Do whatever you want to make a universal clone of Windows XP! (4)

                  If you want to make a universal clone to install more software, then it is likely that the image file will exceed the capacity of a CD. In this case, you can use the Ghost volume compression function, for example, you want to set the volume size to 650MB (this volume size should be According to the capacity of the disc, but pay attention to the reduction of 20MB based on the capacity of the disc, because you need to add other files later, you can enter the command "ghost -split=650" to run Ghost, after the operation and the previous introduction Any difference.

The clone file created at this time will be divided into volumes of 650MB each (the file name of the second file is xpgho001.GHS, and the third is xpgho002.GHS...) . However, the clone file created by this method cannot use the automatic installation method described later and needs to be manually restored.

Universal clone automatic recovery disc production

Now that the universal cloned file has been completed, you can enter the system, engrave the cloned file into a CD, and make it automatically start the computer. And restore the disc to the C drive. However, it is more troublesome to start the recovery of the CD by hand. Here is a tool for you to easily create a universal clone boot CD.

One step in place Ghost automatic backup and restore CD small file

Software version: 1.1

Software size: 4390KB

Software nature: Shareware

Applicable Platform: Windows 9x/2000/XP

Software Remarks: Unregistered version of the user's limit has 1 hard disk with at least two FAT32 partitions 2 can not write data to NTFS partition and hidden partition.

Open the downloaded tarball "Ghostv11.exe" with WinRAR and extract the "ghost.iso" file to the D:\\ghost directory (the previous Ghost image file is also saved here).

Rename the "xpghost.gho" file in the D:\\ghost directory to "system.gho" because the tool we use must use this name.

Using UltraISO (click to download), you need to register to edit, you can also use other ISO file editing software, but be careful not to use the software that will destroy the ISO startup file to edit) Open "ghost.iso", then Click the menu "Operation → Add File", select the "system.gho" file in the D:\\ghost directory, add it to the ISO image file, and then use the same method to run the Ghost 8.0 "ghost.exe" file. And related files are also added to the ISO image file (see Figure 5). Finally, click the "Save" button on the toolbar to save the changes and exit.

Run the Nero burning software, click the menu "Burner → Burn Image File", and burn the modified "ghost.iso" file to the CD.

You can now use this CD to boot the system (note that you want to boot from the CD in CMOS), and select "Restore C from CD" in the prompt menu to automatically restore the universal clone to the computer. The C drive is partitioned (see Figure 6).

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1. how to restore to the D drive partition