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| 227212 | 2004-04-04 20:41:00 | I have Windows XP and wanted to make an image of my disk drive onto another disk that could be used as a backup in the event something happened to HDD1. :-) I have an older version (V5.1) of Ghost Personal Edition which the handbook says works only via DOS. As far as I can tell, Win XP does not know about DOS, so it looks like my Ghost won't be able to do it. :-( I notice that Norton has Version 2003 out and it includes Ghost 2003. Does anybody know if the 2003 version can make a disk image where no DOS is involved. |
Tobas (224) | ||
| 227213 | 2004-04-04 21:20:00 | Ghost 2003 works fine under XP - I use it. | godfather (25) | ||
| 227214 | 2004-04-04 22:07:00 | I use Ghost via a boot disk Tobas so the OS doesn't matter. I have Ghost V5.1 and Ghost 2003 as well (came with SystemWorks). To be honest I have only ever used boot disks but I seem to recall that 2003 has a Windows GUI interface. Whatever it uses, it cannot create an image of window from within windows because some windows files will always be open and unable to be imaged. All the Windows versions do is automate the process of going back to DOS (provided by Ghost) making the image then rebooting back to Windows. The only problem with imaging from a DOS boot disk is that the syntax used by Ghost is not exactly intuitive, and you have to check each step carefully as you go. It give you the option to check the source and image destinations before you press the go key to start the actual imaging process, but that can catch you out if you are not careful, witness my earlier post about accidentally imaging more GB than my destination disk could hold. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 227215 | 2004-04-04 22:14:00 | More Ghost info, URLs & ideas Here (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) | Billy T (70) | ||
| 227216 | 2004-04-05 00:20:00 | You cannot use the early Ghost versions via a DOS boot disk on XP, if your file system is NTFS. Ghost 2003 has its own runtime boot that allows it to reboot into a DOS like automated environment once the process starts. No user input is needed apart from the initial Windows selections. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 227217 | 2004-04-05 02:57:00 | Good point GF, NTFS is not on my event-horizon so I didn't even think about that. From 2001 onwards I believe Ghost was compatible with NTFS, and certainly Ghost Explorer was compatible in 2001. Actually, since XP has system restore, what is the rationale for needing drive imaging anyway? For me the key feature is the ability to restore an individual file or group of files, but I also like the ability to backup my data drives. I am moving to XP Pro later this year so I'm starting the knowledge gathering now. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 227218 | 2004-04-05 03:23:00 | > Actually, since XP has system restore, what is the > rationale for needing drive imaging anyway? System restore does not restore data, only system files as the name suggests . I use Ghost to speed up the restoration of the entire drive, programs data and system files . I have needed it twice now, and it has saved a day or two of time . |
godfather (25) | ||
| 227219 | 2004-04-05 04:28:00 | Hi Billy & G/F.. I have at last purchased Ghost 2003. Any bear traps I should look out for. Have my primary HD set for C (Windows and Programs), D (Swap file), E (data and odd storage), F, and G is my older hard drive to which I want to Ghost. this may sound more knowledgable than I really am. Learning as I go. Running XP PRO and Office 2000 amongst other things. I understand that I have to delete some backup from drive G and format it to NTFS to match the rest of the drives/partitions. Still thinking about that before I make my move. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 227220 | 2004-04-05 04:51:00 | Thanks Guys for replies. Just my luck - file system is NTFS, so guess it's time to head for the shops for the latest version. Cheers |
Tobas (224) | ||
| 227221 | 2004-04-05 05:06:00 | > I understand that I have to delete > some backup from drive G and format it to NTFS to > match the rest of the drives/partitions . I have no idea why you would need to do that . Are you saying that you can't image from NTFS to FAT32? Nobody here is saying that either as far as I see, and since you can image from FAT32 direct to CD (CDFS) I cannot imagine why you need to convert a target drive . While I have not tried it as all my hard drives are NTFS, I have done NTFS- > CDFS without a problem . Please advise if Norton actually advise that it can't be done, as I note that the default file size created in the HDD image is 2 GB so assume its able to cope with FAT16 as the target . |
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