This is a restatement of a problem I'm having with Ghost 2003 on my computer.
First, here is my storage configuration - I have a dual boot system
but I use Windows XP 99.999% of the time.
(1) IDE #1 - 2 hard drives (drive letters in parenthesis)
a) Hard drive #1 (120 GB)
1st partition - FAT 32, Primary partition contains Windows 98 OS (C)
2nd partition - NTFS, in extended partition (E)
3rd partition - NTFS, in extended partition (P)
b) Hard drive #2 (80 GB)
1st partition - NTFS, Primary partition contains Windows XP OS (D)
2nd partition - NTFS, in extended partition (F)
3rd partition - NTFS, in extended partition (I)
4th partition - NTFS, in extended partition (J)
5th partition - NTFS, in extended partition (K)
6th partition - NTFS, in extended partition (L)
(2) IDE #2 - 2 DVD drives
a) DVD 1 (H)
b) DVD 2 (M)
(3) External USB drive #1 (80 GB) FAT 32 (N)
(4) External USB drive #2 (320 GB) FAT 32 (T & U)
I write my Ghost images from the two hard drives to the external USB
drives. I can initiate these image backups from Windows XP which
boots to DOS, or I can run off a boot floppy, or I can run off a
boot CD. I have no problems creating new image backups and
validating them. At this point every thing looks good.
I can restore images to all partitions on hard drive #1.
I can
restore images to all partitions on hard drive #2 except for the
1st partition, the primary partition, my D drive which contains
my Windows XP OS.
I boot into DOS to run Ghost 2003, I select the
image backup I want to restore, in this case the problem partition.
I choose hard drive #2 because I want to restore my D drive but
when the screen with the partitions show up the 2nd partition is
highlighted. I can't scroll up to or click on the 1st (primary)
partition as this is the one I truly want to restore. The highlight
is locked in.
It seems that Ghost can't match my image file for my D drive to
its rightful place. I know the image file is good because the
verification step after the image backup comes up good.
Also, if I go back to Windows XP, I can successfully view and
restore/copy selected files from backup image using Ghost
Explorer.
Is the problem in Ghost or is there something weird or wrong with
my hard drive itself? Should I replace my hard drive? What is even
stranger is that this problem is random in that I can't replicate
a pattern to resolve it. Right now I have 3 backups of my D drive
in which one is fine and the other two are not. In the past two
days I've backed up my D drive 6 times, writing to one USB drive,
then the other, then to one of the NTFS partitions and then one
to my C drive. All 6 passed the integrity check but none could be
used because of my problem when I try to restore.
I'm not having any problems with my computer but if I ever do there
is no guarantee I can ever restore my D drive.
Please help.