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This is a tough question , concerning compatablity
Hi all .. I have a compatablity delema and its keeping me from backing up my hardrive ....
Does anyone out there know for sure If I can use either a Seagate or Western Digital external usb 2.0 hardrive with my full backups using norton ghost 9.0 for my backing up software ( its pretty much identical to powerquest drive image 7.0 I think which I think came out in 2002 ?? ) and now its called norton ghost 9.0 but nevertheless
I know I have other options ..like for example I could get an iomega hdd usb 2.0.. but I don't want that hdd
And I rather have ghost 9.0 then acronis true image which is the other good backup program like ghost
And I know if I got Seagate "bounce back" software comes bundled with it and if I got maxtor or western digital "Dantz retrospect" comes bundled in those , and thats nice but I don't want a data backup utility even if they say its a full backup , I want the ghost 9.0 which makes an image of my c drive , I think thats better for disaster recovery in a backing up software program
Help Please !!
Does anyone out there know for sure If I can use either a Seagate or Western Digital external usb 2.0 hardrive with my full backups using norton ghost 9.0 for my backing up software ( its pretty much identical to powerquest drive image 7.0 I think which I think came out in 2002 ?? ) and now its called norton ghost 9.0 but nevertheless
I know I have other options ..like for example I could get an iomega hdd usb 2.0.. but I don't want that hdd
And I rather have ghost 9.0 then acronis true image which is the other good backup program like ghost
And I know if I got Seagate "bounce back" software comes bundled with it and if I got maxtor or western digital "Dantz retrospect" comes bundled in those , and thats nice but I don't want a data backup utility even if they say its a full backup , I want the ghost 9.0 which makes an image of my c drive , I think thats better for disaster recovery in a backing up software program
Help Please !!
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My post should have read "There is just enough variation in different external USB to IDE controller chips to make me, at least, HESITANT TO say "it WILL work" (which is different from "it should work")."
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1-Sorry If I am being dense but I can not make sense of that part of the post
But I'm sure it would work, because Drive Image 7 does not shut down windows, not even when backing up the Windows drive, and Windows most definitely can write to my USB external hard drive.
So if drive image does not shut down windows does that mean it works underneath window strickly within dos ??
Not even when backing up the windows drive , those are the windows system files in use in order to run window so I can use the backup software in the first place ( have I got that right ??)
But when you say I'm sure it would work , what do you mean but that ?? work in a usb ext. hdd ?? and so then your saying drive image 7 ( ghost 9.0) only works if you place image on a partition and then burn it to dvd's but not directly to a usb ext. hdd ??
Can you explain to me this paragraph please ..
2- And also Watzman I am intrested in Drive Image 7 after what you have told me about it and I would rather get it then ghost 9.0 , I thought powerquest was not selling it anymore , Please tell me where I can get it
3-nobus could you please tell me the brand and maybe model of your external hardrive and how old is it , this would be a big help to me ....
Thanks Much all !!
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i ran it as a test on ausb enclosure FWIDE model U2FWIDE525 with a maxtor 120 Gb IDE drive in it
Ghost 9 is supposed to support external USB drives, but the only way you are going to know with absoulute certainty is either to try it or to talk to someone else who has the exact same hardware and software. There is just enough variation in different external USB to IDE controller chips to make me, at least, say "it WILL work" (which is different from "it should work"). Actually, Ghost 9 picked up code from Drive Image 7, not Drive Image 2002 (which was version 6). Drive Image is still being actively marketed separately, and I prefer it, I find it less "invasive", it doesn't run as many processes or tasks "all the time" in the background. I use it, but I write the backup files to a different partition of my hard drive, and then later copy them to DVD, so I have not used it to write the image to my USB external hard drive. But I'm sure it would work, because Drive Image 7 does not shut down windows, not even when backing up the Windows drive, and Windows most definitely can write to my USB external hard drive.