How can i format my harddrive using NTFS to restore a ghost image?

[Bojax]

The problem is, when i boot to a disk XP/W2K. After the format using ntfs it immediately starts loading files. All i want to do is format using ntfs. Then restore my ghost image from disks (cdr's).

 

[Brandon2000]

I have the same problem here too. Some people say that we can format with our xp cd, haven't tried that really. Then some said there is program called delpart (search on google). I haven't tried it yet, just ghosted my machine yesterday. Sadly that I had to format my spare drive in fat32, or ghost doens't even see it. I can't really help you, hope some one can...

 

[waycool]

When you run ghost it wipes the whole drive if you format before restoring an image ghost distroys that format information.
Just restore with ghost it will handle the format. If your image is ntfs it will make the restored image ntfs, if the image is fat32
that is what you will have after the restore.

 

[Bojax]

AHh, thanks.

I researched this in other threads but nobody replied to that specific question.

 

[RalfHutter]

Both Ghost and Drive Image create the file system along with the image.

For example, I have a computer that I use just for playing with operating systems. I have images for Win 3.11 (FAT16), Win98 (FAT32) and Win2000 (NTFS). When I ghost any of these images the file system is created on disk along with the disk image. I can be running Win 3.11/FAT16 and 7 minutes later be running Win2000/NTFS on the same HDD without any formatting!

This is way over the top on any level that I'm capable of understanding but it works. For me, these imaging programs are my most useful pieces of software. They are very powerful tools.

 

[Bojax]

Thanks for the help. My first ghost was a success. I was very intimidated by this program at first, but now that i've done it i'm very encouraged. I can comfortably tweak without the worry of messing things up beyond repair. I know there is "system restore" but there is something about ghost, where i can set things up just the way i want it and restore to that exact configuration that i feel more comfortable with.

 

[LarryJoe]

A word of advice here - stay away from Partition Magic 7.0 (for XP). I tried to format my third hard drive (slaved on secondary controller) with PM and when I rebooted, PM hosed my C: (primary, OS) drive. Talk about f*cking up a Sunday! This was the third and last time PM screwed me, the other two were not as catastrophic.


Use the XP boot CD for formatting. But yes, Ghost restores the file system with the image. Lastly, Drive Image 5.0 wouldn't run after the reboot to DR-DOS. Ghost is still king.

LJ

EDIT - also, when I reinstalled XP, I had to call Microsoft as my number of installs was up!

 

[RalfHutter]

Drive Image runs fine on my Win2000 and WinXP NTFS boxes. I've never had any type of trouble with it.

I like Drive Image better than Ghost, the GUI is easier to use. Ghost's GUI is more confusing to me. The terminology is obtuse compared to DI.

 

[Insidious]

I don't know how pertinant it is here, but Ghost will not deal with the XP ntfs file system unless it is version 7

 

[Thor86]

Partition Magic has a DOS utility called PQMAGICT.exe which fits on one floppy and can partition/format in anything.

 

[jpetermann]

so is Ghost totally compatable for Win XP? I love ghost, but when XP came out and I switched to NTFS I thought it was incompatable.

 

[LarryJoe]

Yes, the newest ghost works fine. Just put ghostpe.exe on a bootable windows98 (dos) floppy and run it.

For me and a few of my buds, Drive Image 5 reboots and just hands on the "starting drive image screen". A note here is that we both use controller. Me ATA 100 and my buds Raid 0.

 

[millsy]

Yes, you have to use Ghost 2002 or 7 to image an NTFS drive/partition.
I currently have a 40Gb with NTFS XP running and a 41Gb NTFS that a create an image onto and it works great.
There are options to play around with before you image the drive.

 

[Rob G.]

I hate Ghost 2002. Every time you want to restore an image or a copy a partition you get prompted for a twelve-character licence code. Utterly retarded.

I much prefer DriveImage now and it can create an image file directly into an NTFS partition - something Ghost still cannot do.