Re: Ghost 9 Backup of XP

Thank you. I don't suppose it would be wise to reformat the USB HD back to
the original FAT32 format. Actually, I don't know how to do that. I may not
have the software to do it.

Anyway, here I go, step-by-step.

1. I have reformatted the USB HD (40 GB) and it is now 'clean'.

2. I R-click on the G9 icon (tray), click on Back up now, then Back up
drives

3. Up comes the Wizard and I click, Next, the select the C-drive to back up.

4. Then I click, Next, then Browse, then F-drive (the USB HD), radio button
selects Local File, then click on Next.

5. This is the Options page; I select Standard Compression, then click on
Next (which provides a Summary of the task), then click on Next

6. Any away it goes, starting with Initialization.

After about 2 hours (about 6-9 GB later)... (34 GB to back up), the computer
hangs up and I have to reboot to get it to do anything. I have tried this
7-8 times now and have reformatted the HD each time before I start the
process again. Each new time, I followed the advice given me, thinking that
it might make a difference, and it hasn't.

Thanks.

george (polaris6)






..

"Anna" wrote:

>
>
> >> "polaris6" <polaris6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:187DA3FD-5E85-4AF6-ACD0-CBDDF2D27752@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >I am getting frustrated trying to back up my HD using Ghost 9.
> >> >
> >> > I have tried several times (5) now and I get essentially the same
> >> > results...the process hangs every time before it ever finishes the
> >> > first
> >> > image, usually about 20-50% of the complete 'job'.
> >> >
> >> > I have a WD Passport USB drive (40GB) which was formatted FAT32 and I
> >> > reformatted it for NTFS on the advice of another experienced user.
> >> > That
> >> > made
> >> > no difference.
> >> >
> >> > I have a laptop (Dell), P4 processor (2 ghz), 512 RAM, XP Pro operating
> >> > system.
> >> >
> >> > Any direction/help would severly curtain the anxiety and frustration I
> >> > am
> >> > having with this 'bear'.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you.
> >> >
> >> > george (polaris6)
>
>
> > "Yves Leclerc" wrote:
> >
> >> The problem you may be having is that XP has a 4GB filesize limit when
> >> storing a file on FAT32 partitions.
>
>
> "polaris6" <polaris6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4146264C-1568-41F7-8B62-C30EBFFE90C2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I reformatted the USB Drive from FAT32 to NTFS.
>
>
> George:
> Whatever problem you're having with Ghost 9 to (presumably) clone the
> contents of your laptop's HD to a USB external HD has *nothing* to do with
> the file system on that USBEHD. There was no need to convert that drive from
> FAT32 to NTFS, but it's of no import here. The 4 GB limitation involving
> moving/copying individual files in a FAT32 environment is irrelevant and I
> don't know why Yves raised that as a possible issue in this situation.
>
> Please furnish detailed information on *precisely* how you used the Ghost
> program to undertake the disk cloning process. Do so step-by-step. And
> please provide details.
>
> Had you previously used the Ghost program to successfully perform a disk
> cloning operation? There's no problem with your working drive, right? It
> boots without a problem and functions properly, right? And your USBEHD is
> similarly functioning without problems, right?
> Anna
>
>
>
.