4GB RAM and booting from CD

[Hurricane Andrew]

Well, here goes. If anyone can help me, I know the folks here at A&T can.

I recently upgraded to 4GB of RAM on my main dual boot setup. Problem is, my wonderful backup tool---Norton Ghost (DOS version) on a bootable CD that my friend "Bart" helped me configure, no longer works. Seems the RAM disk creation fails due to the 4GB of RAM.

Now, I can (and have) taken a couple sticks of RAM out, run my images, and put the RAM back in, but I hate having to do this, especially the part about removing and reinserting DIMMS at least once a month, more often twice a month.

I've heard that BootIT NG can create a bootable CD that will work with 4GB of RAM, but I see nothing on their site to confirm this. Has anyone had any luck creating and using (freeware, shareware, commercial software....it doesn't matter as long as it works) a bootable CD/DVD that will run a good old fashioned DOS program?

 

[yinan]

Buy acronis

 

[Nothinman]

At least stop using something DOS-based, build your own WinPE disc or something.

 

[Smilin]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
At least stop using something DOS-based, build your own WinPE disc or something.

aye, and you can use the /maxmem switch then 🙂

 

[Nothinman]

aye, and you can use the /maxmem switch then

You shouldn't have to, but yea if you run into problems with it you can artificially limit it's memory to work around them.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Latest version of Ghost for free after MiR (also includes Partition Magic)

The latest version of Ghost will probably work much better than what you are using currently.

 

[Hurricane Andrew]

Originally posted by: Schadenfroh
Latest version of Ghost for free after MiR (also includes Partition Magic)

The latest version of Ghost will probably work much better than what you are using currently.

I actually have a copy of the latest version, but I prefer the Bootable CD method since I don't like to install such an intrusive program simply for making backups. I have two dual boot systems that I use heaviliy for beta testing, so I like to keep updated copies of clean installs for each, along with a backup of my primary day-to-day OS. I mean, why install something when you can boot from a CD, backup and restore at will, while working outside of the OS?

Actually, it looks like Acronis True Image will take care of my issue. Downloaded the trial, and it had no trouble creating a boot CD and letting me boot with it, and select partitions to backup/restore. I wish they would just sell that feature stand-alone...