Ghost Restore Sets REadOnly Bit

Only close to the correct NG for this but......

I did a format and reinstall using Ghost2003. W98se runs OK and some
apps run fine, others won't run.
Most of the files were restored with the R (REadOnly) bit set. Now
it's a windows or DOS maneuver to restore the archive bit to
essentially a whole drive worth of files.
The Ghost Help file doesn't address the problem that I have found.
The backup CDR is error free.
Suggestions welcomed.

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:38:35 -0500, wrote:

Only close to the correct NG for this but......

I did a format and reinstall using Ghost2003. W98se runs OK and some
apps run fine, others won't run.
Most of the files were restored with the R (REadOnly) bit set. Now
it's a windows or DOS maneuver to restore the archive bit to
essentially a whole drive worth of files.
The Ghost Help file doesn't address the problem that I have found.
The backup CDR is error free.
Suggestions welcomed.

You can clear the read only attribute from all files on the
C:\drive.

From DOS enter:
attrib -r C:\*.* /s

Or for a folder and its sub folders:
attrib -r C:\Myfolder\*.* /s

/S Processes files in all directories in the specified path.

From DOS enter Attrib /? for info.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

Best to do this from a Command Prompt Only, since I *think* files that are
"in use" won't be able to have the attribute changed, and will likely
produce an error, stopping the procedure in its tracks.

Not sure, and I can't test at this moment, but it's what I would do.

--

Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Bill Watt" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:38:35 -0500, wrote:

Only close to the correct NG for this but......

I did a format and reinstall using Ghost2003. W98se runs OK and some
apps run fine, others won't run.
Most of the files were restored with the R (REadOnly) bit set. Now
it's a windows or DOS maneuver to restore the archive bit to
essentially a whole drive worth of files.
The Ghost Help file doesn't address the problem that I have found.
The backup CDR is error free.
Suggestions welcomed.

You can clear the read only attribute from all files on the
C:\drive.

From DOS enter:
attrib -r C:\*.* /s

Or for a folder and its sub folders:
attrib -r C:\Myfolder\*.* /s

/S Processes files in all directories in the specified path.

From DOS enter Attrib /? for info.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

Bill Watt wrote:

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:38:35 -0500, wrote:

Only close to the correct NG for this but......

I did a format and reinstall using Ghost2003. W98se runs OK and some
apps run fine, others won't run.
Most of the files were restored with the R (REadOnly) bit set. Now
it's a windows or DOS maneuver to restore the archive bit to
essentially a whole drive worth of files.
The Ghost Help file doesn't address the problem that I have found.
The backup CDR is error free.
Suggestions welcomed.

You can clear the read only attribute from all files on the
C:\drive.

From DOS enter:
attrib -r C:\*.* /s

Or for a folder and its sub folders:
attrib -r C:\Myfolder\*.* /s

/S Processes files in all directories in the specified path.

From DOS enter Attrib /? for info.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

Thanks. Took about a minute!
Re-reading the Ghost .pdf manual uncovers not a word on this. Any OT
thoughts on how to prevent another occurance?

Best,

Dick

Yes, that's what I meant by "from DOS". Better to make it clear
though. I believe Windows may reset some of it's system files back
to Read Only which should not be a problem.

Regards,

Bill Watt
_____________________________________________

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:52:31 -0800, "Gary S. Terhune"
wrote:

Best to do this from a Command Prompt Only, since I *think* files that are
"in use" won't be able to have the attribute changed, and will likely
produce an error, stopping the procedure in its tracks.

Not sure, and I can't test at this moment, but it's what I would do.

--

Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Bill Watt" wrote in message
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On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:38:35 -0500, wrote:

Only close to the correct NG for this but......

I did a format and reinstall using Ghost2003. W98se runs OK and some
apps run fine, others won't run.
Most of the files were restored with the R (REadOnly) bit set. Now
it's a windows or DOS maneuver to restore the archive bit to
essentially a whole drive worth of files.
The Ghost Help file doesn't address the problem that I have found.
The backup CDR is error free.
Suggestions welcomed.

You can clear the read only attribute from all files on the
C:\drive.

From DOS enter:
attrib -r C:\*.* /s

Or for a folder and its sub folders:
attrib -r C:\Myfolder\*.* /s

/S Processes files in all directories in the specified path.

From DOS enter Attrib /? for info.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:05:32 -0500, wrote:

Bill Watt wrote:

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:38:35 -0500, wrote:

Only close to the correct NG for this but......

I did a format and reinstall using Ghost2003. W98se runs OK and some
apps run fine, others won't run.
Most of the files were restored with the R (REadOnly) bit set. Now
it's a windows or DOS maneuver to restore the archive bit to
essentially a whole drive worth of files.
The Ghost Help file doesn't address the problem that I have found.
The backup CDR is error free.
Suggestions welcomed.

You can clear the read only attribute from all files on the
C:\drive.

From DOS enter:
attrib -r C:\*.* /s

Or for a folder and its sub folders:
attrib -r C:\Myfolder\*.* /s

/S Processes files in all directories in the specified path.

From DOS enter Attrib /? for info.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

Thanks. Took about a minute!
Re-reading the Ghost .pdf manual uncovers not a word on this. Any OT
thoughts on how to prevent another occurance?

Best,

Dick

I haven't used the Ghost (pre-Semantec) I have for some time but I
seem to remember a setting to maintain attributes.

Restoring copied files from a CD gives the files the Read Only
attribute. However if they are zipped then copied to a CD they
maintain the attributes.

I use a disk copy utility that came with my Maxtor Drive. This
copies partitions, maintains the attributes, optionally makes the
backup drive bootable and is easy to restore. It does not create a
file but clones the source partition so the files are always
available. Can be used from Windows or DOS.

