Cant ghost one hd partition to another hd!

[blackhawk]

I'm running w98se with fat 32 and have one 40 gb, 2 partition hd on the machine. I'm trying to replace the 40 gb c & d with a 30 gb for c and a 20 gb for d and use the 40 elsewhere.

I've ghosted the d partition to the other hard drive okay but my c partition gives me an error partway through the ghost to the 30gb.

I'm selecting partition to partition-20gb to 30gb- and gets various percentages into the copy then freezes and gives me an unable to copy-ghosterr.txt message.

Im running a virus check right now but any suggestions or any other way to do this.

 

[4824guy]

Try shutting off the Antivirus software, or uninstalling it for now to see if that helps.
Another option could be to use the partitioning software that may have come with your HD. If you have a Maxtor or WD HD anywhere in that system, you should be able to download the software and copy the partitions that way.

 

[blackhawk]

I wouldn't think av would run in dos? I'll do so though as its worth a try. My hds are quantums though so dont know if maxtor sw would work.

I also have partition magic 6

 

[corkyg]

Run Scandisk on that partition. You may have a disagreement between actual file size and what is shown in the FAT. If so, that will correct it.

 

[blackhawk]

done the disk check through nortons, defragged & virus scanned

tried again and same thing, although it made the image successfully, when I made it a boot drive it wont load, gives me a warning at the dmi pool data & tells me to run scanreg due to configuration/setup error, and that wont run as a bunch of files are missing it reports

tried to run PM6 too and its giving me errors!

I do appreciate the suggestions and help. Thanks

 

[blackhawk]

Looking more and more like a hard drive problem. Just downloaded the test program and will run this am.

Swapped out to another older 20gb and install of WinME went smooth.

I just rma'd a 40gb and this 30gb was an rma return only 2 months ago and only tested then set aside!

 

[Muse]

<< done the disk check through nortons, defragged & virus scanned

tried again and same thing, although it made the image successfully, when I made it a boot drive it wont load, gives me a warning at the dmi pool data & tells me to run scanreg due to configuration/setup error, and that wont run as a bunch of files are missing it reports

tried to run PM6 too and its giving me errors!

I do appreciate the suggestions and help. Thanks >>

If you haven't already, you should back up anything you don't want to lose... now. These problems could be precursors of failure.

 

[Bglad]

You are running Ghost in dos right? If not, it will have trouble copying the C drive when it runs into system files that are in use. It gets a file sharing violation.

You may be doing this, you didn't say, but you need to be booting with a boot floppy and running Ghost off a floppy to image the C drive.

 

[blackhawk]

I'm starting with F8 and selecting the command prompt, then running it from there in dos.

I'm still having the odd problem with the hard drive I initially tried. I ran all tests on the hard drive itself from the mfg and its passed but still freezes up sometimes.

When I ran scandisk in thorough mode, it would freeze at the same point in the disk check. Done a low level format right now and will try again.

OS is working fine alone on the 20gb but want the 30gb for programs too. Wont try ghost again till everything is setup on the 20gb.

 

[Bglad]

You can't do it from a dos window within windows. You have to boot from a dos boot floppy and run it from there. That is probably your problem. Take a look at the manual, it explains this and the reasons why.

 

[Muse]

<< You can't do it from a dos window within windows. You have to boot from a dos boot floppy and run it from there. That is probably your problem. Take a look at the manual, it explains this and the reasons why. >>

That's right. In Windows, go into Ghost Explorer and create a Ghost boot floppy and use that to boot your system. It automatically starts Ghost in interactive mode with mouse support if you are using a PS2 mouse. It's pretty easy to use - very intuitive. The Ghost manual is very good - check it out.