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Hi ahmedalmatook ,
Well I've just rebooted mine again and I have more options than you . When you boot do you not have "Local/Partition/To Image" in the menu ??
If not then I'm lost . I'm using Ghost 2002 Ver 7.0.0.414 . Have you used LiveUpdate to make sure you have the latest version .
As i said before be VERY carefull . Don't play around with it as you may end up losing everything if you make a mistake .
Paul
Thanks Paul
but
Going through the process of Ghost one more time,
After rebooting with the Ghost Boot Disk in drive a: I got the following windows and options;
1. About Norton Ghost (window), were my serial No. is provided by Ghost.
2. Local (option) from here I can choose either
a. Disk
b. Partition
c. Check
3. Choosing Disk will lead me to another options;
a. To disk
b. To Image
c. From Image
4. Selecting to Image will give me;
a. Select source >Choose File Name to copy image to (this will open a box to Look In: )
1. CDR
2. A: Local Drive
3. A:\ghost
And as you can see I don’t have the option of selecting my slave HDD as a target for storing the Image, and ghost will ask me to provide the serial No. before starting the job and it will ask me to confirm the type of compression required .
5. Selecting to disk (3.a) will lead me to cloning my master hard drive on my slave. If I choose this option then Ghost will proceed with the cloning without asking about the serial No. nor the type of compression.
As you can see I have no choice to select my Slave drive (H: ) I have (a: floppy C: NFTS main partition, D: NFTS Extended partition, E: CDRom G: CDRW & H: Slave drive).
6. If I select Partition (from 2.b above) I will get the following options;
a. To partition
b. To image
c. From Image
Choosing to partition will lead me to clone C: into H:
Choosing to image will lead me the same combination of options as in 4. above and ghost will ask me to provide the serial No. before starting the job and it will ask me to confirm the type of compression required .
That’s what happened in details, please keep in mind that during the process of identifying the source (for Ghost to start its work) both of my hard drives (master and slave) are shown on Ghost window, while in confirming the target I cant see my slave HDD, only the master HDD , drive a: and the CDRW .
Any suggestions??
Kind Regards
Ahmed
Hi ahmedalmatook,
OK , let's look at this one more time . First of all can you tell me
how many hard drives you have and how they are partitioned . Also how much space is used in each Partition .
For example I have 2 h/ds 30Gb Master , 80Gb Slave .
HD1 C: (NTFS) , 11.7Gb with 7Gb Free space
HD1 D: (FAT32) , 1.5Gb with 1.4Gb Free space
HD1 E: (FAT32) , 14.6Gb with 8.7Gb Free space
HD2 F: (NTFS) , 48.8Gb with 48.7Gb Free space
HD2 G: (FAT32) , 25.6Gb with 9.72Gb Free space
Paul
Hi ahmedalmatook,
I don't see that you replied to my previous question -- What are the sizes of the two hard drives? How much free space is on each of the drives?
Whoops! Paul just beat me to it. :D
Limerick
Limerick, Pual
Sorry, but I have put all my computer specs in my signature under my threads.
Any way, I have 2 hard drives 40GB partitioned 10GB C: NFTS 30GD D: NFTS and a slave 10GB formatted if FAT32
C: have 5GB free
D: have 28GB free
H: have 10GB free
E: CDROM
F: CDRW
Regards
Hi ahmedalmatook,
I think I know what the problem is . When you boot Ghost it only shows the FAT drives and all the drive letters get changed . All your NTFS partitions are invisible . Your H: drive in XP is not you H: drive in DOS . It'll show up as C: or local drive .
Do me a favour . In XP , open Explorer , Right Click your H: drive , Properties and in the General Box call it "Ghost" .
Now reboot your PC with the Ghost bootdisk . Do what you did before , Local , Partition to Image . Now in the list you should see your H drive listed as C: (Ghost) . This is actually your H: drive .
Don't copy anything yet . Try it first and post back with the results .
Another thing you can do to check is boot your PC with the Ghost bootdisk . Exit the program . You'll now be at the A:\Ghost prompt . Type C: <return>
You should now be at a C:\ prompt . Type DIR <return> and the drive should now be listed as your "GHOST" FAT32 10Gb . If it doesn't show up then DOS/GHOST cannot detect your slave drive .
Paul
Hi ahmedalmatook,
Thanks for that last post. I think that Paul may have nailed it in his latest response. I do have another thought on this, but don't want to inject confusion into the issue, so will wait until you reply to Paul...
Limerick
I did as per your advice, reboot with the boot disk in and went through the same option menu, in the source the NFTS HDD was visible, also the FAT32 was clear, yet in the target neither the NFTS nor the Fat32 were visible. Changing the name of the drive also didn’t have any effect on the process, from DOS I can find and read the directory of A:\ searching for C:, D:, E:, F:, G:, H:, revealed to nothing as if I don’t have any HDD no NFTS and No FAT32. only the floppy drive
What is next?
Regards
Hi ahmedalmatook,
I think the problem is that the 10GB FAT32 drive that you want to use as a destination does not provide enough room to hold an image of the 17 GB of data that you are wanting to write to it. (Are my calculations correct?) That would explain why the drive is not being offered as a destination.
Ghost sometimes incorrectly computes the free space that is needed. In such cases, it is possible to OverRide the space constraints of Ghost by using the -OR switch when you start Ghost. Just to see if this is the case, go ahead and try starting Ghost with:
ghost -auto -or
and see if the destination drive is then shown. Let us know what you find...
Limerick
Well ahmedalmatook . It's pretty clear that Ghost isn't the problem . For some reason your slave drive isn't being detected in DOS . Is it detected in the BIOS ??
Maybe Limerick can give us some help ?
Paul
Hi Limerick ,
You're too quick for me . I don't think size is the problem . Even if there's 1kb of space it should still be listed (I think) as an option . If I remember right it tells you after you select the destination that there's insufficient space . The partition should show up in DOS as FAT32 . If you can't see it from DOS then Ghost ain't got a chance .
What do you think ?
Paul
PS Just to add . I've just tried it and it doesn't matter how much free space is available . I selected my XP NTFS (4Gb) as Source and selected a FAT32 with 600M of free space as the destination . I didn't copy anything but I just wanted to make sure that it gave me the option , and it did .
hi
I think I'v got the ansewr, replying to a problem by another member here I was discribing to him how to change the drive letter of his HDD, to my disbelieve I found that my slave drive is formatted in NFTS and not FAT32, I dont know how that happend but may be during cloning my C: drive to H: (refer to previous reply 2 days ago) seems that the transfeer from FAT 32 to NFTS happend without me being informed. since all my drives are invesible in DOS that confirm that all of them are formated in NFTS.
what do you think??
Yeap , that's the problem . Ghost will only copy image data to FAT drives . Convert your H: drive to FAT32 and see what happens .
Paul
After this headache I think that I need to play a game to relief the tension, I will go for Aliens verses Predators, I will reformat my slave HDD later and try to Ghost C: again,
Thanks a lot for you both and by the way Lim your calculation was wrong my total used space is less than 10GiG
Kind regards
:D
pmcmill
can I convert NFTS to FAT32 from within XP or do I have to use Fdisk or partition magic 8 ?