I thought I'd try a route different to ghosting C:\ out to a USB hd, and
then restoring that image onto a new hd,
i.e. booting from Norton 9.0 Ghost bootable cd 'cause is slowish.

So I tried the "Copy drive" on the Norton Ghost 9.0 windows interface, to
"copy drive" C:\ on hd0
to hd1's unallocated space (both SATA hd's).

On the options screen I ticked "Set drive Active" (for booting OS)
....there's a radio button in Primary Partition.
Drive Letter is set to None, 'cause C:\ is unavailable ?
....and I put a tick in "Copy MBR"

....now I left it "copying", and when I returned, the XP screensaver was on
but, I don't think it had rebooted, and I dutifully shut it down, and
unplugged hd0, rebooted from the "new" hd if you like, and got "NTLDR
Missing"

....anyone know how to use Ghost's Windows "Copy Drive" ?

regards, Richard

I know this doesn't answer your question but I've cloned a lot of HD's
because it works great. I've tried a lot of programs and by far the easiest
idiot proof software out there is acronis true image.

"RJK" wrote:

> I thought I'd try a route different to ghosting C:\ out to a USB hd, and
> then restoring that image onto a new hd,
> i.e. booting from Norton 9.0 Ghost bootable cd 'cause is slowish.
>
> So I tried the "Copy drive" on the Norton Ghost 9.0 windows interface, to
> "copy drive" C:\ on hd0
> to hd1's unallocated space (both SATA hd's).
>
> On the options screen I ticked "Set drive Active" (for booting OS)
> ....there's a radio button in Primary Partition.
> Drive Letter is set to None, 'cause C:\ is unavailable ?
> ....and I put a tick in "Copy MBR"
>
> ....now I left it "copying", and when I returned, the XP screensaver was on
> but, I don't think it had rebooted, and I dutifully shut it down, and
> unplugged hd0, rebooted from the "new" hd if you like, and got "NTLDR
> Missing"
>
> ....anyone know how to use Ghost's Windows "Copy Drive" ?
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
>

"tuuf" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:12665B34-4DED-449F-B08B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I know this doesn't answer your question but I've cloned a lot of HD's
> because it works great. I've tried a lot of programs and by far the
> easiest
> idiot proof software out there is acronis true image.
<snip>


Thanks !
I've got Acronis, it was free on a magazine disk but, I've used Norton for
years, and succumbed to the Windows GUI / Norton Ghost "copy disk" because
it looked like it might be a little quicker !

I can quite successfully clone a hd using my tried and tested method but,
now that I've hit a problem, I wanna know what it is !!!

regards, Richard

You have formatt the partitiion that you have chosen to send the "clone" to?
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"RJK" wrote:

>
> "tuuf" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:12665B34-4DED-449F-B08B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I know this doesn't answer your question but I've cloned a lot of HD's
> > because it works great. I've tried a lot of programs and by far the
> > easiest
> > idiot proof software out there is acronis true image.
> <snip>
>
>
> Thanks !
> I've got Acronis, it was free on a magazine disk but, I've used Norton for
> years, and succumbed to the Windows GUI / Norton Ghost "copy disk" because
> it looked like it might be a little quicker !
>
> I can quite successfully clone a hd using my tried and tested method but,
> now that I've hit a problem, I wanna know what it is !!!
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
>

In other words, make a partition on your second Hard Drive, and format it.
At the present time, it is all unalloceted space!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> You have formatt the partitiion that you have chosen to send the "clone" to?
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "RJK" wrote:
>
> >
> > "tuuf" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:12665B34-4DED-449F-B08B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >I know this doesn't answer your question but I've cloned a lot of HD's
> > > because it works great. I've tried a lot of programs and by far the
> > > easiest
> > > idiot proof software out there is acronis true image.
> > <snip>
> >
> >
> > Thanks !
> > I've got Acronis, it was free on a magazine disk but, I've used Norton for
> > years, and succumbed to the Windows GUI / Norton Ghost "copy disk" because
> > it looked like it might be a little quicker !
> >
> > I can quite successfully clone a hd using my tried and tested method but,
> > now that I've hit a problem, I wanna know what it is !!!
> >
> > regards, Richard
> >
> >
> >

I think you're on the right track, ...gosh, ...it's years and years since I
used to be able to tweak hd hex. settings with something like pqedit.exe !!
I'm getting rustier as the years go by !
Anyhoo, some of it is coming back to me now !
....am just in the middle of creating a Ghost 9.0 image of C:\ on that
machine, out to USB hd, then gonna switch hard disks, boot from Ghost boot
cd, and restore it like that.
i.e like I always do - just to make sure i haven't hit some "new" problem.

regards, Richard



"Mick Murphy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:CF08F247-58DE-435B-B151-(E-Mail Removed)...
> You have formatt the partitiion that you have chosen to send the "clone"
> to?
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "RJK" wrote:
>
>>
>> "tuuf" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:12665B34-4DED-449F-B08B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I know this doesn't answer your question but I've cloned a lot of HD's
>> > because it works great. I've tried a lot of programs and by far the
>> > easiest
>> > idiot proof software out there is acronis true image.
>> <snip>
>>
>>
>> Thanks !
>> I've got Acronis, it was free on a magazine disk but, I've used Norton
>> for
>> years, and succumbed to the Windows GUI / Norton Ghost "copy disk"
>> because
>> it looked like it might be a little quicker !
>>
>> I can quite successfully clone a hd using my tried and tested method
>> but,
>> now that I've hit a problem, I wanna know what it is !!!
>>
>> regards, Richard
>>
>>
>>

