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Dec 10th, 2005 at 3:17pm
 
Hello
As you can see I am new here
I have been using Ghost 5.1 for a few years and it has been perfect. I realize that it is out of date but it works...and I feel more secure running from DOS.
My problem is that I want to use it on my home machine but I can't...it seems that it only likes the FAT file system.

I did try 8.2 and a demo of 10 but they seem to rely on Windows. Is there a way to use Ghost from DOS  and handle the NTFS system?

If I purchase 9 or 10 will this give me what I want?
Any help would be appreciated!
 
 
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Re: old ghost
Reply #1 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 4:38pm
 
Pick up a cheap copy of Ghost 2003. It does every thing you want and runs from DOS.
 
 
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Reply #2 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 5:24pm
 
HI
I was playing with an evaluation copy of 2003 and see no way  to get it to operate in true dos mode. Then of course my eyes are failing me Smiley
 
 
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Reply #3 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 6:20pm
 
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If you install the Windows Ghost 2003, then you would open the general Norton Interface, click *Norton Ghost*, click *Ghost Utilities*, click *Norton Ghost Boot Wizard*.

Norton Ghost Boot Wizard creates boot floppys that run Ghost in DOS only--for most--the *Standard Ghost Boot Disk* is what you want.

Ghost 8.2 is the corporate cousin to Ghost 2003--there is the DOS program that is *ghost.exe* and only runs in DOS.  And there is *ghost32.exe*, which is a version that will run from within Windows.

I think Ghost 2002 (corporate version Ghost 7.x)was the first version that could save a NTFS partition to a FAT 32 partition, but not saved to a NTFS partition--and Ghost 2003 will save NTFS partitions to either FAT 32 or NTFS partitions.

If you purchase Ghost 9.x or 10.x in the retail box on a CD--you also get Ghost 2003 included--if you purchase online and download Ghost 10.x (I do not think v9.x is available any longer!), I don't think you get Ghost 2003 included.
 

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Reply #4 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 7:05pm
 
Thanks for the help guys.
I have a bootable floppy that allows me to run ghost  now from DOS
however
I have two HDs and two cd/dvds.....Ghost shows me the two hard drives in the source window, I can select either one
but for the destination it only show the cd/dvds and drive a:
What I want to do is save the image to the second hard drive.
IS that possible?

 
 
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Reply #5 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 7:16pm
 
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What version of Ghost are you booting to?

What file system(s) are you using?

Can you do a *Local >Partiton >to Image* from one of the HDD's, and then does one and/or both HDD's show as a potential destination?

So, nothing else shows up execpt the three items:  the two optical drives and the floppy?

What size partitions--if the size of the Ghost image is bigger than any of the partitions on the destination--they may not be showing up--but, usually they show up, but are greyed out.
 

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Reply #6 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 7:31pm
 
Ghost 7.0 I believe
I am running XP home
The boot disk starts up win98 and then load GHOST
I can ghost either HD to cd but can not go from one hd to another. Both are NTFS . size isn't a problem Smiley
There is no overlay software being used.
Very frustrating
 
 
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Reply #7 - Dec 10th, 2005 at 7:37pm
 
I just did a test of this boot/ghost disk on another system and on that system it works...all drives are shown in both the source and destination windows.
The only difference is that this machine is set up as a FAT system
 
 
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Re: old ghost
Reply #8 - Dec 11th, 2005 at 1:46am
 
hadog

Already answered your question in reply #3 above:

Quote:
I think Ghost 2002 (
corporate version Ghost 7.x
)was the first version that could
save a NTFS partition to a FAT 32 partition
,
but not saved to a NTFS partition
--and
Ghost 2003 will save NTFS partitions to either FAT 32 or NTFS partitions
.
 

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