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From: Paul 
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Subject: Re: Worthless Download - Was (Cloning a 2.5" IDE/PATA Laptop Hard
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Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 03:29:17 -0500
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james{at}nospam.com wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:17:05 -0500, Some Guy  wrote:
> 
>> Ghost 2003:
>>
>>
http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/265545~688de4fa5cfd7a3653cce1c3f147b3d4/G
HOST_BOOTx.zip
>>
>> Paul wrote:
>>
>>>> It looks like you are saying that you downloaded the Ghost
zipfile. Is
>>>> that correct? It is refusing to download for me. It starts
downloading 
>>>> and fails after about 10 seconds, saying "source
could not be read".
>>>>
>>>> The file is 1.3mb. It will take a half hour on my dialup, but I can
>>>> usually DL files of that size without problems.
>> The file is 1310 kbytes.
> 
> 
> I finally got the hard drive that I ordered online and went to clone to
> it. I had downloaded that file (above) called GHOST_BOOTx.zip.
> I extracted the .exe from the .zip. I ran it and selected to write to a
> floppy. (Image floppy). That all went fine. 
> 
> But the whole thing is worthless. The floppy contains "command.com",
> autoexec.bat and config.sys (basic DOS). and it has a bunch of CDrom
> drivers. It created a folder called GHOST, which is empty. Trying to
> start a computer with it, does boot to dos, then it whines about some
> files missing, which are more CDrom drivers. 
> 
> Apparently it contains NOTHING from Ghost. Why I need CDrom drivers
> makes no sense. I'm not using a CD. 
> 
> Anyhow, whoever suggested this file, do yourself a favor and delete it.
> Its worthless.

You're not a very good thread reader, are you dood ?

I already patiently explained that a copy of "ghost.exe"
is located as a *hidden* file. The originator of that download
was very clever - and I noticed the download file was a little
too big for its own good, implying something was hiding in it.

Run a copy of Piriform Recuva against that floppy. It will rate
the recovery possibilities as "excellent" and it will spot that
single large file. That's what's in my picture. Recuva at work.

https://s8.postimg.org/uu1l1wekl/party_time.gif

This is the message I posted, with the good news.

http://al.howardknight.net/msgid.cgi?STYPE=msgid&A=0&MSGI=%3Cou924p%243d7%241%4
0dont-email.me%3E

If you have written *anything* to that floppy since the
winimage unpack step, you'll have to re-generate the floppy
again. The copy of _host.exe is only good if you
haven't been messing around with the floppy. When Recuva
recovers the file, copy the file to your hard drive,
*then* copy it back to the floppy, into the Ghost folder.
Don't forget to fix the file name of course.
Then, run off and boot the (repaired) floppy.

I haven't tested the output of that step, as I was content
just to prove my sense of human nature had not erred.

So basically there is a big 1MB file ghost.exe hiding
in plain sight on the floppy.

    Paul
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