T.J.
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Using Ghost 2003 to clone XP Pro
I have an IDE HD and a SATA HD. I want to clone the C: volume
of the IDE HD to take over all of the new SATA HD and make that my C volume.
This is Win XP Pro.
When I select CLONE from windows at the Ghost interface and choose the
source/destination parameters it reboots the PC into DOS mode and when I get
to the GRAY GHOST dos screen nothing happens. It just sits there. I get an hour glass.
When starting the process it originally told me that my USB mouse driver and Firewire needed some attention. I ended up removing my usb mouse and sticking in a ps/2. Doing this helped me get from a frozen dos screen to a frozen dos screen with the hour glass.
When I say frozen dos screen I mean the gray nortons screen in dos.
Has anyone ever come across this?
of the IDE HD to take over all of the new SATA HD and make that my C volume.
This is Win XP Pro.
When I select CLONE from windows at the Ghost interface and choose the
source/destination parameters it reboots the PC into DOS mode and when I get
to the GRAY GHOST dos screen nothing happens. It just sits there. I get an hour glass.
When starting the process it originally told me that my USB mouse driver and Firewire needed some attention. I ended up removing my usb mouse and sticking in a ps/2. Doing this helped me get from a frozen dos screen to a frozen dos screen with the hour glass.
When I say frozen dos screen I mean the gray nortons screen in dos.
Has anyone ever come across this?
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Yes I have updated Ghost. I updated because of the below article I read on the support page yesterday:
Ghost compatibility with Serial ATA or Intel chipsets
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/8f7dc138830563c888256c2200662ecd/b59d9878ea7fdaf388256cf40072b4ad?OpenDocument&prod=&ver=&src=sg&pcode=&svy=&csm=no
This PC has an intel chipset, but the update did nothing.
SO..... I am reinstalling XP right now on that box as I type this. Bummer...
Ghost compatibility with Serial ATA or Intel chipsets
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/8f7dc138830563c888256c2200662ecd/b59d9878ea7fdaf388256cf40072b4ad?OpenDocument&prod=&ver=&src=sg&pcode=&svy=&csm=no
This PC has an intel chipset, but the update did nothing.
SO..... I am reinstalling XP right now on that box as I type this. Bummer...
SATA drives are not naitive to Windows XP or to many motherboard Bios's and needs to be treated as a SCSI device. If you are trying to move or install the image from an ATA drive to a SATA drive, there will be problems as XP won't be able to locate the drive correctly, if at all. If you're cloning for SATA, it must be SATA to SATA or you must be able to boot to SCSI devices in the Bios.
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I had exactly the same problem.
It seemed that in my BIOS the SATA was mode Enhanced, but that does not work for PC-DOS (Ghost-OS).
I put the mode on Compatible and it was working... (but I lost my DVD-rom until I switched back)
Hopefully this works for you too...
My motherboard is ASUS P4C800 E Deluxe.
It seemed that in my BIOS the SATA was mode Enhanced, but that does not work for PC-DOS (Ghost-OS).
I put the mode on Compatible and it was working... (but I lost my DVD-rom until I switched back)
Hopefully this works for you too...
My motherboard is ASUS P4C800 E Deluxe.
I got the some problem with an IBM computer. Disabled the Parallel ATA in the bios, and I was able to ghost it.
I have just solved this problem on my machine:
Dell Dimension 8300
2 - 160 GB SATA drives
XP PRO
NTFS file system
I was stuck in the virtual partition and GHREBOOT.EXE didn't work.
Solution: Create a rescue disk of Bootmagic 7.0 or later. Boot it up and it will notify you that bootmagic wasn't found but it will show the partitions.
You will see the virtual partition is selected as the active partition to boot. Change the selection to your normally bootable partition.
After you select OK or something like this the machine will reboot so remove the floppy.
Dell Dimension 8300
2 - 160 GB SATA drives
XP PRO
NTFS file system
I was stuck in the virtual partition and GHREBOOT.EXE didn't work.
Solution: Create a rescue disk of Bootmagic 7.0 or later. Boot it up and it will notify you that bootmagic wasn't found but it will show the partitions.
You will see the virtual partition is selected as the active partition to boot. Change the selection to your normally bootable partition.
After you select OK or something like this the machine will reboot so remove the floppy.
I am trying to Clone SATA to IDE of Windows XP and also Dual Boot if Possible.
Created an image of SATA drive (200GB) with Windows XP (NTFS) using ghost.
The target UDMA IDE HDD (200GB) looks
1 Primary Parttion 60GB - Windows ME - FAT32
2 Extended Parttion 120GB - FAT32
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Using Partition Magic created a new NTFS primary partition after the original Primary FAT32 parttion.
1 Primary Parttion 50GB - Windows ME - FAT32
2 Primary Parttion 10GB - WinXP - NTFS
3 Extended Parttion 180GB - FAT32
Restored the image to Parttion 2 (NTFS) - successfully restored
Set the active partition to 2 (NTFS)
Rebooted --------------> OS not found or something similar message
What am I doing wrong? Why am I not able to boot to Windows XP
Created an image of SATA drive (200GB) with Windows XP (NTFS) using ghost.
The target UDMA IDE HDD (200GB) looks
1 Primary Parttion 60GB - Windows ME - FAT32
2 Extended Parttion 120GB - FAT32
--------------------------
Using Partition Magic created a new NTFS primary partition after the original Primary FAT32 parttion.
1 Primary Parttion 50GB - Windows ME - FAT32
2 Primary Parttion 10GB - WinXP - NTFS
3 Extended Parttion 180GB - FAT32
Restored the image to Parttion 2 (NTFS) - successfully restored
Set the active partition to 2 (NTFS)
Rebooted --------------> OS not found or something similar message
What am I doing wrong? Why am I not able to boot to Windows XP
You can't just do that. You'll have to reinstall windows and your programs in order to move it to the C:\ drive. Because moving it from D:\ to C:\ will mess up all your programs and their settings.
Probabbly the simplest thing you could do is to clone the drives again. Then delete the windows me and it's program files folders leaving the system files in the root of C:\. Then use partitition magic to resize the C:\ drive to 500mb or so, just small enough for the files that remain.
Probabbly the simplest thing you could do is to clone the drives again. Then delete the windows me and it's program files folders leaving the system files in the root of C:\. Then use partitition magic to resize the C:\ drive to 500mb or so, just small enough for the files that remain.
Also when you move it from D:\ to C:\, the original D:\ drive isn't set to be bootable.
Also, you may need drivers for Ghost to recognize your SATA controller card, check the manufacturer's web site for that.
If all else fails, you can try contacting symantec:
http://www.symantec.com/techsupp/support_options.html