Some HDD drive manufacturers have a drive copy utility on their site
for download.

Glad you got rid of the r's. :-)

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

Bill Watt wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 09:05:32 -0500, wrote:

Bill Watt wrote:

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:38:35 -0500, wrote:

Only close to the correct NG for this but......

I did a format and reinstall using Ghost2003. W98se runs OK and some
apps run fine, others won't run.
Most of the files were restored with the R (REadOnly) bit set. Now
it's a windows or DOS maneuver to restore the archive bit to
essentially a whole drive worth of files.
The Ghost Help file doesn't address the problem that I have found.
The backup CDR is error free.
Suggestions welcomed.

You can clear the read only attribute from all files on the
C:\drive.

From DOS enter:
attrib -r C:\*.* /s

Or for a folder and its sub folders:
attrib -r C:\Myfolder\*.* /s

/S Processes files in all directories in the specified path.

From DOS enter Attrib /? for info.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

Thanks. Took about a minute!
Re-reading the Ghost .pdf manual uncovers not a word on this. Any OT
thoughts on how to prevent another occurance?

Best,

Dick

I haven't used the Ghost (pre-Semantec) I have for some time but I
seem to remember a setting to maintain attributes.

Restoring copied files from a CD gives the files the Read Only
attribute. However if they are zipped then copied to a CD they
maintain the attributes.

I use a disk copy utility that came with my Maxtor Drive. This
copies partitions, maintains the attributes, optionally makes the
backup drive bootable and is easy to restore. It does not create a
file but clones the source partition so the files are always
available. Can be used from Windows or DOS.

Some HDD drive manufacturers have a drive copy utility on their site
for download.

Glad you got rid of the r's. :-)

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

I saw the Maxtor BU prog somewhere, perhaps your site. I have Hitachi (IBM)
drives. They do not have a backup program. Maxtor prog might be a better
mousetrap.
I have another machine to do and wish to not repeat the Rs.
Dick

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:42:34 -0500, wrote:

SNIP

I use a disk copy utility that came with my Maxtor Drive. This
copies partitions, maintains the attributes, optionally makes the
backup drive bootable and is easy to restore. It does not create a
file but clones the source partition so the files are always
available. Can be used from Windows or DOS.

Some HDD drive manufacturers have a drive copy utility on their site
for download.

Glad you got rid of the r's. :-)

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

I saw the Maxtor BU prog somewhere, perhaps your site. I have Hitachi (IBM)
drives. They do not have a backup program. Maxtor prog might be a better
mousetrap.
I have another machine to do and wish to not repeat the Rs.
Dick

I have MaxBlast 3 but I see it's now MaxBlast 4. It also runs in DOS
from a diskette and says there must be at least one Maxtor ATA Disk
Drive installed in the system for MaxBlast 4 to run but ver 3 says
the same thing but it works anyway. No problem in Windows.

The download is 1.8 MB.

You might want to try it:
The URL is long so try this:
http://tinyurl.com/ryxov

Or www.maxtor.com and click on downloads.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:59:03 -0500, Bill Watt
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:42:34 -0500, wrote:

SNIP

I use a disk copy utility that came with my Maxtor Drive. This
copies partitions, maintains the attributes, optionally makes the
backup drive bootable and is easy to restore. It does not create a
file but clones the source partition so the files are always
available. Can be used from Windows or DOS.

Some HDD drive manufacturers have a drive copy utility on their site
for download.

Glad you got rid of the r's. :-)

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

I saw the Maxtor BU prog somewhere, perhaps your site. I have Hitachi (IBM)
drives. They do not have a backup program. Maxtor prog might be a better
mousetrap.
I have another machine to do and wish to not repeat the Rs.
Dick

I have MaxBlast 3 but I see it's now MaxBlast 4. It also runs in DOS
from a diskette and says there must be at least one Maxtor ATA Disk
Drive installed in the system for MaxBlast 4 to run but ver 3 says
the same thing but it works anyway. No problem in Windows.

The download is 1.8 MB.

You might want to try it:
The URL is long so try this:
http://tinyurl.com/ryxov

Or www.maxtor.com and click on downloads.

Come to think about it one of my drives is a Maxtor. What it
complained about was in DOS and about the other drive. But it does
the copy anyway. No complaint in Windows.

So, I'm not sure ver 4 will work without any Maxtor drives. It's
good, I would try it. Ver. 3 does work without any Maxtor drives
both in DOS and Windows as I use it to backup a Win2k machine
without a Maxtor and have restored with it.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

Glad to hear it.

I will be installing a new Win98 system next week Second Edition with all
the Updates, and I'll be sure to remember to get that list of default file
attributes for you, even create the batch file I was talking about to revert
the ones that are supposed to be Read Only back to their proper state.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP -- Shell/User

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Bill Watt wrote:

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:38:35 -0500, wrote:

Only close to the correct NG for this but......

I did a format and reinstall using Ghost2003. W98se runs OK and some
apps run fine, others won't run.
Most of the files were restored with the R (REadOnly) bit set. Now
it's a windows or DOS maneuver to restore the archive bit to
essentially a whole drive worth of files.
The Ghost Help file doesn't address the problem that I have found.
The backup CDR is error free.
Suggestions welcomed.

You can clear the read only attribute from all files on the
C:\drive.

From DOS enter:
attrib -r C:\*.* /s

Or for a folder and its sub folders:
attrib -r C:\Myfolder\*.* /s

/S Processes files in all directories in the specified path.

From DOS enter Attrib /? for info.

Regards,

Bill Watt
Win98 Computer Help & Other Information http://home.ptd.net/~bwatt/

Thanks. Took about a minute!
Re-reading the Ghost .pdf manual uncovers not a word on this. Any OT
thoughts on how to prevent another occurance?

Best,

Dick