So that we're clear, you are running Apache and MySQL on a Windows computer?  There's nothing wrong with it, it is just a little unusual.  Apache and MySQL are usually put on a Linux box, while Windows boxes usually use the built in IIS.  Your setup would be a less common one.

For now, I'll assume  your drive is formatted NTFS and running Windows.  My advice might change if I've guessed wrong.  Hot imaging was debated on this site for several years, but now it seems to be an accepted method of backing up drives.  Many members here use it successfully. 

Ghost 5.1 is pretty old (I think) which is why it can't see the NTFS drive.  Ghost 8 is the latest Corp. Ed. and Ghost 2003 is the latest consumer version that runs from DOS (someone correct me if I'm wrong, I'm out of my expertise...)  You may want to purchase a newer version.  You should be able to find Ghost 2003 cheap right now, since Ghost 12 just came out not too long ago.  If you don't want to buy one or don't have time to shop, Clonezilla is a free utility that works a lot like Ghost that can read NTFS.

I can't help you get your USB drivers working, but I'll move your post to the Ghost 2003 board, where the experts on that subject frequent.

I tried to install Ghost 12 and it wont run on windows 2000, any suggestions on what older version to use?

I have 2 drives

C:
D:
E:

C: and D: are the same physical drive, E: is another drive, C: is my boot drive, I want to image or copy C: to the blank E:

When I use my current ghost 5.1d boot cd and do a drive to drive copy it takes my E: drive and makes it a C: and D: drive.

So how can I just image or copy the C: partition to E: ??

Thanks in advance

rustyp

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Sorry, somehow I skipped over this thread and just now read it!

Most retail Symantec Ghost products, to my knowledge, either can not be installed--or will not work on a server platform--so *hot imaging* with Ghost 9, 10, 12, and Save & Restore probably will not work.  And Ghost 2003 that has the option of running from within the Windows interface before re-booting to DOS to perform the Ghost procedure will also not work on a server platform.

I think I've seen reference in the past on Symantec's website regarding server based Ghost corporate products--but I've not seen that recently--may have to contact Symantec to see if such a product still exists--probably expensive, however!

The DOS based Ghost products will work with a system that has server software installed--as long as you shut down the server, re-boot to DOS, and perform your backups from DOS with the server software *off-line*.

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Ghost in DOS could backup a NTFS partition to a FAT 32 partition beginning with, I believe, corporate Ghost 6.x (?), and retail Ghost 2002 (?)--and could store an image to NTFS partitions beginning with corporate Ghost 7.0 and retail Ghost 2003.  So, you need a more recent version of Ghost...or to format the backup HDD as FAT 32.

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A Better USB 2.0 DOS Driver for Ghost + More!

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Well, in Ghost a *drive copy* is doing what is called a *clone*--creating an *exact* (there are actually modifications--not entirely *exact*) duplicate of the source onto the destination HDD--so your results are to be expected!

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E:\ can not be *blank* if you want to store images to it--it first has to be formatted as FAT 32 (it could be NTFS if you were using a newer version of Ghost!).

So, format E:\ so it's a FAT 32 partition.  Then use *Local > Partition > to Image*, select the C:\ partition as the source, and direct the image to be stored on the E:\ HDD.  Run the *Integrity* test after the image if created--if passes you should be in good shape!

If you want to backup your first HDD (C:\ and D:\), then run *Local > Disk > to Image*, select the HDD with C:\ and D:\ on it, and then select the E:\ HDD as the destination.

If you want to *clone* (copy) just the C:\ partition to the E:\ drive, then you have to partition your E:\ drive so a partition exists, then use *Local > Partition > to Partition*, select the C:\ partition as source, and then the partition on the E:\ drive that you want the C:\ partition to be copied to.  But, I would not recommend this!!!!   On some systems and versions of Windows, if your Boot partition (C:\) is seen twice (a duplicate is created), and is left attached to the system, then when the system re-boots to Windows for the first time, Window may go bonkers not being sure which OS to boot and read the registry from--this has lead to corruption and loss of the ability to recover the system!!!!  Best to use *images* rather than *clones* to a second HDD--or plan on removing the 2nd HDD before re-booting to Windows, and storing it off the system for later use if you need to replace the original HDD if it *dies*, and you put the *cloned* HDD in the same position as the old HDD!

More questions?

rustyp

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Sorry, but I do not--maybe this search will help:  symantec ghost for windows 2000 server

But, I doubt Ghost Solution Suite gives you *hot imaging* of the OS partition!

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Creating Bootable CD/DVD's Without A:\Floppy Drive

Adding USB to Ghost Boot CD

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I think I might have been ahead of the product development curve--I think it was Symantec's Solution Suite with Ghost 8.3 that came out with their Boot Wizard that now creates bootable CD's instead of just floppies   !