Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers I tried to make a backup of the D: on to the G: using Norton Ghost. It gave me an error and was unable to finish the backup.
After a reboot I could not boot windows XP. And now all I get is the windows 98 boot screen with a C: I loaded recovery console and it said windows is on E:.
I tried copying ntldr and ntdetect to c: but still no luck My Original C: is NTFS and D: is NTFS and G: is fat32 E: and F: were my cd-rom drives How can I change E: back to C: and get windows up and running. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers My Ghost 2003 made me an IBM DOS boot floppy that allows me to clone one drive to another without starting XP. That's all I use Ghost for anyway. I make system backup clones.
See it at Gene Kamal wrote: I tried to make a backup of the D: on to the G: using Norton Ghost. It gave me an error and was unable to finish the backup.
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After a reboot I could not boot windows XP. And now all I get is the windows 98 boot screen with a C: I loaded recovery console and it said windows is on E:. I tried copying ntldr and ntdetect to c: but still no luck My Original C: is NTFS and D: is NTFS and G: is fat32 E: and F: were my cd-rom drives How can I change E: back to C: and get windows up and running. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Apparently you do not know that Norton Ghost is not a utility provided by Windows XP. Norton Ghost is a product sold by a company called Symantec - it is not sold by a company called Microsoft.
For problems with Norton Ghost, feel free to visit a Norton Ghost support newsgroup or Symantec technical support. Steve 'Kamal' wrote in message news:[email protected].
I tried to make a backup of the D: on to the G: using Norton Ghost. It gave me an error and was unable to finish the backup.
After a reboot I could not boot windows XP. And now all I get is the windows 98 boot screen with a C: I loaded recovery console and it said windows is on E:. I tried copying ntldr and ntdetect to c: but still no luck My Original C: is NTFS and D: is NTFS and G: is fat32 E: and F: were my cd-rom drives How can I change E: back to C: and get windows up and running. Thanks. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers GHOST 2003 can be run in rwo modes: (1) started from within XP, (2) from a DOS boot floppy (two disks in 2003). In the first mode, you 'request' what you want done at the windows XP level, then on a good day, GHOST witll reboot, transfer control to a special hidden partition, then run in DOS mode, then re-hide that partition, then restart windows. However, if something goes wrong during this complex process, the PC will be left unusable.
Fortunately (or unfortunately) this is so common a problem with GHOST 2003 that Symantec, the makers of GHOST, offer a free download to fix things. Go to their support website and look for it. After you get things working right, make a the floppy disk set and in the future use it to do all GHOST work, except for GHOST Explorer, which can be run safely from the windows level.
I have used the floppy method for years with GHOST 2000 thorugh 2003, and all were 100% reliable. (By the way, if you get motivated, it is possible to make a bootable CD from the GHOST floppy set, but it does take some patience and some 3rd party CD-writing software.) 'Kamal' wrote in message news:[email protected]. I tried to make a backup of the D: on to the G: using Norton Ghost. It gave me an error and was unable to finish the backup. After a reboot I could not boot windows XP. And now all I get is the windows 98 boot screen with a C: I loaded recovery console and it said windows is on E:. I tried copying ntldr and ntdetect to c: but still no luck My Original C: is NTFS and D: is NTFS and G: is fat32 E: and F: were my cd-rom drives How can I change E: back to C: and get windows up and running.
Thanks. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Norton Ghost 2003 works just fine with Windows XP.
I've created and restored images with it from cdr's, cdrw's and hard drives. Were you creating an image or cloning one disk to the other? If you were imaging then there is no reason that Ghost would screw up any drive it was sending an image to. Now if you were cloning you may have picked the wrong disk. 'Kamal' wrote in message news:[email protected]. I tried to make a backup of the D: on to the G: using Norton Ghost.
It gave me an error and was unable to finish the backup. After a reboot I could not boot windows XP.
