Gentlemen: I am trying to make a copy of my hard drive via a USB port using Ghost 2003. The USB external hard drive is recognized in Windows XP completely. However, when I try to make a copy by booting off a  3 1/2 inch floppy, I keep getting the message "Cannot clone one drive", or something like that.  How can I fix this? Thanks for any help.

TheShadow: Thanks for your response. The computer is a Dell Optiplex GX110, running at 733 MHz. The USB hard drive in question shows up everywhere in Windows XP.  I can scan it and transfer files to and from it, no problem.  Only Ghost is not seeing it. I checked my BIOS which only has 2 entries.  USB emulation was off, I set it to on and USB controller was already on. The exact error message is:"Only one drive-Cannot clone locally (11050).  Is the 2003 Ghost boot floppy too old? Thanks for any feedback.

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Boy, is that a loaded question.  How would I know?

If you're using the boot floppy made from a Ghost install on your HD, then it's probably PC-Dos or DR-DOS,,,,I can't remember which DOS it used.

But I found both of those DOS's to be seriously lacking.  Some people prefer a boot disk formatted under Windows 98 and I prefer a boot disk formatted under Windows ME.  Different strokes for different folks!

As for Ghost itself, it should be Ghost 2003, Build 793, to conform to the latest motherboards, hard drives and usb drives.

If you don't know what build you have, you can boot up with your Ghost disk, go into the folder where Ghost.exe lives and type:
Ghost.exe /ver
and the program will print out its Copyright screen with the build number.
Here's the printout from a Ghost 8.3 disk.



If your build is not 793, then you'll probably want to get an upgrade.

So, come back when you have your build number.

Shadow  

 Wakenaam

Older versions of LiveUpdate will not find Ghost 2003 updates--you have to update your version of LiveUpdate (oddly--Symantec does not LiveUpdate its LiveUpdate automatically!).  Here's the link for the steps to get the most recent LiveUpdate that can access the *archive* server where Ghost 2003 resides:

How to obtain the programs updates that are archived on Symantec LiveUpdate server

There's more discussion about updating Ghost 2003 in this *stickied* thread:
You need Ghost 2003 build .793 to use SATA and -FNI, here's how.

Thanks a lot for all the feedback guys. I followed exactly the Liveupdate instructions and made 2 bootable floppies. However, when I checked, the build was still 775 and cdrlib 3.1.24 (whatever that is).   When trying to Ghost to my USB HDD,  I still get the message  "Only one drive, cannot clone locally". About to give up.

NightOwl: Thanks for putting up with me. Here are the files:

First floppy has the following files:

AUTOEXEC.BAT

@echo off
SET TZ=GHO+05:00
MOUSE.COM
echo Loading...
cls

if %config% == FROMFLPY goto FLPYBOOT
if %config% == FROMCD goto CDBOOT

goto FAILED

:FLPYBOOT
echo Insert Ghost boot disk 2 (containing Ghost.exe)
pause
if exist a:\ghost\ghost.exe goto GHOSTFND
goto FLPYBOOT

:CDBOOT
echo Insert Ghost boot disk 2 (containing Ghost.exe)
pause
if not exist b:\ghost\ghost.exe goto CDBOOT
b:
goto GHOSTFND

:GHOSTFND
cd \ghost
echo Loading...
GHOST.EXE
goto END

:FAILED
echo Unknown boot menu selection
goto END

:END

CONFIG.SYS

[menu]
menuitem=FROMFLPY, This computer was started from a Ghost boot disk
menuitem=FROMCD, This computer was started from a Ghost bootable CD

[FROMFLPY]

[FROMCD]

[COMMON]
DEVICE = usb\uhci.exe
DEVICE = usb\ohci.exe
LASTDRIVE = Z

These files are also on the floppy:

command.com (53 KB)     :cannot copy here
IBMBIO.COM (44 KB)      :cannot copy here
IBMDOS.COM (42 KB)      :cannot copy here
Mouse.com     (37 KB)     :cannot copy here
Mouse.ini        (1 KB)        :cannot copy here
ohci.exe         (126 KB)    :cannot copy here
uhci.exe         (127 KB)    :cannot copy here
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-

The second floppy has the following 2 files:

AUTOEXEC.BAT

@echo off
SET TZ=GHO+05:00
MOUSE.COM
echo Loading...
cls

if %config% == FROMFLPY goto FLPYBOOT
if %config% == FROMCD goto CDBOOT

goto FAILED

:FLPYBOOT
echo Insert Ghost boot disk 2 (containing Ghost.exe)
pause
if exist a:\ghost\ghost.exe goto GHOSTFND
goto FLPYBOOT

:CDBOOT
echo Insert Ghost boot disk 2 (containing Ghost.exe)
pause
if not exist b:\ghost\ghost.exe goto CDBOOT
b:
goto GHOSTFND

:GHOSTFND
cd \ghost
echo Loading...
GHOST.EXE
goto END

:FAILED
echo Unknown boot menu selection
goto END

:END

and a Ghost.exe file (0.97 MB)

Sorry I couldn't provide any more info.

Thanks pal.

Nightowl: I cannot determine the exact version of my USB controller, but it has a date of 7/1/2001 and a version number of 5.1.2600.2180. I ran Kelly's Korner and it reported "Your computer does not seem to be USB2 enabled". The file system is FAT32, and I plug the USB cable directly into the port, no hubs. The step-by-step with the floppies gave:

Device=USB\UHC1.exe
USB LInk, USB Stack Driver, ver 2.5 (build 10/24/2001)
UHC1 USB controller initialised
Device=USB\OHC1.exe
USB Link, USB Stack Driver, ver 2.5 (Build 10/24/2001)
Existing Driver installed...LastDrive=Z
Process Autoexec.bat
echo off
Set TZ=GHO+05.00
Mouse.com
Mouse driver installed
echo loading...
Loading...
CLS
if FROMFLPY=FROMFLPY go to FLPYBOOT
goto FLPYBOOT
echo Insert Ghost boot disk 2 (contains ghost.exe)
Insert Ghost Bootdisk 2 (contains ghost.exe)
pause
Press any key to continue...
if exist a:\ghost\ghost.exe goto GHOSTFND
goto Ghost find
cd \ghost
echo loading
Loading ghost.exe
.
Message about cannot clone locally
.
.
goto end

Hope this can help you. Thanx

NightOwl, The Shadow and others: Thanks for all the help on my problem. I figured I am not smart enough to do all the tinkering required to get Ghost to work, so I used a very simple software called XXClone Home Edition which did a wonderful job. I used it straight, no tinkering involved to get the USB ports to work. Thanks again for all the feedback. Keep up the good work!!!!