Free ghosting program that works with NTFS?

[Paulson]

I need one fast, because my western digital 60 gigger is dying and need to backup to my 40 gig western digital. The stupid program that comes with the hard drives doesn't exactly work with ntfs

Any help?

 

[Paulson]

Anyone?

I really need to ghost but can't

 

[Paulson]

I really need an answer guys

 

[skriefal]

Well, there's this one, which was meant for use with Linux. It can read NTFS partitions. A boot/root floppy disk image is available which should allow you to image your 60GB disk into a compressed file on the 40GB disk -- as long as the 40GB disk is formatted with a filesystem writable by Linux (Linux's NTFS support is read-only). Also, I'm not sure if you'll be able to restore the image to a disk of a different (non-60GB) size.

Your safest solution is to buy a copy of Norton Ghost 2002 or Norton Systemworks Pro 2002...

Alternatively, couldn't you simply copy the appropriate directories manually onto your other disk? A bit slower perhaps, but better than nothing.

 

[LoverBoyJ]

Thiers a 15 day trial for Norton Ghost you can use it while your drive still works. Works with my Win2000 and WinXP backup.

Norton Ver. 7.x Trial version

This works well dumping your whole HD to a CDRW.

 

[dj4005]

IF you are going to buy Norton's Ghost (in the System Works Pro) for the express purpose of dealing with NTFS partitions, be aware that it's support for NTFS isn't as verbose as it would lead you to believe.

You can read from an NTFS partition - but you can't write to one. This is from an article on the Symantec Knowledge Base:

http://service2.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/docid/2000012811284125&src=w



NTFS support when using only the Ghost DOS executable file, Ghost.exe
The Ghost DOS executable file for the Ghost corporate versions is Ghost.exe. When you use Ghost.exe
without also using Ghost Multicast Server or Ghost Enterprise Console, you run Ghost.exe in one of the
following configurations:

Ghost cannot save image files to local NTFS partitions:
In this configuration, you run Ghost.exe at one computer only. Because Ghost.exe runs in DOS and
DOS cannot access local NTFS partitions, Ghost cannot save image files to local NTFS partitions.
Ghost cannot save image files to remote NTFS partitions accessed through a peer-to-peer connection:
In this configuration, you run Ghost.exe at each of two computers that are connected by a USB cable
(Ghost's "Local" option), through an LPT port (Ghost's "LPT" option), or through a network interface
card (Ghost's peer-to-peer "TCP/IP" option). These are all peer-to-peer connection types. Because
Ghost.exe runs in DOS and DOS cannot access remote NTFS partitions through a peer-to-peer
connection, Ghost cannot save image files to remote NTFS partitions.
Ghost can save image files to remote NTFS partitions accessed through a mapped drive (a
nonpeer-to-peer connection):
In this configuration, you run Ghost.exe at one computer only, and that computer is running network
client software for DOS, such as the Microsoft Client or the NetWare Client. The file Autoexec.bat has
an entry that maps a network drive. Because DOS accesses the remote computers through the
network client software, which understands the NT file system (NTFS) and can work with files on an
NTFS partition, corporate Ghost versions can save image files directly to remote NTFS partitions in
this configuration.

NTFS support when using Ghost.exe with Ghost Multicast Server or Ghost Enterprise Console
When you use the Ghost DOS executable with Multicast Server or the Ghost Console, Ghost.exe runs at one
or more client computers, and Ghost Multicast Server or Ghost Enterprise Console run at a Ghost server
computer.

Because the image file is transferred through the Ghost Multicast Server or the Ghost Enterprise Console,
Ghost's ability to save image files directly to NTFS partitions depends on the operating system that the
Multicast Server or the Ghost Console are running in.

When run in Windows NT or Windows 2000, Ghost Multicast Server and Ghost Enterprise Console
can save image files directly to local and remote NTFS partitions.
When run in Windows 95b/98/Me, Ghost Multicast Server and Ghost Enterprise Console can save
image files directly to remote NTFS partitions when on a network such as Windows NT, Windows
2000, or Novell NetWare.
When run in Windows 95b/98/Me, Ghost Multicast Server and Ghost Enterprise Console cannot save
image files directly to NTFS partitions on the Ghost server (that is, the local computer), because
Windows 95b/98/Me does not recognize NTFS partitions.


NTFS support when using Ghost.exe over NetBIOS connections
Corporate versions of Ghost 6.04 and earlier support peer-to-peer NetBIOS connections. Because this is a
peer-to-peer connection, it has the same limitations for saving files to NTFS partitions as other peer-to-peer
connections, such as TCP/IP.

NOTE: Although Symantec Ghost 7.0, Symantec Ghost 6.5 Enterprise Edition, and Norton Ghost 2001 do not
support NetBIOS connections for cloning peer to peer, the Symantec Ghost 6.5 Enterprise Edition still
requires TCP/IP to be configured so that NetBIOS can run over IP.


Cloning NTFS partitions
You can create an image of a local NTFS partition and store it on a FAT partition or a Jaz or Zip disk.



I'm caught up in the same situation - I was unaware till yesterday.