And now all I get is the windows 98 boot screen with a C: I loaded recovery console and it said windows is on E:. I tried copying ntldr and ntdetect to c: but still no luck My Original C: is NTFS and D: is NTFS and G: is fat32 E: and F: were my cd-rom drives How can I change E: back to C: and get windows up and running. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 21:49:19 +0100, 'Kamal' wrote: I tried to make a backup of the D: on to the G: using Norton Ghost. It gave me an error and was unable to finish the backup.
After a reboot I could not boot windows XP. And now all I get is the windows 98 boot screen with a C: I loaded recovery console and it said windows is on E:.
I tried copying ntldr and ntdetect to c: but still no luck My Original C: is NTFS and D: is NTFS and G: is fat32 E: and F: were my cd-rom drives How can I change E: back to C: and get windows up and running. Thanks Ghost would not have changed any of your disks or partitions if you were just backing up not restoring. You shouldn't fiddle with the XP boot files at all: make sure they are set back to original config. Sounds as if the autoexec used by Ghost or else the data in the Virtual Partition created by Ghost is still active, as the backup aborted. If so, it will always boot into the win98 screen (PC or MSDOS) until removed.
I assume you removed the Ghost boot floppy or CD before rebooting? If not, do so, and you will boot up in XP. If you did take out the boot floppy or CD, I am not sure how to stop the PCDOS booting. I suggest you read the handbook to see if it covers the situation - normally I would say visit the Symantec web site, but if you can't boot to XP that's a no-brainer.
Regards, Peter Wilkins. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers GJP wrote: Oh come on.he was using Ghost on a computer running WinXP.where does one start.believe it is a Ghost problem first or ask a question here where a number of willing WinXP experts will answer your question and provide direction. At least one can expect to sort out wether it's Ghost or WinXp that is the problem.but without insulting remarks about the quality of the question, which BTW most replies found easy enough to do. NewUser could be 'new' to computing not just new to WinXP.heck I find things happening in WinXP that just make me shake my head.like the way you remove programs from startup.why the heck did MS decide that using Msconfig (like in Win98)was too simple and make removing a program from startup a PITA.
As an aside, msconfig is available in XP and removing items from Startup is quite easy. Go to StartRun and type 'msconfig' without the quotes. Malke - MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com 'Don't Panic!' Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers I don’t mind answering non-Microsoft products if I know the answer. However Symantec has terrible support advice. They told me ghost 2003 was to be used only for cloning drives not backing up- how dumb.
Symantic recently purchased Drive Image, a superior product to Ghost, so they may intend to reduce the role of Ghost in future and switch all their backup sales to Drive Image. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Al Smith wrote: I don’t mind answering non-Microsoft products if I know the answer. However Symantec has terrible support advice. They told me ghost 2003 was to be used only for cloning drives not backing up- how dumb. Symantic recently purchased Drive Image, a superior product to Ghost, so they may intend to reduce the role of Ghost in future and switch all their backup sales to Drive Image. Actually they have incorporated Drive Image technology into the new version of Ghost. It now requires the.Net Framework.
I would guess that, if a product is going away it will be Drive Image. Symantec has a track record of killing off products they buy. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that.
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 13:09:08 -0700, Rock wrote: Al Smith wrote: I don’t mind answering non-Microsoft products if I know the answer. However Symantec has terrible support advice. They told me ghost 2003 was to be used only for cloning drives not backing up- how dumb. Symantic recently purchased Drive Image, a superior product to Ghost, so they may intend to reduce the role of Ghost in future and switch all their backup sales to Drive Image. Actually they have incorporated Drive Image technology into the new version of Ghost. It now requires the.Net Framework.
I would guess that, if a product is going away it will be Drive Image. Symantec has a track record of killing off products they buy. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 17:13:27 -0500, Greg R wrote: Symantec purchased Ghost from a company in Germany not Peter Norton Computing. What they did was purchase Peter Norton Computing from Peter Norton around 10 years ago and have been using his name ever since. The purchase from Peter Norton included Norton Utilities, Norton Backup, and several other programs. The most important aspect of the purchase was the use and endorsement by Peter Norton himself.
Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that. On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 13:09:08 -0700, Rock wrote: Al Smith wrote: I don't mind answering non-Microsoft products if I know the answer. However Symantec has terrible support advice. They told me ghost 2003 was to be used only for cloning drives not backing up- how dumb. Symantic recently purchased Drive Image, a superior product to Ghost, so they may intend to reduce the role of Ghost in future and switch all their backup sales to Drive Image.
Actually they have incorporated Drive Image technology into the new version of Ghost. It now requires the.Net Framework. I would guess that, if a product is going away it will be Drive Image. Symantec has a track record of killing off products they buy.
Greg R. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Greg R wrote: Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that.
On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 13:09:08 -0700, Rock wrote: Al Smith wrote: I don’t mind answering non-Microsoft products if I know the answer. However Symantec has terrible support advice. They told me ghost 2003 was to be used only for cloning drives not backing up- how dumb. Symantic recently purchased Drive Image, a superior product to Ghost, so they may intend to reduce the role of Ghost in future and switch all their backup sales to Drive Image. Actually they have incorporated Drive Image technology into the new version of Ghost.
It now requires the.Net Framework. I would guess that, if a product is going away it will be Drive Image. Symantec has a track record of killing off products they buy. Greg R And before, I think when it was still Norton, they gobbled up and killed Central Point Software even after exclaiming loudly after the purchase that the products would continue. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that.
This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach and consuming it.
Come to think of it. They are like Microsoft. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Symantec.IS. the parent company of Norton. Has been for years.
They recently bought PowerQuest, so now Drive Image 7 and Drive Image 2002 are being marketed under the Symantec name. Peter Norton is the original owner of Norton, the Corporation. Ghost has been a Norton product since it's inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company to Symantec. Bobby 'Al Smith' wrote in message news:nDr%[email protected]. Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec.
The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that. This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach and consuming it.
Come to think of it. They are like Microsoft. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers And your point is? The link you posted only verified my post. Bobby 'Greg R' wrote in message news:[email protected]. On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:42:28 -1000, 'NoNoBadDog!'
wrote: SnipGhost has been a Norton product since it's inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company to Symantec. Bobby Look June 1998 Binary Research Limited (Ghost) Acquisition Greg R. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers I think you need to look up the definition of Acquisition. This was not there product to began with. Greg R And your point is?
The link you posted only verified my post. Bobby SnipGhost has been a Norton product since it's inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company to Symantec. Look June 1998 Binary Research Limited (Ghost) Acquisition Greg R. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers I never said it was. I said that they acquired it when Peter Norton sold it to them.
Get some help for the drug problem.you'll thank yourself later. Bobby 'Greg R' wrote in message news:[email protected].
I think you need to look up the definition of Acquisition. This was not there product to began with. Greg R And your point is? The link you posted only verified my post. Bobby SnipGhost has been a Norton product since it's inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company to Symantec.
Look June 1998 Binary Research Limited (Ghost) Acquisition Greg R. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Right, Ghost has not been a norton product since it's inception. Ghost was originally written by a small independent software company from New Zealand, Binary Research Limited, in 1998, and it was sold and became prominent on it's own, well before being acquired by Symantec.
Second, Symantec (Gordon Eubanks company) bought Peter Norton computing a very, very long time ago - I think in the late 1980's, or, if not, in the early 1990's. For all practical purposes, it's absurd to refer to 'Norton' and 'Symantec' as if they were separate companies. Greg R wrote: On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 13:42:28 -1000, 'NoNoBadDog!' wrote: SnipGhost has been a Norton product since it's inception, and became Symantec property when Peter Norton sold his company to Symantec. Bobby Look June 1998 Binary Research Limited (Ghost) Acquisition Greg R. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image.
Pre-XP DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of garbage. Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is excellent once you learn to use it.
There is a lot more to it than the tutorials lead you to believe. 'Al Smith' wrote in message news:nDr%[email protected]. Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost.
