Hi there, I have had a problem for ages and just stumbled across this forum which appears to have a lot of knowledgable people on the subject of Ghost! Anyways, my problem is this.....

I have ghost working perfectly (boot into Ghost via Dos-make backups to an external usb drive) on newer dell machines which have USB 2 controllers. My problem is the company still have lots of older machine which have no usb 2 controllers. I have read many various threads on boot disks for USB 1.1 support etc and have followed many of them. However I still have the same problem. When I boot into Ghost, there is no selection available for my External USB Hard drive.

The model of my drive is a western digital dual option combo 320gb. Can anybody provide me with a step by step guide of enabling this disk to work in Ghost. I have also upgraded my BIOS to the latest setting.

Many thanks in advance,
Lamby

Lamby

So, the laptops have USB 1.1--I'm assuming?

Have you used the Norton Ghost Boot Wizard and selected USB 1.1 drivers?

If *Yes* to the above, then your external HDD may not be compatible with the Ghost USB DOS driver (created by Iomega).

You could try an alternate USB DOS driver:

A Better USB 2.0 DOS Driver for Ghost + More!

Current available Panasonic USB DOS drivers are:

v2.06

, size=37,903, dated 11/26/2002

v2.15

, size=39,093, dated 10/26/2003

v2.20

, size=39,179, dated 11/07/2004

Lamby

In the first referenced thread above:

A Better USB 2.0 DOS Driver for Ghost + More!

in the [config.sys] section:

[config.sys]

Device=himem.sys
rem :The following line loads Panasonic's universal USB-controller driver
rem :those are spaces between the file name and each of the switches

rem :The '/e' switch forces USB 2.0 only, remove for USB 1.x also

Device=usbaspi.sys

/e

/v
rem :The following is an aspi mass storage driver for usb-connected HDD's
rem :and compactflash memory cards
rem :The 'Motto Hairu USB Driver'
Device=di1000dd.sys
Dos=high,umb
Lastdrive=z

In the original document:

Yes, there are USB drivers for DOS...

Quote:

Prediction requested:
I have clicked CLICK HERE (see previous post) and found the
Koutech I/O Future PU320 NEC Chipset 3 Port (2+1) USB 2.0 480Mbps High Speed PCI Host Controller Card - RETAIL
product.

If I:
- open this old Windows 98 (FIRST EDITION) box
- install this PCI USB card
- attach an enclosure containing a <32GB drive
would you PREDICT success.
I'm not asking for a guarantee.  I'm request a guess based on your experience.  Would you be optimistic?
THANK YOU

cardinal23 wrote on Dec 11^th, 2005 at 3:21pm:

If the PC were to have a free PCI slot and the OS were Windows 98 Second Edition, then I would consider success virtually certain.  However, with 98 First Edition I must confess having neither experience nor hearsay to reveal - neither positive nor negative.