Ghost 2003/USB problems

[AParkham]

Hi,

I am currently using a norton ghost 2003 boot disk to save and upload
images. I also have a lacie external hard drive.
The problem that I am encountering is, when I boot up with ghost
diskette:
1) When I click on local --> disk --> "to image" to save an image of a
disk - the lacie external hard drive IS seen in the list of drives to
choose from.
2) When I click on local --> disk --> "from image" to upload an image
of a disk - the lacie external hard drive IS NOT seen in the list of
drives to choose from.
3) When I click on local --> partition --> "to image" or "from image" -
I DO NOT see the lacie harddrive as an option for the list of drives.

Is there any way to fix this? I'm pretty much computer
illiterate...please be patient with me. =)
I have both USB 1.1 (built in on motherboard) and 2.0 (purchased and
added on) on the PC. The above occurs when I am connected to the usb
2.0. When I am connected to the USB 1.1 - I do not think it sees that
the lacie external hard drive is connected.

Thank you!

 

[Brian A.]

External USB drive not accessible when using Ghost boot disk
http://symantec.atgnow.com/consumer...t+nsf+pfdocs+2002102913063725&resultType=5000

or http://snipurl.com/mal6

Ghost cannot access an external USB hard drive that is connected to a USB
hub
http://symantec.atgnow.com/consumer...at+is+connected+to+a+USB+hub.&resultType=5000

or http://snipurl.com/mal7

Troubleshooting external USB hard drive problems
http://symantec.atgnow.com/consumer...g+an+external+USB+hard+drive.&resultType=5000

or http://snipurl.com/malg

or start here and type in your Q.
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/home_homeoffice/index_ts.html?src=hho_us

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Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Bob Harris]

GHOST 2003 and earlier are based on DOS and as such can not save an image TO
a disk formatted as NTFS. They can save an image of a disk that is NTFS to
one that is FAT32, but not the reverse.

Beyond that, GHOST 2003 can be tempermental about USB. My best success has
been to use the first USB port on the motherboard, never mix USB 1.1 and
2.0, and be sure that the external disk has its own power supply (not
powered via the USB cable).

 

[Brian A.]

GHOST 2003 and earlier are based on DOS and as such can not save an image
TO a disk formatted as NTFS. They can save an image of a disk that is
NTFS to one that is FAT32, but not the reverse.

100% incorrect. I've been using Ghost for a number of years now and
presently use Ghost 2003, which can very well create, save, restore and
clone an image from/to NTFS, even over a network. I do full backups once a
week of every machine on my network and 3 of them are XP NTFS formatted,
one of them being the machine backed up to.
From Ghost 2003 help:
<quote>
NTFS support: Norton Ghost now writes to NTFS partitions. You can store an
image file on an NTFS drive and restore from an image file located on an
NTFS drive.
</quote>

Ghost 2003 can also create, save, restore and clone Linux EXT 2/3 amonst
other things.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375

 

[Shenan Stanley]

GHOST 2003 and earlier are based on DOS and as such can not save
an image TO a disk formatted as NTFS. They can save an image of a
disk that is NTFS to one that is FAT32, but not the reverse.

100% incorrect. I've been using Ghost for a number of years now and
presently use Ghost 2003, which can very well create, save, restore
and clone an image from/to NTFS, even over a network. I do full
backups once a week of every machine on my network and 3 of them
are XP NTFS formatted, one of them being the machine backed up to.
From Ghost 2003 help:
<quote>
NTFS support: Norton Ghost now writes to NTFS partitions. You can
store an image file on an NTFS drive and restore from an image file
located on an NTFS drive.
</quote>

Ghost 2003 can also create, save, restore and clone Linux EXT 2/3
amonst other things.

I think there has been some misunderstanding here.

*If* you boot with an OS that cannot read/write to NTFS - then using ghost
in that environment means it too will be unable to write to the NTFS
partition. It has nothing to do with Ghost - but the environment in which
you startup and utilize ghost.

And as far as writing to a network drive - it doesn't matter what file
system the remote share has - since once it is network connected - it is
just another drive to write to - the OS on the remote system handles the
file system on the drive - the client connecting could care less what the
file system is in most cases - for siumplistic reading/writing anyway.

 

[Brian A.]

I think there has been some misunderstanding here.

The only misunderstanding is I didn't make it clear that it was 100%
incorrect pertaining to Ghost 2003 and newer. The responder clearly
stated:
<quote>
GHOST 2003 and earlier are based on DOS and as such can not save an image
TO a disk formatted as NTFS. They can save an image of a disk that is NTFS
to one that is FAT32, but not the reverse.
</quote>

Which is 100% incorrect when using Ghost 2003 and newer. Yes Ghost 2003
and newer CAN create and Save an image to an NTFS formatted disk. I do it
all the time on separate drives/volumes/partitions on the same machine.
Now if it really can't, then my Ghost 2003 is broke/corrupt in the best of
ways.

*If* you boot with an OS that cannot read/write to NTFS - then using
ghost in that environment means it too will be unable to write to the
NTFS partition. It has nothing to do with Ghost - but the environment in
which you startup and utilize ghost.

If one dual boots 98 (FAT32) and XP formatted as NTFS, all that needs to
be done is:
Make sure Ghost.exe is on the any of the hard drives you wish to create the
image on.
Optional 1: Add the path to load Ghost.exe in the boot disks autoexec.bat.
Start the machine with a boot disk.
Option 2: Type the path to Ghost.exe at the command prompt.
Select the NTFS or FAT32 hardrive/volume/partition as the image source to
backup.
Select NTFS or FAT32 hardrive/volume/partition as the image destination to
create.
Create the image.

If one really wants, they can add switches utilized by Ghost to further
the output.

And as far as writing to a network drive - it doesn't matter what file
system the remote share has - since once it is network connected - it is
just another drive to write to - the OS on the remote system handles the
file system on the drive - the client connecting could care less what the
file system is in most cases - for siumplistic reading/writing anyway.

I'm very aware of networking between file systems. Any point I was
making wasn't really directed at networking, it was directed to svaing an
image on NTFS, networked or not.

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Brian A. Sesko { MS MVP_Shell/User }
Conflicts start where information lacks.
http://basconotw.mvps.org/

Suggested posting do's/don'ts: http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
How to ask a question: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375