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USB 2.0 can create such grief as shown below when either its software host and/or device controllers - or both - are incompatible with Norton Ghost 2003:



You certainly have come to the right forum if your difficulty turns out to be USB-related.  And, if such is the case, then the make and model of your external HDD would be very useful.

NightOwl wrote on May 21^st, 2006 at 4:36pm:

Hmm - if such is the case, then a PCI-to-USB2 host controller card would address that issue - but I would strongly advise procuring a card that is NEC-compliant (as opposed to being compliant with ALi, SiS, or VIA).

CLICK HERE for a card proven to be Ghost 2003-friendly. 

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CLICK HERE for background on USB host and device controller matters as related to Norton Ghost 2003 that might be helpful.

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You very well may be running at USB 1.1 speeds, but as mentioned above you have indeed come to the right place for counseling on resolving such aggravation.  As an aside, my experience has been that rates of both and procedures are quite closely equivalent, and I would expect at least 350-to-550 MB/min midway in a transfer with USB 2.0 while going in either direction provided the PC is not antiquated.

Knowing the file system formats - NTFS or FAT32 - on all partitions/logical drives of both the typical PC MASTER HDD in the series and the External HDD will be most helpful, as is the class of processor which thankfully we already know.

The first table below illustrates USB 2.0 host controller specifications while the second does likewise for USB 2.0 device controllers.  Providing you are running XP Service Pack 1 or better, how about performing some trials for us and reporting back with specifications from your typical rig and the external HDD?





From what I can tell up to now, USB 2.0 host controllers for desktop PCs have eventually shaken out to either or - and no other thusfar.  So, what I am now able to do with a fair degree of certainty is counsel someone as to: (1) whether or not they will need a PCI-to-USB Host Adapter Card despite having USB 2.0 ports on their systemboard - and which model cards are compliant with Ghost 2003 operations; and (2) whether or not adopting NightOwl's Panasonic Universal USB Drivers routine will render their hitherto incompatible external enclosure kit Ghost 2003-compatible.

On the host end of the "bridge", the useful items are in properties of only those terminal "branch(es)" on the Universal Serial Bus controllers "tree" containing either the word or the abbreviation .  Knowing the particulars of your is critical, so by following the procedure below such will become evident:

(1) go to Desktop and right click on My Computer;

(2) drop down to left click on Manage;

(3) in left pane, expand System Tools;

(4) in left pane, drop down to left click on Device Manager;

(5) for both USB controllers and mass storage Devices in right pane, expand Universal Serial Bus controllers;

(6) for USB Mass Storage Devices, skip down to (7) - for USB 2.0 controllers, focus on those lines containing either the abbreviation or the word then go to (7);

(7) right click on any such lines that drop down, then left click on Properties;

(8) left click on the Details tab;

(9) left click on the dropdown menu containing Device Instance Id; and

(10) left click on and carefully transcribe the last two lines in the window. To be overly generous, drop down two more lines and repeat for .

While the image below is set to reveal the functional USB 2.0 controller on the Macally PHR-100A external HDD enclosure kit, take note that right above the red arrow is one of my Dell Dimension 8300's three USB controllers - the Intel 80281EB is integrated into the motherboard while the other two are on PCI-to-USB host adapter cards:



If we are aware of what is both on the host end and on the device end of your USB 2.0 "bridge", then our knowledge base certainly increases while at the same time we hopefully are assisting you.  

Robert Cartledge

What I'd like to know, did your USB controller show up with the word *Enhanced* associated with it?

Thankyou,I will eventually do something about either the improved driver or a different USB 2 card.
Robert Cartledge.

There's a happy ending to this thread.I eventually decided to get a PCI USB 2 card with NEC chipset (£13 here in UK) and installed it this evening.I tried it with a fresh ghost boot disc with USB 2 drivers and Ghost imaged on to my external HD about 5000 Mbytes at 300 Mbytes / minute at fast compression in approx 16 minutes,,a great contrast to the previous time of almost 2 hours.Thanks again to night owl and El_Pescador
Robert Cartledge.