If you can see the destination Drive in My computer>right-click on it>Format
Then, you can send your ghost to it!
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"Mick Murphy" wrote:

> In other words, make a partition on your second Hard Drive, and format it.
> At the present time, it is all unalloceted space!
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "Mick Murphy" wrote:
>
> > You have formatt the partitiion that you have chosen to send the "clone" to?
> > --
> > Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
> >
> >
> > "RJK" wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > "tuuf" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > > news:12665B34-4DED-449F-B08B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > >I know this doesn't answer your question but I've cloned a lot of HD's
> > > > because it works great. I've tried a lot of programs and by far the
> > > > easiest
> > > > idiot proof software out there is acronis true image.
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks !
> > > I've got Acronis, it was free on a magazine disk but, I've used Norton for
> > > years, and succumbed to the Windows GUI / Norton Ghost "copy disk" because
> > > it looked like it might be a little quicker !
> > >
> > > I can quite successfully clone a hd using my tried and tested method but,
> > > now that I've hit a problem, I wanna know what it is !!!
> > >
> > > regards, Richard
> > >
> > >
> > >

If you can see your destination drive in My Computer>right-click on it>Format
Then you can send your Ghost to it.
--
Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia


"RJK" wrote:

> I think you're on the right track, ...gosh, ...it's years and years since I
> used to be able to tweak hd hex. settings with something like pqedit.exe !!
> I'm getting rustier as the years go by !
> Anyhoo, some of it is coming back to me now !
> ....am just in the middle of creating a Ghost 9.0 image of C:\ on that
> machine, out to USB hd, then gonna switch hard disks, boot from Ghost boot
> cd, and restore it like that.
> i.e like I always do - just to make sure i haven't hit some "new" problem.
>
> regards, Richard
>
>
>
> "Mick Murphy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:CF08F247-58DE-435B-B151-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > You have formatt the partitiion that you have chosen to send the "clone"
> > to?
> > --
> > Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
> >
> >
> > "RJK" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "tuuf" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >> news:12665B34-4DED-449F-B08B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> >I know this doesn't answer your question but I've cloned a lot of HD's
> >> > because it works great. I've tried a lot of programs and by far the
> >> > easiest
> >> > idiot proof software out there is acronis true image.
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks !
> >> I've got Acronis, it was free on a magazine disk but, I've used Norton
> >> for
> >> years, and succumbed to the Windows GUI / Norton Ghost "copy disk"
> >> because
> >> it looked like it might be a little quicker !
> >>
> >> I can quite successfully clone a hd using my tried and tested method
> >> but,
> >> now that I've hit a problem, I wanna know what it is !!!
> >>
> >> regards, Richard
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Thanks for your input.
....I'm now trying to pin down exactly what "Restore the original disk
signature" actually" does.
i.e. I'm cloning my 80gb Seagate (XP Home) onto a slightly different model
no. 80gb Seagate. (using the Ghost boot-cd and Ghost image, (just taken),
from external USB hd.
The nearest thing I found to an explanation was:
http://radified.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/Ya...=1202587014/12
I know from experience that I need "copy mbr" ticked, and I don't need
"Restore the original disk signature" ticked, but I'd still like a more
sensible explanation of what "Restore the original disk signature" actually
does.

.......
http://www.compatdb.org/support/topi..._question.html
looks like it's to do with converting a basic disk into a dynamic disk,
....whatever a dynamic disk is !! :-)

I'll have a look at the disk with Partition Magic after it's finished, ...if
it'll boot up :-)

regards, Richard




"Mick Murphy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:85DA7AB5-D110-436C-9B71-(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you can see your destination drive in My Computer>right-click on
> it>Format
> Then you can send your Ghost to it.
> --
> Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>
>
> "RJK" wrote:
>
>> I think you're on the right track, ...gosh, ...it's years and years since
>> I
>> used to be able to tweak hd hex. settings with something like pqedit.exe
>> !!
>> I'm getting rustier as the years go by !
>> Anyhoo, some of it is coming back to me now !
>> ....am just in the middle of creating a Ghost 9.0 image of C:\ on that
>> machine, out to USB hd, then gonna switch hard disks, boot from Ghost
>> boot
>> cd, and restore it like that.
>> i.e like I always do - just to make sure i haven't hit some "new"
>> problem.
>>
>> regards, Richard
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mick Murphy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:CF08F247-58DE-435B-B151-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > You have formatt the partitiion that you have chosen to send the
>> > "clone"
>> > to?
>> > --
>> > Mick Murphy - Qld - Australia
>> >
>> >
>> > "RJK" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> "tuuf" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> >> news:12665B34-4DED-449F-B08B-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >> >I know this doesn't answer your question but I've cloned a lot of
>> >> >HD's
>> >> > because it works great. I've tried a lot of programs and by far the
>> >> > easiest
>> >> > idiot proof software out there is acronis true image.
>> >> <snip>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Thanks !
>> >> I've got Acronis, it was free on a magazine disk but, I've used Norton
>> >> for
>> >> years, and succumbed to the Windows GUI / Norton Ghost "copy disk"
>> >> because
>> >> it looked like it might be a little quicker !
>> >>
>> >> I can quite successfully clone a hd using my tried and tested method
>> >> but,
>> >> now that I've hit a problem, I wanna know what it is !!!
>> >>
>> >> regards, Richard
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314343

....seems to be what "Restore original Disk Signature" is all about, and
seeing as I have XP Home, ...doesn't apply to me :-)

...OOH! just got "NTLDR missing" after restoring that external USB hd Ghost
image :-(

regards, Richard