[dba-Tech] Petulant PC

John,

He's a classic perfectionist, though, oddly, he doesn't seem to have a
sense of humor.  I've known plenty of perfectionists that were very
charming.  Gibson can write well and has very interesting things to
say...just not somebody I turn to for a pleasantry, a bon mot, or a
bit of persiflage.  He's on a separate plane of existence from the
rest of us.  Maybe it's because he writes in assembly language
exclusively...

I think I'll post this question in a couple other places, too.  Maybe
the Symantec web site?  I've never had occasion to try any of its
forums.  About time, I suppose, since this problem only appears after
I run a Ghost cloning process.

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI


On 6/4/07, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> >Don't know what you think of Gibson, but I like his stuff.
>
> LOL, it's amazing that everyone feels required to preface this with "I don't
> know what you think of Gibson...".
>
> I think he's a nut, and I like his stuff too.
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting

> -----Original Message-----
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 9:28 AM
>
> Arthur,
>
> The way that I have used Ghost is a disk-to-disk clone; I've never created a
> Ghost image file, as such, just a straight copy of everything.  That means
> that the second (Ghosted) drive is directly accessible from Explorer.  I
> have an 80 GB drive that's about 2/3 full and it only takes an hour or so to
> clone the drive.  It's just this flaky behavior after the clone is complete
> has now gone beyond the pale.
>
> I'm running a level 4 Spinrite scan now; started at 7:30 this morning and
> should be complete by 9:00 pm tonight.
>
> Last night the "missing or corrupt" System file message no longer appeared,
> but the system reboots faster now.  The blue XP progress bar only has a
> chance to do 1-1/2 little cycles and the system reboots.
>
> I WAS able to start up ERD Commander 2002 and examine the drive.  I'm just
> not sure what to do.  Should I copy the Ghosted System (.exe, I think...the
> error message doesn't make it clear WHICH System file was corrupt or
> missing) file from my D: Ghost drive over to C:?
>
> I was also able to start the Windows XP install disk and I went into the
> Recovery console...but, again, I'm not sure what to do.  So I fall back on
> making sure that my drive integrity is as good as I can determine with the
> tools I have.  Don't know what you think of Gibson, but I like his stuff.
>
> Steve Erbach
> Neenah, WI