Creating a hidden Restore Partition

Requirement:

  • Symantec ghost 8.0 and above
  • Gdisk.exe from Symantec
  • Windows PE Bartpe version
  • Partition Manager
  • Windows Xp CD
  • Windows 98 startup disk

Create 3 Partitions

Using Partition Manager or Partition Magic, 
create 3 primary partitions on the harddisk.
The Restore Partition (No.3)should be at 
least 2.5 gb to store the necessary image 
file and the other startup and restore files.

Install windows

Install Windows XP into the first partition. Using The unattended Installation will probably save you some time. update windows to the latest updates.

Create disk image with ghost

Start the computer from the BartPe CD Run Ghost. Create an image of the disk into an external harddisk. Copy the ghost image into Partition 3 of your installed Harddisk.

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