Power Quest and Drive Image 2002

[tigerjeaux]

i went to drive image 4 due to its ease of use after giving up on ghost which i found to be confusing &, also, restored w/di , easy & quick.

[jtdoom]

Hi guys

I just discovered this GREAT topic.
and I have a question

I read that DI verifies the burn
that is okay (even splendid)

but, I wonder wether drive image can be made to clone a "damaged" hard drive.
I mean, ghost can fail when there are damaged clusters on a hard drive, or when it has to extract from an image with bad files (CRC errors), but it can be made to clone a bad and copy from the bad image too.
to do that, ghostpe -fro or ghost -fro allows you to copy a damaged drive.
(the fro option can also be set in the options panel... )
(and yes Train, I too hate having to key in the licence in PE)

can drive image do something like it?
I am tempted to get me a licence for this apparently great tool.

[Train]

Originally posted by jtdoom
Hi guys

I just discovered this GREAT topic.
and I have a question

I read that DI verifies the burn
that is okay (even splendid)
Yes it does, but is reather quick about it. So I am kind of curious as to how well it does it.

but, I wonder wether drive image can be made to clone a "damaged" hard drive.
I mean, ghost can fail when there are damaged clusters on a hard drive, or when it has to extract from an image with bad files (CRC errors), but it can be made to clone a bad and copy from the bad image too.
to do that, ghostpe -fro or ghost -fro allows you to copy a damaged drive.
(the fro option can also be set in the options panel... )
(and yes Train, I too hate having to key in the licence in PE)

can drive image do something like it?
Never run into that! But, I think it is very good myself. NTI had to take a backseat when it comes to making CDs
I am tempted to get me a licence for this apparently great tool.

jaak, was cloning a small hdd to a single partition 80GB hdd using Ghost 2003. Well I figured I would use PM8.0 to resize the cluster sizes. But those 4k clusters were already 32k per PM 8.0
Seems the new version of Ghost just might be worth while for a upgrade after all. Now why did that IT guy have to watch me so close Have to do your trick, buy it.

[jtdoom]

a little something about the email thing

because I never know when I will format a drive, or put a good image on after I totally messed up my system (when you try things, shyt happens) I have set my email so that it leaves mails on the server for about a week.

this is done in account, advanced settings.

I also do not use outlook express after a clean setup
(darn thing hardly lets you into options when you set up your account, and it immediately connects... that is one disadvantage of cable... of course, you can block it by using ZA...)

anyway, I use outlook instead, and that lets me configure it before I download my mails of the last few days...

(plus that I regularly save to pst file on other drive)

[jtdoom]

back on the subject.
like many, I got ghost along with mobo.
I saw its use, and got the full version

Then , because I needed to run trials on win XP, I got me ghost 2002 some months ago.
I really ought to try that direct burning thing.
But I cannot make automagically restoring CDs with the 2002 version because its a PE version.
(that licene key thing gets in the way for that)

and now you guys sorta convinced me to try drive image instead.
so, off to the shoppe..

and yes, GG1, this would be good material for a tute

[Train]

buf
Finally figured out what you did. DI in the programs folder has a window that is not in the bootdisk [what DI calls a Rescue Disk].
Using that you either used the Initial Backup Wizard or the Setup Wizard and that is what made the hidden partition on your hdd. Yes, that is what it takes to be able to do that with one hdd in your computer.

Now to rectify the situation:

Go into DI2002 and make the Rescue Diskettes. Be sure to label them.

When ready boot to the diskettes and when the First window opens, got to Tools in the menu and select Hide/Unhide.
When the next window opens select the hidden partition [single click the line] and then drop down and click UNHIDE, verify it has changed to unhidden and Exit.

Now you will see where Partition Magic 8.0 will come in handy.

Reboot using the pm floppies.
When the GUI opens, select the * that is logical and unhidden,
go to Menu and select Operations, the select MERGE.
The Merge Adjacent Partitions opens.
Type in a name for the Merge folder.
I used DUMP for a folder name as that is what I will do with mine.
Apply and it will take a while but that will get rid of the hidden partition for you.
Then when you get back to windows after rebooting, find that folder and in my case, after checking its contents I dumped it.
Hope this helps you!

[smurfy]

Un-stuck today.

Thanks for this one to all who participated.

[Train]

buf emailed me as he had a problem with posting for some reason. He said it would not stick.

Anyway, he has now got rid of the PHANTOM partitions on both hdds and everything is now back to where it is suppost to be. Running great.

Thanks smurfy for pinning it.

[buf]

Folks I just want to say that this fella Train is one heck of a sleuth. Just as important as that though, he has truly stuck by me and brought me through this long ordeal. If you ever need help and this guy knows about it, you can look for and expect the same help and success.
Train, I deeply thank you for all of your time, trouble and even expense--to some degree--in finding and solving my problem. You have demonstrated what this forum is all about--people caring and helping people; people we don't even know. Maybe some day I will be in a position to pass along such help to others. I look forward to that day.

I tried to post to the forum while I was out of town but for some reason, my post would not go through so Train even covered for me there.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.

[LindaHewitt]

All,

This is a slide presentation that Gene Barlow gives pertaining to the Best Practices for HDD Management. The products that he demos are PowerQuest's Partition Magic and Drive Image.

IMO, these are the best products on the market. They are well documented and they are rock solid. It is also worthwhile to upgrade to the latest version.

DriveImage comes with DataKeeper, which will do incremental data updates. This feature needs to be deployed.

http://www.ugr.com/Organize_files/

This link shows the HDD management methodology, which is built around having two hard drives. The OS always has its own separate partition on the master drive. The data partition and the programs partitions are on the second HD. The OS is backed up to the 2nd HD and the Data & program partitions are backed up to the first HD. That way, if you lose a HD, you are not out of business.

If you are running multiple OS's, you are limited to a maximum of 3. The 4th partition on the master HDD is for the Data & Program backup.

The slides do a much more thorough job of explaining this.

Cheers,

Linda