Formatting C Drive

Hi there,

I'm attempting to format my hard drive (clean off everything) but when
i put my recovery disc in and follow the prompts - eventually I get a
message from Symantec that says "Cannot open R:/h2614.gho"

And then "Invalid Dump file"

and that is it - I have to reboot normally...

Anyone know what I should do?


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shutterbug1975 <shutterbug1975.1ys8jp@pcbanter.net> replied with a ;-)
> Hi there,
>
> I'm attempting to format my hard drive (clean off everything) but when
> i put my recovery disc in and follow the prompts - eventually I get a
> message from Symantec that says "Cannot open R:/h2614.gho"
>
> And then "Invalid Dump file"
>
> and that is it - I have to reboot normally...
>
> Anyone know what I should do?

Check the manufacturers web site for information on your computer. OEM's
have different recovery procedures and is not specific to XP.
If you want to give more information make, model, etc. possibly someone
might have experience with your system.

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"shutterbug1975" <shutterbug1975.1ys8jp@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
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>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm attempting to format my hard drive (clean off everything) but when
> i put my recovery disc in and follow the prompts - eventually I get a
> message from Symantec that says "Cannot open R:/h2614.gho"
>
> And then "Invalid Dump file"
>
> and that is it - I have to reboot normally...
>
> Anyone know what I should do?
>
>
> --
> shutterbug1975

You can delete all existing partitions by booting the machine
with a Win98 boot disk from www.bootdisk.com, then
running delpart.exe (http://www.russelltexas.com/delpart.htm).
This would leave you with a completely blank disk, with no
hope of recovering anything at all. Is this what you want?

Perhaps there is a fault on the recovery disk I would contact their support.

Neil
"shutterbug1975" <shutterbug1975.1ys8jp@pcbanter.net> wrote in message
news:shutterbug1975.1ys8jp@pcbanter.net...
>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm attempting to format my hard drive (clean off everything) but when
> i put my recovery disc in and follow the prompts - eventually I get a
> message from Symantec that says "Cannot open R:/h2614.gho"
>
> And then "Invalid Dump file"
>
> and that is it - I have to reboot normally...
>
> Anyone know what I should do?
>
>
> --
> shutterbug1975