SATA drive.
Windows Preinstallation Environment: includes the files used to install Windows PE. During installation, select the following features: Deployment Tools: includes the Deployment and Imaging Tools Environment. Spark! As long as you are not working with flammable gases, all is good. In the ADK for Windows 10, verison 1803 and earlier, WinPE is included in the Windows ADK. Once again, I have the privilege of starting your week with a