Ghost and NTFS

[jmorrell]

I had similar problems with Ghost 2002. I had just converted my 2 hard drives from FAT 32 to NTFS. I tried to image my primary NTFS partition to the second hard drive, but Ghost couldn't even see the second drive to write to it. I went on Symantec's tech support site, and found out (1) the consumer version of Ghost can SEE NTFS partitions to make an image or a disk to disk copy, but cannot WRITE to an NTFS partition because of the limitations of DOS; and (2) to write to a NTFS partition or drive, you need the corporate version of Ghost. I wasn't about to lay out a bunch more money for a new version of Ghost, so the cheap solution for me was to reformat my second drive to FAT 32. I don't need the security or the other things that NTFS provides on the second hard drive, so little was lost in my case. I think it's a real bummer that Symantec says Ghost 2002 is XP compatible, yet it doesn't really support full NTFS implementations. I think they should have explained this on the box so folks would know the limitations before they buy the product.

 

[OatMan]

Thanks jmorrell,

quick follow up,
1. I can't see the NTFS drive at all so how do I make an image?
2. once i conquer #1 can I copy the NTFS image to FAT32 partition and then convert that said partition to NTFS (kinda like the conversion that happens when loading NT) - I'm pretty sure i know that one is a negative but i hope i'm wrong.

thanks again ladies and gents!
Happy New year everyone (almost)
OM

 

[OatMan]

^^Bump^^

So to rehash.

I want to image copy my NTFS win2k system onto an identical drive so I don't have to do a reinstallation. THe drive is making sick noises so I'm replacing it, under warantee, but I have to send the old one back soon or I'll be charged.

am I SOL?

Thanks and happy 2002 - those with dyslexia rejoice!
OM