Ghosting? XP ?

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Originally posted by GHSTECH
Was the orginal drive formated with NTFS or Fat32? There is a 32GB limit for Fat32 under Windows XP (even thought there wasn't under Win9x.) If your clone a system with Fat 32 to a drive larger than 32 GB before converting it you will get random errors.

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This isn't strictly true..or perhaps i've just interpreted your comment incorrectly. Here's what Microsoft say about the 32GB FAT 32 limit in Windows XP:

"You cannot format a volume larger than 32 gigabytes (GB) in size using the FAT32 file system during the Windows XP installation process. Windows XP can mount and support FAT32 volumes larger than 32 GB (subject to the other limits), but you cannot create a FAT32 volume larger than 32 GB by using the Format tool during Setup. If you need to format a volume that is larger than 32 GB, use the NTFS file system to format it. Another option is to start from a Microsoft Windows 98 or Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) Startup disk and use the Format tool included on the disk."

Thats taken from MSKB article 314463. Your post seems to indicate that WinXP doesn't support a drive larger than 32GB under FAT32 which i know to be untrue, as i'm running two 80GB FAT32 drives with WinXP@Home.

We are in the process of rolling our 200+ workstations to win 2000(ntfs) and are usining norton ghost 2002 Most shave been Imaged using a .gho image burnt to cd's, and so far and other than a bad image once in a while no big problems. So given your current woes I would give an image on cd a shot.
Cheers

i have had to use a NEWER version of "ghost" to do win XP, and i used the latest version of both ghost AND "drive image" to copy XP.

i DON'T like "drive image", as it REMOVES the "active partition" setting from the SORCE drive. supposedly to "protect you" from booting from the old drive (that's what it tells you before you hit OK).

haven't any of you gone to SYMANTEC's web site and just looked it up??


from THIS page:

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT...01052308534125

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Ghost compatibility with Windows XP

Situation:
You want to use Ghost to clone a computer that contains the Windows XP operating system, and you want to know whether Ghost is compatible with Windows XP.

Solution:
Ghost's compatibility with Windows XP depends on the Ghost version. Only Norton Ghost 2002, Norton Ghost 2003, and Symantec Ghost 7.5 are compatible with Windows XP. Symantec does not provide technical support for other Ghost versions with Windows XP.

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come ON people, "we" are the ones that are supposed to be telling the "end users" to "go to the manufacture's web site and check." .......

oh, and there is ALWAYS "google".

8-}

I don't know what all you people are talking about!?!?!?!


Ghost is easy with XP, it requires no keys or switches or any of that.

Just set the drive up as slave and go into the XP disk manager and partition and format the drive but DO NOT assign a drive letter.

Reboot to your ghost disk and do a PARTITION to PARTITION copy, not drive to drive...

I have ghosted drives containing windows XP onto other hard drives many times with no problems. It sounds like you may either have a faulty new hard drive (not too likely because you say you used two different new drives) or you aren't using the correct type of IDE cable. I would replace the cable you're using for the new drives with a new UltraATA 100 cable. Theyre the type with 80 wires and 40-pin connectors. Make sure you plug the blue connector into your motherboard, the grey (middle) connector into your slave drive, and the black (end) connector into your master. There is no other reason I can think of that would be causing any problems for you.

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Originally posted by The Computer Valet
At the very least there is a new device in the computer. This will have to be detected and installed by WinXP.

HAL is the Hardware Abstraction Layer and refers to the makeup of the hardware on the system. By using a new, different HDD, the HAL has fundamentally changed.

It IS possible to ghost an existing XP installation and place it on a new HDD, but ALL hardware specific information has to be wiped beforehand. When you do this the Microsoft Way, you must install on hardware that is EXACTLY the same as the hardware you will deploy the images onto.

You should, perhaps, use SysPrep.

I've also heard rumblings that Ghost doesn't support NTFS, but I'm not sure how true this is.

Here's what I'd try, honestly.

1. Boot on your old HDD.

2. In Device Manager, remove the HDD specific device driver.

3. Shut down. Use DRIVE COPY from Power Quest to copy the contents from the old to the new HDD.

4. Boot onto new HDD.

This might work, but I've not tried it. I'm sure someone else has a better idea.

Cheers,

Mike...

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You are correct. The first non-corporate version of Ghost to properly support NTFS is Ghost 2003, the new version.

TL

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Originally posted by CJK
Once I had to copy hd to another and used Drive Image 2002 or Partition Magic, anyways it was a painful move...really painful. I got it done though, forget how and don't really want to do it again. Have fun!:D

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I recently changed from a Maxtor 80GB drive to a WD 80GB SE drive and used Drive Image 2002 to copy the old drive to the new one.

I had no issues whatsoever.

The drive had 3 partitions on it. All were copied and sized properly.

TL

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Originally posted by TechLarry
You are correct. The first non-corporate version of Ghost to properly support NTFS is Ghost 2003, the new version.

TL

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I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "correctly support NTFS." Ghost 2002 and 2001 can both clone an NTFS partition without a problem, but what they can't do is save an image file onto or read an image file from an NTFS drive. Do you mean to say that ghost 2003 can save an image file onto an NTFS drive? If so, that would be great for me in my operations.

Didn't take the time to read all the posts, so someone might have posted this before,

Ghost 7.0 doesn't support ntfs 5.1 correctly, im guessing thats the problem, you need ghost 7.5!

:D

Finally found some notes on what I had to do when I did the same thing as you. Go here
Hope this helps!

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Originally posted by Mr T
Didn't take the time to read all the posts, so someone might have posted this before,

Ghost 7.0 doesn't support ntfs 5.1 correctly, im guessing thats the problem, you need ghost 7.5!

:D

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please note: "ghost7/7.5" are "corprete editions" and NOT the "retail" editions.

retail = 2002, 2003, ect.

most people do NOT have the corprete editions, or legal access to them.

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Originally posted by tjj
please note: "ghost7/7.5" are "corprete editions" and NOT the "retail" editions.

retail = 2002, 2003, ect.

most people do NOT have the corprete editions, or legal access to them.

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True, but I am not shure that there is any of the retail versions that correctly supports win xp ntfs 5.1 partitions, and, corporate ed. 7.0 doesnt either, so I think CE 7.5 is the best way to do this, perhaps there is a way to download a trial version. :cool:

Just in case no one mentioned this yet but isn't ghosting with XP only supported by Ghost 7.5 ??

he he I'm the dumb *** who didn't go to page 2

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I haven't tried ghosting an XP box since October 2001, but I remember that Ghost 7.0 did not work. I had to upgrade to a newer version that handled the new version of NTFS found with XP.

Try ghosting with Ghost 7.5