Re: Ghost 2003 doesn't see NTFS partition in XP?
- From: "Bob Harris" <rharris270[SPAM]@hotmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:27:44 -0500
GHOST 2003 and earlier were DOS based, and have the following limitations:
GHOST can make an image of an NTFS partition, but it can only save that
image on a FAT32 partition. The partition (or disk image) fails to write to
NTFS, becasue it is effectively trying to make a file, hence it has to obey
the rules of the file system, which it can not understand, so it refuses.
GHOST can "clone" one hard drive to another (usually larger) hard drive.
The cloning operation may be used to copy an NTFS disk to a disk, which then
becomes NTFS. The cloning operation works on NTFS because it pretty much
copies all the bits, without attempting to interprete them.
If you want to use GHOST 2003 to backup any partition (or disk), but not
clone it, think about getting an external USB 2.0 disk and formatting it as
FAT32. Keep the size of the disk under 128 Gig, since DOS (hence GHOST
2003) was never meant for larger disks. Alternatively, install a second
internal hard drive, format as FAT32, and save GHOST images on that.
Note that USB support for GHOST 2003 is not perfect, so test it on your PC,
if you cvhoose to go that route. As I recall, it could do 2.0 to 2.0 or 1.1
to 1.1 but not mixed USB 2.0 and USB 1.1. Also, GHOST may only work if the
first USB port on the computer is used.
A better solution, without all these problems, is Acronis True Image. The
rcently released GHOST 10 might also have overcome the limtations of GHOST
2003.
<zcarenow@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1129581834.490366.258250@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I was following the ghost.radified.com site on creating a ghost image
> and i ran into a problem. Apparently, ghost doesn't see NTFS
> partitions. Isn't there a switch that i can run with ghost.exe for it
> to recognize NTFS? Once i start the Local--Disk-To Image, the only
> thing i see is my A:(floppy drive) and no c:\ drive for a destination
> because of NTFS i believe. So any quick fixes for this? Thanks.
>
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