Norton Ghost 9/2003 doesn't see my partitions

[LaphLaw]

Okay, this problem is really starting to get to me. I'm using Windows
2000 SP4, and Norton Ghost will only see my C: partition. I have two
other partitions, d: and e:. I read somewhere that it won't write to
ntfs partitions... however, the 2003 version says it does support it.
I went ahead anyway and formated a partition using fat32. Still no
luck. Uninstalled and reinstalled program. No luck. Tried using
Ghost 9. This won't even see my C: drive and I can't use the program
at all.

What's going on here??

 

[Peter]

When you boot your PC with Ghost floppy, does it see more than one partition
as the source (disk->partition)? What are your partition types (basic,
dynamic)?

 

[LaphLaw]

Well mine doesn't have a floppy drive... but I remember when I booted
with an image cd I had made previously, it saw all my partitions.
They are all basic partitions.

 

[Emmitsuks]

Well mine doesn't have a floppy drive... but I remember when I booted
with an image cd I had made previously, it saw all my partitions.
They are all basic partitions.

I am running XP SP2 using Ghost 9.0. I have created an Image of my C:
drive and copied it to an F: drive successfully using Ghost 9. Both HD
are NTFS.
However when I boot off the CD and try to restore the image from F: to
C:, Ghost does not find the F: drive.
It did find it when running the copy from the OS.
It can obvously see NTFS when I dumped it while the OS was up and
running, however when booted from CD it doesn't find it.

 

[Peter]

Then please describe in steps how did you use Norton Ghost 2003 to check if
it sees your partitions?
(Ghost 9 is totally different program). What partitions do you currently
have on your disk and what disk is that?

 

[Peter]

What type of disk is drive F:? Is it attached to the same disk conroller as
drive C:?
What is the image file name?

 

[LaphLaw]

Well, I took off Ghost 2003, but from what I remember... I clicked on
the back up your computer button, then it asks you what partition you
want to save. My partitions don't even show up there... it only shows
the c: drive. Then, if I try and save the c: partition to another (on
the same physical drive) it gave me an error saying something like it
couldn't find that partition... don't remember exactly what it said.

 

[Peter]

Can you list your current partitions and specify their file system type
(FAT32 or NTFS)?
If it sees only C: partition, how can you save C: partition to another
partition? There IS NO other partition visible! Lets solve the partition
visibility problem first.

 

[LaphLaw]

Yeah, I know... I was just telling you the error I was getting.

Anyway, I have a c: as ntfs, d: as ntfs, and e: as fat32. I think it
might be worth mentioning that I remember before, Ghost 2003 did see
my other partitions... I was running XP Home at the time. I'm on W2k
now, but it shouldn't matter what OS you use, since they're both
compatible.

 

[LaphLaw]

So anybody know a solution to this? I still haven't figured it out.

 

[Nicola]

I'm having the same problem. Running on a W2K Pro SP4 machine, Ghost
9.0 is not showing my C: drive (NTFS)! It does however show my slave
drive H: (NTFS) for some reason...

Perhaps I should try Ghost 2003? I just really like 9.0's simple
interface.

Sorry I don't have a solution, but I just thought empathize and share
in your agony.

 

[Michael Kimmer]

I'm having the same problem. Running on a W2K Pro SP4 machine, Ghost
9.0 is not showing my C: drive (NTFS)! It does however show my slave
drive H: (NTFS) for some reason...

Perhaps I should try Ghost 2003? I just really like 9.0's simple
interface.

Sorry I don't have a solution, but I just thought empathize and share
in your agony.



(e-mail address removed) (LaphLaw) wrote in message

Probably, your Windows 2000 needs a boost in order to fully support an IDE
disk that has a capacity that exceeds 128 GB.
What size reports the LDM (Windows' Disk Manager)?

If it limits to 128 GB, please, visit this page:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305098/EN-US/

--
M.f.G.
Michael Kimmer

"Ein Tag an dem Du nicht lächelst ist ein verlorener Tag"
"Eine Nacht in der Du nicht schläfst ist eine verschlafene Nacht"

 

[Nicola]

Probably, your Windows 2000 needs a boost in order to fully support an IDE
disk that has a capacity that exceeds 128 GB.
What size reports the LDM (Windows' Disk Manager)?

If it limits to 128 GB, please, visit this page:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305098/EN-US/

YES! This [ http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305098/EN-US/ ] worked!
Thank you Michael!