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Dell E6500 Latitude and Norton Ghost 12.0 - Backup before Windows 7 install

Asked by: mzoia

I would like to Ghost my current PC before upgrading to Windows 7 to a spare drive and am having issues with the ghost copy / image failing to boot.
Dell Latitude E6500, Norton Ghost 12.0, Vista Business SP2, SATA 120GB spare drive
No matter if I perfom a ghost backup to a network drive and then try to restore the new drive or perform a drive copy from Ghost I am unsuccessful. If I try the restore from image I get a harddrive unreadable error and have to format and if I try to copy the drive direct (original SATA drive in PC with ghost running connected to USB to sata adapter for new drive), I see the files but when I try to boot from new drive in PC I get Dell Latitude startup screen for a second and then restart and stuck in this loop until I power off the PC. BIOS never loads but if I look into BIOS by pressing F12 at startup it sees the harddrive installed.

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Answers

 

by: jasfoutPosted on 2009-10-26 at 15:06:47ID: 25667449

Try powering down the PC and connect the spare drive directly to mainboard rather than through a USB adapter.

Are you confident that the 'spare' drive is not failing? Run a scan with the manufacturer's drive check software.



 

by: jasfoutPosted on 2009-10-26 at 15:08:00ID: 25667460

Correction to above...
Try powering down the PC and connect 'BOTH' drives directly to mainboard rather than through a USB adapter.

 

by: dlethePosted on 2009-10-26 at 16:10:20ID: 25667941

You are not seeing the files, you are only seeing the directory entries.   You could have severe data corruption within your source distribution so your backup could be corrupted.  Harddrive unreadable errors that do not clear up after a format means only one thing ..
 
Your disk is out of spare sectors.  This means it can not be trusted and must be returned (if any warranty exists), or disposed of properly.  

One other thing ..  it is unclear if you are trying to boot from your SATA disk that is perhaps in an external USB enclosure, or if the drive is actually attached to a SATA controller.  Be aware that not all dell systems support booting a USB HD.


 

by: jasfoutPosted on 2009-10-26 at 19:17:59ID: 25668709

clarification:
connect both drives directly to the mainboard not through USB adapter while 'ghosting'

 

by: emilgasPosted on 2009-10-27 at 16:45:44ID: 25678869

Question, are you able to successfully image but not restore?

Is your source hard drive booting and working 100%?

 

by: SysExpertPosted on 2009-10-28 at 13:25:52ID: 25687869

I would use other tools via a CD boot.

Free Drive imaging Free ghost alternatives
also some free alternatives

http://ghost.radified.com/ghost_alternatives.htm
http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=16534

http://www.clonezilla.org/

  here's how to use it to create a free recovery DVD....
http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live/make-live-recovery.php
 
Free VSS backup and restore via CD - Personal use
http://www.macrium.com/reflectfree.asp
Absolutely free! No strings! The only free XP and Vista compatible disk imaging software with BartPE and Linux based recovery options.



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