How to Use Norton Ghost with Windows XP
Norton Ghost is a professional backup and file recovery program made by Symantec, and designed to create full system backups and recover files from system failures. While you install Norton Ghost on Windows XP, errors may occur. According to the Norton Website, most of these errors are due to memory conflicts and may be taken care of by installing Norton Ghost with a clean boot in Windows XP. This is accomplished by changing system configuration settings using the Microsft System Configuration utility found in Windows XP.
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Instructions
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Open the Windows "Run" dialog by clicking on the "Start" menu and selecting "Run." Type "msconfig" in the text field and press the "OK" button. This will open the Microsoft System Configuration utility.
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Select the "General" tab at the top of the Microsoft System Configuration utility. Under the "Selective Startup" label, uncheck each of the four boxes.
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Select the "Services" tab and scroll through the list of services to find "Windows Installer" and "Task Scheduler." Check the boxes to the left of these services on the list to enable them. Click "OK" to save these changes and exit the Windows System Configuration utility. Click "Yes" when prompted with a dialog box asking if you would like to restart the computer.
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Install Norton Ghost once Windows has finished restarting. There should not be any errors during the installation because of the changes made in the System Configuration utility.
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Load the Microsoft System Configuration utility once again to restore all settings back to default by changing the startup selection to "Normal Startup" under the "General" tab. Click "OK" to exit the System Configuration utility and restart the computer once again when prompted.
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Tips & Warnings
Do not edit any settings in the Microsoft System Configuration utility if you do not know what they are for.
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