I put all three disc in, and it said at the end of the thrid disc that. out putA:\GHOSTERR.TXT? and it had a yes to click so i did, then it said INVALID DESTIONATION DRIVE. and it had an ok button so i clicked it, then a screen came up and said rebbot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot drive.
ok it wont let me do anything with a floppy disk and nor will it run throught the recovery disk now, it says that reboot and select proper boot device, or insert boot media in selected boot drive.. now matter what i do thats what keeps coming upok it wont let me do anything with a floppy disk and nor will it run throught the recovery disk now, it says that reboot and select proper boot device, or insert boot media in selected boot drive.. now matter what i do thats what keeps coming up
I had to call e-machine support when my start up disc failed to load. They will tell you how to do it.
Just load the disc 1 in the tray and close the tray ... then disconnect power to computer for at least 1 minute. Then plug the cumputer back in. If it does not launch right away, press the POWER button it should start to load.
If that doesnt work e-machine has a number on the disc to call for support. At least they use to. I have ( 801) 401-1419 as there support number .... good luck.
Roxie, when it asks to output to a:ghosterr.txt, it is trying to save to a floppy disk. If possible you can save it to a floppy and post the file up here for us to read, should help us work out a solution for you.
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I HAVE A E-MACHINE. If you have any C/files they will be lost ... But go ahead and un-plug power for at least one-minute. reapply power and insert the 1st Restore disc and continue through all your discs. If it asks for administrator it will cue you to type in a NAME for the user and a password. Make sure you save the password somewhere. It sounds like one of the discs did not properly load and caused a failure.
Its worth a try. Lucky you have a e-machine. Other computers like Dell dont give you the restore discs and you have to pay for Windows XP or Vista. Or take it back where you bought it.
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It looks like either the laptop HDD has failed or has become dislodged. Remove the HDD coverplate and ensure the HDD is correctly seated and secure it.
As to the ghosterr.txt problem the biggest cause is a dirty/scratched disc.
Its a RAM issue. you should open your laptop and reinsert your RAM. If you cant do so then go to nearest service center and ask him to reinsert RAM. okay
Go into bios and make sure that your cd player is set up as the first boot up device. Then insert the disk, reboot and follow the prompts to install the OS. When thru get the drivers you need and you are good to go!
You can change the default abort file (ghosterror.txt) location and name by specifying the switch -afile=filename where filename contains the path and name of the error file you wish to create.
Example: ghost -afile=c:\errorfile.txt
Please try this switch and post your error file if you are successful.
If you made your recovery discs, then call up gateway and tell them you have defective discs, they will send you the factory install discs for free, try them and I bet you will have better results....Restore discs you make yourself are extreemly picky and are easliy ruined if something happens while youo are burning them (someone sends you an IM or email, windows auto updates) with all the hidden processes running in the background any one of them could have caused a glitch while you were making recovery cd's
I know of three solutions, none of them will work without recovery or OS discs, and I can only guarantee one of them--the one that whipes your system. Try these in this order (assuming you have system discs);
#1 Boot from the system disc and choose the "repair" option. This is the quickest fix, and you lose anything.
#2 Boot from the system disc, and in your Start menu search type "Command Prompt". Open Command Prompt and type (hit enter after each line);
expand bootmgr temp
attrib bootmgr -s -r -h del bootmgr ren temp bootmgr attrib bootmgr -a +s +r +h
#3 Run a full system recovery from your system discs.
Now, if you don't have your system discs, and you're running Windows Vista, there is another possible option. If your computer is fairly new then you probably have a WinRE partition for recovery, (a "factory image" drive)? I won't go into this now, if you have your discs option 1 or 2 should work for you.
Hi Shawn,
It sounds as though your recovery disk has Norton Ghost incorporated into it, thus the call for the Ghosterr.txt file. Most recovery disks are just modified Windows installation CDs and if you boot to them they will immediately go into the Windows recovery which is what Sandrew was trying to walk you thorough.
Having said that I?ve found a few other references to this type of issue and has usually been a result of CD read errors.
- Try cleaning the recovery disk, if there are severe or numerous on it or if it is dirty that could be your problem.
- If that doesn?t do it try cleaning your CD drive with a good commercial cleaner.
- If that fails another option is trying a conventional Windows installation CD.
Let us know if you have any other questions and please don?t forget to rate this post.
ok it wont let me do anything with a floppy disk and nor will it run throught the recovery disk now, it says that reboot and select proper boot device, or insert boot media in selected boot drive.. now matter what i do thats what keeps coming up
Thanks everyone for your help, but to fix the thing i had to get norton;s ghost so it could clone my hard drive C.
so remember anytime you get the ghost err txt messy that's how you have to solve the problem.
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