What Version of Ghost does NTFS? 2003 or 7.5?

[L8ed]

I'm looking to upgrade to a larger HD and I would love to ghost my current WinXP Configuration and then ghost the new image to the larger HD. I've heard that some version of Ghost now does NTFS. What version would this be and what price should I expect to pay. I'm seeing a real range of prices.

Thanks as always,


L8ed

 

[Dahak]

Norton Ghost 2003 will read and write ntfs drives that i know for sure, and your looking about probably 50-70 bux us. The older version of Norton Ghost will aslo read NTFS (2002, and 2001 i think) the 7.5 is designed for and Enterprise location (ie big business and will cost you more money... but does add features like remote deployment)

 

[cleverhandle]

Both 2002 and 2003 work fine. I'm 99% sure 7.5 does as well, but that's the Corporate Version and as such doesn't offer you anything over the Home (2002/2003) versions for the extra $$$.

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: Dahak
...and your looking about probably 50-70 bux us.

Nah, dude. It's not very prominent on the box, but System Works Pro includes Ghost. You can get it for under $25 at Newegg.

 

[redbeard1]

2002 ghost can't see ntfs from a boot disk, 2003 can. 7.5 can also.

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: redbeard1
2002 ghost can't see ntfs from a boot disk, 2003 can.

You need to be more specific. 2002 cannot write an image file to an NTFS partition. It can ghost from NTFS partitions just fine.

edit: ...and to be still more specific - 2002 can restore an NTFS partition as well. It just can't place an image file in an existing NTFS filesystem.

 

[mikecel79]

You need to be more specific. 2002 cannot write an image file to an NTFS partition. It can ghost from NTFS partitions just fine.

edit: ...and to be still more specific - 2002 can restore an NTFS partition as well. It just can't place an image file in an existing NTFS filesystem

FYI versions all the way back to 6.0 can read NTFS. Possibly even sooner. 6.0 was the first I worked with.

 

[Nothinman]

FYI versions all the way back to 6.0 can read NTFS. Possibly even sooner. 6.0 was the first I worked with.

Mostly true, but I'd be weary because MS has changed the on-disk format of NTFS more than once (namely NT 4 SP4, Win2K and XP atleast) so if 6.0 was out before XP I wouldn't trust it.

 

[xSauronx]

i paid not more than $15 us for norton system works, the whole thing
1yr antivirus and ghost and all that stuff

http://store.yahoo.com/saveateaglestore/symnorsyspro3.html

bought from them, and a couple times in the past and havent had a problem
$9 + shipping

 

[drag]

I haven't used ghost much apart from actually learning how to use it, but it would make sense to me to get the newest version that I can get my hands on.


If cost is a factor or you already own a version of that, I would simply go to the manufacturer's website and look at the specifications of it. If 7.5 works fine and safely and you have it, then use it. Otherwise if your buying it new I vote for the newest one you can get.

just my 2 cents

 

[BornStar]

This really isn't the intended purpose of Ghost. In fact, in the instructions they specifically say that ghost should only be used with identical hardware and even mention hard drive size specifically as being the same. I would use the program that came with the hard drive and not Ghost. I can't say for certain that this won't work, but I've never been willing to risk it.

 

[cleverhandle]

Originally posted by: BornStar18
This really isn't the intended purpose of Ghost.

Enterprises use Ghost for deployment across a variety of hardware by employing some extra tricks. But the OP isn't even changing the motherboard, just the drive. He should have no problems.

In fact, in the instructions they specifically say that ghost should only be used with identical hardware and even mention hard drive size specifically as being the same.

Rubbish. They just don't want to deal with supporting consumers who muck around with things they don't understand. A filesystem is a filesystem. As long as you have space for the data, you're fine.

I would use the program that came with the hard drive and not Ghost. I can't say for certain that this won't work, but I've never been willing to risk it.

I can say for certain it will work - I've done it. Both between drives on one machine, and between machines from different manufacturers.

 

[Nothinman]

Rubbish. They just don't want to deal with supporting consumers who muck around with things they don't understand. A filesystem is a filesystem. As long as you have space for the data, you're fine.

And ghost even supports resizing the partitions for you, I can't see why they would say they don't support this.

I would use the program that came with the hard drive and not Ghost. I can't say for certain that this won't work, but I've never been willing to risk it.

I would be more scared to use the program thatt came with the drive because I have no idea how much testing it's gone through. I've seen ghost work with a handfull of different filesystems and hardware differences and I know it works 95+% of the time.

 

[mikecel79]

Originally posted by: BornStar18
This really isn't the intended purpose of Ghost. In fact, in the instructions they specifically say that ghost should only be used with identical hardware and even mention hard drive size specifically as being the same. I would use the program that came with the hard drive and not Ghost. I can't say for certain that this won't work, but I've never been willing to risk it.

We use Ghost to deploy our standard image over many different types of hardware (over 450+ desktops). From PII 233s all the ways up to P4 2.8GHz. Doesn't get much more varied hardware than that. Also drive sizes are radically different in size. Yes we use some other tools (Sysprep and a few other utilities) for hardware changes. As a matter of fact Norton even has a article in their knowledge base about using Ghost and Sysprep to deploy images over a variety of software. I have never had a problem with putting the image on different size drives either.