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337488 2005-03-24 08:52:00 thought this would be simple...but can't seem to get it work..

i've got an old computer, running win2k with a 2gb hd
today i moved an 8gb hd and installed it as slave into the computer
it was formatted ntfs before i put it in

the plan was to use ghost 7 to make an image of the 2gb drive onto the 8gb, save the image file onto another computer, then copy the 2gb content onto 8gb, so i can then make 8gb master and boot from that and take out the 2gb

ran into some problems... in ghost can't see any of my harddrives when i try saving image, but i can select them to be made into an image..werid..i'm guessing it's a ntfs problem
i was going to reformat my 8gb into fat32 to prove myself right, so i booted into win2k but then notice i can't see the 8gb at all, doesn't show up anywhere, not even under management..
used win2k setup cd to boot into recovery consol, then i can see the 8gb drive...format it again, back in win2k, still can't see drive

not sure what to do now..kinda want to use the 8gb hd asap, since the 2gb can die anyday now...
heni72847 (1166)
337489 2005-03-24 09:08:00 Have you got the 8gb connected right? MAster or slave? Prmary or secondary?
Jumper set correctly to match how you have it connected?

Also the image thing sounds a bit long winded. Why not just Ghost drive to drive straight onto the 8Gb? Ghost will know the new size...
pctek (84)
337490 2005-03-24 10:53:00 8gb connected on the same cable as 2gb, it being the 2nd one
and jumper set to slave

the image is for made so i can keep it as a image on another computer too
the ultimate goal is to copy disk to disk
heni72847 (1166)
337491 2005-03-24 11:24:00 Well I'd do it this way. The 8gb is going to be the new and only drive right. So connect it as secondary master (unplug our CD for now). Do a disk to disk ghost.

Then remove the 2 gb, connect up your CD again, 8gb as Primary.

Then take an image of the 2gb when you plug into the other PC.
pctek (84)
337492 2005-03-25 00:44:00 after a few tries, following a few suggestions, now i have the computer booting into win2k on the 8gb hd
the 8gb is now master and on primary ide
2gb hd now disconnected and taken out from the computer

the 8gb hd has 2 partitions
one 3gb and one 4gb

is there a tool out there that can let me backup my 3gb partition onto a compressed hd image of some sort onto my 4gb partition
i've seen a few, but they seem to require too much system resource
this computer is running at 150Mhz with 32Mb of ram...

any suggestions??
heni72847 (1166)
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