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207Installing Norton Ghost from the command line
Installing from the command line
■ The Repair installation lets you repair the current installation. It is accessed
once Norton Ghost is installed on your computer. You can activate this by
clicking Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel and clicking Ghost. You
can also run this mode from the command line. The syntax is as follows:
msiexec /f “c:\temp\Norton Ghost.msi”
The switch /fa reinstalls all files, /fu rewrites all required user registry entries,
and /fs overwrites any existing shortcuts.
Installing from the command line
You can specify parameters when installing Norton Ghost from the command
line by setting installer packages. The syntax for these packages is as follows:
msiexec /i “c:\temp\Norton Ghost.msi” /q PROPERTY = VALUE
The property name must be in upper case, and the value is case-sensitive.
On Windows 2000/XP computers, Msiexec.exe is in the path by default, so it can
be called from any directory. On Windows NT computers with Installer V2
installed, Msiexec.exe is in the path by default. On Windows 9x computers,
Msiexec.exe is not in the path. It is always located in the Windows\System
directory on Windows 9x systems, and in Winnt\System32 on Windows NT
systems.
If you are not running Windows XP and you do not have Windows Installer V2
installed, then the installation must be performed through a setup file. Setup.exe
is located in the same directory as Norton Ghost.msi.
If you are installing in Administration mode, you do not need to set these
properties as you are copying the installation package to a location on the
network. Set these properties once you run the installation from the network
location.
Table H-1 shows the package properties that can be set from the command line.
Table H-1 Package properties
Property Default value Description
INSTALLDIR Program
files\Symantec\Ghost
Destination directory
USERNAME Registered user User name
COMPANYNAME Registered company Company name