Someone in the xp general group told me that. This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach and consuming it.
Come to think of it. They are like Microsoft. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers I've been using Drive Image 2002 with XP Home and now with SP2. Recently found out PowerQuest was acquired by Symantec.
At some time I will have to replace Drive Image. Tried to seach Symantec site for info on Ghost. Not having much success.
Is there a website to get detailed info on Ghost? I specifically want to know if Ghost supports networked drives and does it provide the means to create a DOS boot disk with TCPIP drivers supporting networked drives to recover system in event of HDD crash? I am doing all this with Drive Image 2002. Lou On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 01:00:44 GMT, 'Jerry' wrote: I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of garbage.
Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the tutorials lead you to believe. 'Al Smith' wrote in message news:nDr%[email protected].
Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that. This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it.
They are like Microsoft. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers DriveImage 7 has the ability to image the system disk (the C: drive in most cases) while windows is running, from Windows, without starting up MS-DOS (actually DR-DOS). But, to get this, it's a radically different program. However, I can't agree with your 'piece of garbage' characterization. HOWEVER, Drive Image 7 CAME WITH the previous version (as a full-product, entirely separate CD-ROM) at no extra cost. So you really can't complain.
Personally, I think that Drive Image - both versions - are better than Ghost, and I expect that Ghost will disappear, but that DI will be able to read Ghost backups. Jerry wrote: I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP DriveImage 2002 was very good.
Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of garbage. Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the tutorials lead you to believe. 'Al Smith' wrote in message news:nDr%[email protected]. Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that.
This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it.
They are like Microsoft. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Jerry wrote: I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of garbage. Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the tutorials lead you to believe. 'Al Smith' wrote in message news:nDr%[email protected].
Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that.
This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it. They are like Microsoft.
Drive Image 7 works great. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers It's more likely that Drive Image will replace Ghost than that Ghost will replace Drive Image. Otherwise, why would Symantec have paid millions to acquire PowerQuest, which only has 2 products.
Lou wrote: I've been using Drive Image 2002 with XP Home and now with SP2. Recently found out PowerQuest was acquired by Symantec. At some time I will have to replace Drive Image.
Tried to seach Symantec site for info on Ghost. Not having much success. Is there a website to get detailed info on Ghost? I specifically want to know if Ghost supports networked drives and does it provide the means to create a DOS boot disk with TCPIP drivers supporting networked drives to recover system in event of HDD crash?
I am doing all this with Drive Image 2002. Lou On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 01:00:44 GMT, 'Jerry' wrote: I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of garbage.
Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the tutorials lead you to believe. 'Al Smith' wrote in message news:nDr%[email protected]. Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that.
This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image.
They are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it. They are like Microsoft. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Bobby 'Lou' wrote in message news:[email protected].
I've been using Drive Image 2002 with XP Home and now with SP2. Recently found out PowerQuest was acquired by Symantec. At some time I will have to replace Drive Image.
Tried to seach Symantec site for info on Ghost. Not having much success. Is there a website to get detailed info on Ghost? I specifically want to know if Ghost supports networked drives and does it provide the means to create a DOS boot disk with TCPIP drivers supporting networked drives to recover system in event of HDD crash? I am doing all this with Drive Image 2002. Lou On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 01:00:44 GMT, 'Jerry' wrote: I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image.
Pre-XP DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of garbage. Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the tutorials lead you to believe. 'Al Smith' wrote in message news:nDr%[email protected].
Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that. This is correct.
Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it. They are like Microsoft. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers Barry Watzman wrote: It's more likely that Drive Image will replace Ghost than that Ghost will replace Drive Image.
Otherwise, why would Symantec have paid millions to acquire PowerQuest, which only has 2 products. Lou wrote: I've been using Drive Image 2002 with XP Home and now with SP2. Recently found out PowerQuest was acquired by Symantec. At some time I will have to replace Drive Image. Tried to seach Symantec site for info on Ghost. Not having much success. Is there a website to get detailed info on Ghost?
