Re: Ghost or better copy application.

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<*(((>< wrote:
I wrote: " cannot get either of those drives to accept Drive Letters
A or B." I should have been more clear -- I have tried to change
the drive letters for the CD drive, the USB flash drive, and the USB
external drive. None of the utilities I have will allow those drives
to be changed to A or B.

You were clear. I just missed it. Doh.


"CW" <CW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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<*(((>< wrote:
Doen't the original Norton Ghost 2002 program come with an option to
CREATE a boot-up floppy? If so, just create another one. My
problem with Norton Ghost 2002 is that it wants to make the floppy
on either floppy drive A or B -- I don't have a floppy drive on
either of my laptops. I have CD drives and an External HD. I
cannot get either of those drives to accept Drive Letters A or B. So how
do I create the bootup floppy? Do you know?
Maybe you can change your external drive letter to A or B. I have
never heard of this working but it is something I would try.


All I have left of my Norton software is a floppy that from what I
can tell is an original. It has a printed label that has Ghost 2002
printed on the front with a 12 digit lic: number that needs to be
entered before you can use it. It also says "Network Boot Disk" and
"Xircom RealPort PCMCIA" in small print on the front. I can't even
remember what drive or software package it came with.

If you manage to get a floppy made I would like to find out what the
file names are that get written.

Good luck and please post back and let me know what you end up doing.





"Malke" <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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CW wrote:

How would it be better then some of the backup software that is
free or comes bundled with so many other applications? I have Nero
BackitUp and NT Backup Express to mention a few. I have never used
anything other than that old Ghost floppy. I would like to use one
that lets you create a floppy like Ghost if this feature is
available. The simplest thing that would help me is to find out
what file is
missing from the floppy I have and download it somewhere.

What is your opinion in light of the option I have? I am in
favor of paying for Acronis if it is somehow more useful than
what I already have.

I've never used Nero BackItUp so I can't comment on it. Does it do
imaging? If not, then it isn't the same as Ghost. NTBackup is an
old backup program designed for NT4 and tape drives. It doesn't do
imaging. From your original post, I thought you were looking to
replace Norton Ghost. I have no idea why your floppy doesn't work
any more. The error message you are getting means that either the
disk itself is damaged or the floppy drive is damaged, not that a
file needs to be replaced. Either instance would not be unusual.
Troubleshooting steps would be to create a new floppy boot disk
from your Norton program and try it. You could also see if the
current disk works in another drive. If it does, then you know
your drive needs to be replaced. If it doesn't, you know it's the
floppy disk. If you no longer have the original Ghost program installed
anywhere, you won't be able to make a new bootdisk and if it turns
out that the floppy disk is no good, then you'll have no choice
but to try another imaging program. Ghost, True Image, and BootIT
NG are imaging programs. Malke
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