Ghost 2003 on XP Pro SP2 - Making me crazy!!!! Bonkers! !!! Bat****!!!

"pc macdonald" wrote in message
om...
This is still the condition: Ghost 2003. Make split images directly
to HDD with 8.3 format DOS names from the Ghost program, setup via the
Windoze interface, performed from a self-boot into DOS. Ghost
explorer reads the image fine from the HDD. The tool that checks the
image integrity via dos reads them fine from the HDD. The PCDOS DOS
recovery program recognizes the image when it is on the HDD.

When burned to a CDROM via NERO as an ISO Level 1 ASCII Char Set file,
the PCDOS based recovery program does not recognize the image as
having been generated by Ghost, although it does find it correctly.

The PCDOS recovery program _WILL_ read the image if I make the whole
backup to CDROM via DOS, but that's painful, time consuming, and not
always successful.

OK, so the problem obviously is how the files are burned to the CDs.
Have you tried burning them with the 'ISO 9660' character set (which is
default in Nero)?
I have done exactly what you have done, but I have used the 'ISO 9660'
character set when burning to CD. No problems restoring from those CDs....


Ed

Coup wrote:

On 20 Sep 2004 09:25:39 -0700, (pc macdonald)
wrote:


"Graham Mayor" wrote in message ...

You need to ensure that the appropriate USB drivers are installed by Ghost -
see http://www.gmayor.com/Norton_Ghost.htm.

--

Graham Mayor





pc macdonald wrote:

Ghost 2003 is giving me fits.
SNIP

http://www.gmayor.com/Norton_Ghost.htm is excellent, indeed!

Yep. Done that. I've given up on the USB with Ghost. I really did
try removing all my other USB devices, Tried USB 1.1, USB2 drivers,
all permutations of different USB ports, standard and high speed, with
mouse, without mouse, etc. With drive letters, w/o drive letters,
with the original FAT32 partition, with an NT partition on the target
USB HDD. I attempted a _very_ large matrix of permutations over a 12
or 14 hour period. Ghost still couldn't recognize the drive.

I am, however, impressed with how difficult Ghost still is to use
after so much time has passed.

The USB procedure is history for me at present. I no longer have the
drive. No more USB and Ghost for now!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At this point I would just like to be able to read the images I have
burned from the HDD alternate partition to a CDROM from a floppy
recovery disc.

The images were coincidentally generated exactly as outlined at the
exceptional site you referenced, except that I used the command line
'-split=675'. Note that the '-auto' referenced for the command line
at this site is not necessary, as the Ghost 2003 manual states it is a
default switch setting. In any event, the images spanned nicely and
auto named without it.

Why won't the Ghost recovery floppy read my image files from CDROM?
It sees them. They have the standard, default naming convention.
Ghost just claims they aren't ghost files. It reads the very same
image files just fine from the HDD.

Maybe I'll just settle for leaving them on the HDD. It's pretty big,
anyway.

Anybody else have any ideas?

tx

pc


Yep, give up on Symantec & Ghost....

Acronis TrueImage 8, makes your backup INSIDE Win, much clearer
interface (with virtually all the same options) oh, and it WORKS.
and their Rescue Boot CD I believe boots into Linux ...been using it
with XP and now XP SP2 with NO 'issues'....

I gave up the "Ghost" over 18 months ago....
You can also look at the offering from
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com
They have an image for windows/dos program, creates bootable cd/dvd set.
For the poster who ealier was uncomfortable about backing up from
windows while running, this is discussed on their website. They also
offer bootitng which I use, a multi purpose utility which includes
imaging. See their website. Registration cost of these is minimal and
support is excellent via a dedicated newsgroup.
Dave Cohen