I specifically want to know if Ghost supports networked drives and does it provide the means to create a DOS boot disk with TCPIP drivers supporting networked drives to recover system in event of HDD crash? I am doing all this with Drive Image 2002. Lou On Wed, 08 Sep 2004 01:00:44 GMT, 'Jerry' wrote: I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image. Pre-XP DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of garbage.
Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the tutorials lead you to believe. 'Al Smith' wrote in message news:nDr%[email protected]. Symantec Ghost was not made by symantec. The bought nortons ghost. Someone in the xp general group told me that.
This is correct. Symantic bought both Ghost and Drive Image. They are like some great, gelatinous monster from beyond the stars, its endlessly multiplying tentacles grabbing up everything that comes within their reach and consuming it. Come to think of it. They are like Microsoft. For the technology and to kill a competitor, but not to replace Ghost, IMO. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers I certainly hope Symantec does not replace ghost with Drive Image.
Pre-XP DriveImage 2002 was very good. Post XP, and Drive Image 7 is a piece of garbage.
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Ghost 2003 (which comes in Symantec's Systemworks 2004) is excellent once you learn to use it. There is a lot more to it than the tutorials lead you to believe.
I don't know why you say this. I like Drive Image 7, mostly. The file browser is a step backward from the old file browser. In the old one, you could just drag a file from the compressed backup set to a folder on the hard drive - any folder or any hard drive - and it would be uncompressed and copied out. The new browser doesn't seem to show the complete file tree for the computer, only the file tree of the backup set. As I say, a step backward.
But the backup function itself works very nicely, and I like being able to mirror my C drive without leaving Windows XP. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.windowsxp.helpandsupport,microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 18:43:07 -0700, Lou wrote: I've been using Drive Image 2002 with XP Home and now with SP2. Recently found out PowerQuest was acquired by Symantec. At some time I will have to replace Drive Image.
Tried to seach Symantec site for info on Ghost. Not having much success. Is there a website to get detailed info on Ghost? I specifically want to know if Ghost supports networked drives and does it provide the means to create a DOS boot disk with TCPIP drivers supporting networked drives to recover system in event of HDD crash?
I am doing all this with Drive Image 2002. I don't know about earlier versions of Ghost, but I am successfully using Ghost 2003 to backup images to network drives.
I assume later versions of Ghost will do it too. I use XP Pro. There is a slight complication with Ghost 2003- the network drive that you want to backup to has to be mapped on the computer being backed up, but that's pretty easy to do, so it just appears as another lettered drive on the computer being backed up. I use Y and Z for the two partitions I alternately backup to.
I can read the images from the network using Ghost Explorer and easily and quickly restore individual files if needed rather than the whole image. That's a real pain to do using multidisc DVD or CD images. I do find backup not fully reliable via my WiFi (11M) - sometimes it has failed part way through the image. So when I want to do a backup I plug in the wired ethernet link (100M) and have never had problems with that.
You can create a networked boot floppy - if you have a floppy drive. I had to buy a USB external one as my laptop didn't have one, just in case I ever need it, but it's a bit belt and braces as you can also create bootable DVD or CD images from Ghost. I keep a bootable DVD image backup handy, that I can use to get the system back up, then I can restore from the latest network image over the network.
So the floppy is really redundant but it came with a multi card reader/writer covering the three.
Norton Ghost is a tool for creating backups of your entire hard-drive that can be recovered any time, for example in the case of moving to a new system or a hardware failure. Backups can include either single files and folders, or entire partitions or drives. Norton Ghost offers incremental and differential backups that can be scheduled to run on a regular basis, e.g. At every system start or on an hourly/daily/weekly basis. Besides hard-drives and disks (CD/DVD/Blue Ray), Norton Ghost also supports Iomega Zip and Jaz, NAS, FTP, network drives and other local and remote storage. Encryption, compression, integration of Google Desktop Search and remote management are additional features that make Norton Ghost a powerful and safe backup software.