One for the computer geeks

[outback]

Ok nerds

I'm trying to install and run Norton Ghost.
It installs Ok

When I try to run the programme I get ht emessage I need Microsoft Net framework 1.1, Do I wanna install now?

I say yes.

I t doesn't do it, returning an error message about missing .dll files.

I download another copy of framework, same result


Where to from here?

[RufflyRustic]

Hi Outback,

Check out your Environment Variable Path, maybe adding the path for MS Framework (if there is one) to the end of the EV path will help. (I'm not familiar with .Net but the problem sounds similar to one I deal with a lot.)

In Windows xp & Windows 2000, go to your Desktop, right click on My Computer, Properties, Advanced Tab, Environment Variables button, find the Path entry in the System Variables box and add >> ;[your frameworkpath] << without the [ ]

cheers
One Computer Nerd

[Wongo]

I hate computers :mad:

[silentC]

Me too. And I hate Microsoft. Oh and I hate Anthony Robbins and all his ilk.

[RufflyRustic]

I like them, only because they and their products keep me in a job

[silentC]

Well, me too. But I still hate them....

[outback]

MMMM, when I try to do what you say Ruffly, I get an error meassage about run32.dll after I right click My Computer.

Please don't tell me to reinstall windoze. please don't. Please.

[Ashore]

Outback if its all legal programs , and i'm sure they are ,go to www.symantec.com follow the prompts and tell them your problem, you pay for the back up when you pay for the product.




The trouble with life is there's no background music.


Ashore

[RufflyRustic]

That error trying to look at the Properties of My Computer??? Ouch!! Does it happen immediately after a reboot? Do you have any virus software enabled while trying to do this?

That about exhausts my knowledge. Ashore's suggestion is sound.

cheers
RufflyRustic

[outback]

I hate computers.

I mean I really really hate computers.

This thing is fast becoming a boat anchor, without a rope.

What other backup/imaging software would you recomend for backing up a drive?
I need to try and do something in the way of imaging the entire drive, then reformat the hard drive and start from scratch.

[Auld Bassoon]

Ho Outback,

For disk imaging I use Acronis' "True Image" - mainly because two of the three computers I personally have use RAID configurations - and Ghost can't deal with that.

It's also very helpful if you PC can boot from a CD (or better yet a DVD) because you can build a whole slipstreamed image of, say XP with SP2 etc, together with your registry, apps and data - and reload the whole catastrophe in case of, well, catastrophe!

Your run32.dll error sounds a bit on the nasty side as that's a key part of the kernel - have you checked MS' Knowledgebase (see http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1) ?

Cheers! - but not much help though, I'm afraid

[Gumby]

My local computer store will ghost a whole drive onto DVD for about $30. I just had a hard drive fail at home (3 years old) and if it happens at work, the $30 will be well spent.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I'd advise against Norton's Ghost anyway. It's another piece of SW that tries to integrate itself into your OS an run as TSR. Just what every 'puta needs. Not.

If you really need to replicate partitions/drives and want to do it simply I'd be more inclined to find the last version of Ghost before it was acquired by Symantec. It'll fit on a bootable floppy and handles most filesystems (eg. NTFS, EXT2, FAT/32) although it won't handle RAID arrays... but that's not a requirement for most systems.

I think it's now listed as freeware... I'll have to have a look-see to be sure though.

[outback]

I had a rummage round today and found an old copy ogf ghost. It was part of the old norton suite. It is the same as you talk about, that is, make a bootable floppy, with the programme on it.
With this I have started to coax the contents of my hard drive onto Cd's. When completed I'll reformat the hard drive, and the fun will really begin.

I'm getting a new computer for my birthday............next year..................................just over 12 months away.

[RufflyRustic]

Outback, I so empathise with you. Reformatting the home pc is one job I absolutely detest.

cheers
RufflyRustic