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| 227222 | 2004-04-05 05:14:00 | Hi G/F. 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. Based wholely on discussion with a "knowledgable" casuial aquaintance who recommended it. As will be obvious - still gathering information AND reading the manual. Thanks for input. |
Scouse (83) | ||
| 227223 | 2004-04-05 10:26:00 | I use casper which I purchased and downloaded from the net. | Octavian (5485) | ||
| 227224 | 2004-04-05 11:38:00 | I use Ghost 2003 and WinXP Pro. I start running Ghost under WinXP and select what I want. Normally clone my 120 GIG Hard drive to a removable Hard drive of the same size. The computer will reboot and do the operation. This is normally done under a version of DOS rather that within WinXP. It does work though. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 227225 | 2004-04-05 11:47:00 | > > Actually, since XP has system restore, what is the > rationale for needing drive imaging anyway? The reason for me is that sooner or later my 120 Gig Seagate drive may die. I copy the whole drive to one of the same size. If I turn the computer on one morning and it doesn't boot I can change just the jumper on the slave drive and make it primary. This does mean I have to remove the slave drive from the case and change one jumper. After that then I need to go buy another hard drive. |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 227226 | 2004-04-05 21:57:00 | Hi Ephalant. Appreciate your input. My plan, as yet untried, is to ghost the 30 GB C drive partition of my 80 GB drive to an old 30 GB hard drive G within the box. The new drive is NTFS and the old drive is Fat32. That's how the idea of formatting the old drive to match the new came about. In some basic discussion with a friend (who does not have Ghost) it seemed like a good idea. You make it sound as neat and simple as I had hoped it would be. As my C drive contains only Windows and programs and my E drive contains only about about 10 GB of data at the moment, both of which add up to less than the 30 GB available on my old drive, is it possible to Ghost both C and E across of G in one operation? | Scouse (83) | ||
| 227227 | 2004-04-06 00:50:00 | > As my C drive contains only Windows and programs and my E drive contains only about about 10 GB of data at the moment, both of which add up to less than the 30 GB available on my old drive, is it possible to Ghost both C and E across of G in one operation? Hmmm...... my version of Ghost is three or so years old so newer versions could be smarter but as far as I know you can only backup one partition at a time. This means you would have to Ghost your C drive then Ghost your E drive. Do ensure that you label the images appropriately. ;-) |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 227228 | 2004-04-06 01:58:00 | Thanks Susan. Every bit of advice helps. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 227229 | 2004-04-06 04:22:00 | No I don't think you can do that Scouse, but you don't need to anyway. Image your C: drive to another disk then write the image to the new drive, or better still, clone it directly to the new HDD. It is best to keep your data on a separate drive, or at the very least a separate partition on the same drive otherwise future reimaging of your programs will only write back the data present at the time the image was made. Everything after that will be lost. Take a look at this third-party Ghost Tutorial, (lostgallifreyan.com) it may give you some ideas. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 227230 | 2004-04-06 06:06:00 | Thanks Billy - a great site. Spent an hour there....... and will return. | Scouse (83) | ||
| 227231 | 2004-04-06 07:10:00 | Great stuff Elephant, thanks for the info. Got 2003 on the way here. At least then I can make a backup image of my harddrive. |
Curly (487) | ||
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