So I've been working on this problem for a week now with Ghost 12......I have 3 PC's, one I use as a file server which runs XP, and the other (2) which run Vista. The Vista machines are new Dell's that  are pretty much top of the line. The server is a decent P4 @ 2ghz with a 1gb of RAM. I've been trying to backup my Vista machines to my file server. One is now working but the other keeps giving me the error "network drive no longer available". I have tried everything, user rights (both vista machines have admin rights on the file server), uninstall / reinstall, the works......and for the life of me I cannot get the one vista machine to backup to the file server. The drive on the file server is mapped as a network drive on the vista machine.
The part that kills me is the other Vista machine works great, and its pretty much the same PC as the one that doesn't work.

I've put alot of late nights into this issue and I'm totally out of ideas, any advice would be greatly appreciated!

yes each PC is running the ghost 12, but for some reason the backup works on one of the PC's. thats a good suggestion though and I'll try when I get home later. I'll post back once I try it.

Thank you for the quick response!

johnyghost wrote on Jan 21^st, 2008 at 12:02pm:


Also, check the permissions on the server folder.  Make sure "everyone" is explicitly granted full access.

Besides the antivirus/worm detection which I experienced before--you should checkout everything that is network related.  Because ghost backups write large blocks, and constant i/o, they really stress a network.  Make sure nothing else is using the network, check the nic properties, make sure they are full duplex, or experiment with setting the network i/o nics to half duplex and see if that helps.  Make sure cabling and switch are running full duplex.

Look in the system event log for each of the problem pc's and see if you see any xp or network errors that give you a clue.

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