Ghost Backup Restores As ReadOnly

Maybe not exactly the right NG for this but......close.
I did a disk format and restored via DOS, W98se using Ghost2003.
Many of the files were written back w/ the R (ReadOnly) bit set.
Windows boots OK, some apps have no problems, others won't run.
The question is how to easily reset the R bit to A (Archive) for
essentially a whole drive?
The backup was written to a CDR that is error free. I found No
information in the Ghost Help, etc but now that the dirty deed is
done it is a windows or DOS based maneuver to correct the problem.
Sugestions welcomed.

You *can* get rid of the Read Only attribute, but it has its purposes.
Mostly for protection. Anyway, here's the command. You need to run it from a
Command Prompt Only startup. (Post back if you don't know how to do that.)

First run SMARTDRV to make sure it doesn't take a lot longer than necessary.

smartdrv
attrib -r *.* /s

There are three spaces in that command. Before and after -r, and before /s.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Richard Beacham" wrote in message
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Maybe not exactly the right NG for this but......close.
I did a disk format and restored via DOS, W98se using Ghost2003.
Many of the files were written back w/ the R (ReadOnly) bit set.
Windows boots OK, some apps have no problems, others won't run.
The question is how to easily reset the R bit to A (Archive) for
essentially a whole drive?
The backup was written to a CDR that is error free. I found No
information in the Ghost Help, etc but now that the dirty deed is
done it is a windows or DOS based maneuver to correct the problem.
Sugestions welcomed.

I had an afterthought: If you're willing to wait a few days, I *think* I can
fairly easily provide you with a list of those files that have the R/O
attribute for the default Windows files (the ones that you get when you
install Windows and then update fully, but without any other applications
installed.) You could first remove the R/O attribute for all files, then
restore the R/O bit for the list of files I provide. You could even do it
using a BATch file, though it would be a bit tedious to create it -- you'd
have to Paste the proper command in front of each filename (the list I
provide would be a TXT file with one filename per line.)

--

Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
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You *can* get rid of the Read Only attribute, but it has its purposes.
Mostly for protection. Anyway, here's the command. You need to run it from
a Command Prompt Only startup. (Post back if you don't know how to do
that.)

First run SMARTDRV to make sure it doesn't take a lot longer than
necessary.

smartdrv
attrib -r *.* /s

There are three spaces in that command. Before and after -r, and before
/s.

--

Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Richard Beacham" wrote in message
...
Maybe not exactly the right NG for this but......close.
I did a disk format and restored via DOS, W98se using Ghost2003.
Many of the files were written back w/ the R (ReadOnly) bit set.
Windows boots OK, some apps have no problems, others won't run.
The question is how to easily reset the R bit to A (Archive) for
essentially a whole drive?
The backup was written to a CDR that is error free. I found No
information in the Ghost Help, etc but now that the dirty deed is
done it is a windows or DOS based maneuver to correct the problem.
Sugestions welcomed.

Any text editor with a global replace, or MS Word, can be used to turn that
sort of list into a usable batch file with minimal effort.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
I had an afterthought: If you're willing to wait a few days, I *think* I
can fairly easily provide you with a list of those files that have the R/O
attribute for the default Windows files (the ones that you get when you
install Windows and then update fully, but without any other applications
installed.) You could first remove the R/O attribute for all files, then
restore the R/O bit for the list of files I provide. You could even do it
using a BATch file, though it would be a bit tedious to create it -- you'd
have to Paste the proper command in front of each filename (the list I
provide would be a TXT file with one filename per line.)

Yeah, I was thinking that, but couldn't bring it into focus.

My mind had forgotten about CR/LF being something that could be used in a
global replace, sigh.

--

Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Jeff Richards" wrote in message
...
Any text editor with a global replace, or MS Word, can be used to turn
that sort of list into a usable batch file with minimal effort.
--
Jeff Richards
MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
I had an afterthought: If you're willing to wait a few days, I *think* I
can fairly easily provide you with a list of those files that have the R/O
attribute for the default Windows files (the ones that you get when you
install Windows and then update fully, but without any other applications
installed.) You could first remove the R/O attribute for all files, then
restore the R/O bit for the list of files I provide. You could even do it
using a BATch file, though it would be a bit tedious to create it -- you'd
have to Paste the proper command in front of each filename (the list I
provide would be a TXT file with one filename per line.)