Problem with Ghost 2002 HELP!

[jyates]

Hi all,

I've got a computer system set up with XP professional installed.

I have a 80gb master split into C: 65gb and D: 15gb
and then a E: 20gb slave hard drive in it.

I wanted to put an image of C: onto E: but when I use the
Norton's 2002 ghost floppy boot disk the only drive that it
shows that you can put the image on is the A:\ and the CDRW.
The E: drive isn't even shown.

I installed the program twice but it hasn't made any difference.

Anyone have any ideas at all?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[wjsulliv]

Could be that it doesn't think it will fit so it doesn't offer you the option???

Are you sure you have the correct boot disk? If I remember right the 2002 CDRW disk is different then the straight IDE only disk.

 

[jyates]

I made the boot disk myself with the wizard (have done it several times with other machines)
and I only have like 6 or 7 gigs on the main drive so I would assume it would allow it to go on
a 20 gig drive wouldn't it?


I'm certainly no expert on Ghost 2002!

That's why I came here

Jim

 

[SearchMaster]

Originally posted by: jyates
Hi all,

I've got a computer system set up with XP professional installed.

I have a 80gb master split into C: 65gb and D: 15gb
and then a E: 20gb slave hard drive in it.

I wanted to put an image of C: onto E: but when I use the
Norton's 2002 ghost floppy boot disk the only drive that it
shows that you can put the image on is the A:\ and the CDRW.
The E: drive isn't even shown.

I installed the program twice but it hasn't made any difference.

Anyone have any ideas at all?

Thanks,
Jim

If E: is an NTFS partition, you'll have to upgrade your Ghost. 2002 will not write to NTFS partitions (it will back them up but not write to them); 2003 and later will I believe.

 

[jyates]

Got ya.........You are right.....both C/D and E are NTFS formatted drives.

I'll go and see if I can find that upgrade.

Thanks a lot for the help!

Jim

 

[wjsulliv]

Ghost 2002 is supposed to read and write NTFS, but it isn't supposed to be able to boot on NTFS partitions.

2003 can do it all.

 

[jyates]

Thanks for the insight.
I got Ghost 2003 today and it works fine. One thing I like
about 2003 is that you can actually back up while running
windows or you can make a boot disk and boot from the disk
and do it like in 2002.

Works fine with ntfs partitions!

Jim