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Don Dunlap
Someone here was giving me some info on Ghost and I would like to ask
another question. I have Systemworks 2003 and when I make a bootable floppy
with Ghost on it, I cannot connect with my external USB enclosure that has a
ATA hard drive attached. I check the right boxes signifying USB 2.0 and
after booting from the floppy, I get the message: "ID5 = USB 2.0 Storage
Device" and them the system hangs.
This seems to indicate that the external storage device has been found, but
Ghost can't communicate with it. I have sent an e-mail to Symantic and
received a double talk response. First the Tech said that 2003 didn't
support this option. When I pointed out that the documentation said
otherwise, he responded:
"please note that Norton Ghost 2003 supports creating and restoring images
from external USB drives. However drives connected via enclosures are not
supported. These drives encounter issues while powering up in the DOS mode"
How else can you have an external USB drive other than an enclosure?
I don't understand who Ghost can support external USB drives but not
external enclosures. I questioned that but received no response. My
question is, does anyone else here who has Ghost 2003 use an external USB
2.0 device and can you use it to clone an internal drive?
I have no problems with Windows communicating with the drive and have used
Ghost to clone a drive in an external Firewire enclosure. I just want the
extra speed that USB 2.0 will provide.
On a side note, I tested Windows XP Pro writing to the external Firewire and
USB drives and to another internal drive. The results were strange.
Writing a 16 GB file to
External USB - 12 min 50 sec
External Firew - 15 min 57 sec
Internal SATA - 11 min 36 sec
What is surprising is the time for copying to the internal drive. I was
expecting a significant reduction in time that the external USB drive takes
and it is only 1 min and 21 seconds faster with the internal drive. Is this
normal?
Don Dunlap
another question. I have Systemworks 2003 and when I make a bootable floppy
with Ghost on it, I cannot connect with my external USB enclosure that has a
ATA hard drive attached. I check the right boxes signifying USB 2.0 and
after booting from the floppy, I get the message: "ID5 = USB 2.0 Storage
Device" and them the system hangs.
This seems to indicate that the external storage device has been found, but
Ghost can't communicate with it. I have sent an e-mail to Symantic and
received a double talk response. First the Tech said that 2003 didn't
support this option. When I pointed out that the documentation said
otherwise, he responded:
"please note that Norton Ghost 2003 supports creating and restoring images
from external USB drives. However drives connected via enclosures are not
supported. These drives encounter issues while powering up in the DOS mode"
How else can you have an external USB drive other than an enclosure?
I don't understand who Ghost can support external USB drives but not
external enclosures. I questioned that but received no response. My
question is, does anyone else here who has Ghost 2003 use an external USB
2.0 device and can you use it to clone an internal drive?
I have no problems with Windows communicating with the drive and have used
Ghost to clone a drive in an external Firewire enclosure. I just want the
extra speed that USB 2.0 will provide.
On a side note, I tested Windows XP Pro writing to the external Firewire and
USB drives and to another internal drive. The results were strange.
Writing a 16 GB file to
External USB - 12 min 50 sec
External Firew - 15 min 57 sec
Internal SATA - 11 min 36 sec
What is surprising is the time for copying to the internal drive. I was
expecting a significant reduction in time that the external USB drive takes
and it is only 1 min and 21 seconds faster with the internal drive. Is this
normal?
Don Dunlap