Scott said:
Anna,
Ghost 2003 CD is the Norton Ghost 2003 installation disk. It is a
bootable disk but once boot up, I type "Ghost" without running Ghost
program.
I need a bootable Ghost 2003 disk that can run from CD-ROM drive and
create an image of my hard disk to other external device, i.e., USB hard
disk for recovery use in the future. I have Nero program to burn CD-ROM
or DVD-ROM.
I would be grateful if you could provide me with step-step procedure to
create such disk.
Thanks!
Scott
Scott:
Here are the instructions for using the Ghost 2003 program (using a Ghost
2003 bootable floppy disk or Ghost 2003 bootable CD) to directly clone the
contents of one HD to another HD...
Creating the bootable Ghost floppy disk:
1. Install the Ghost 2003 program on your computer. After it's installed
make sure you're using the latest "build" - Ghost 2003.793. If not, use
Ghost's LiveUpdate feature to automatically download/install the latest
version. It's important that you be using this latest "build".
2. Insert a blank floppy disk (it need not be formatted) and click on Ghost
Utilities.
3. Click on Norton Ghost Boot Wizard.
4. Select Standard Ghost Boot Disk. A dialog box will appear.
a. Select the USB 2.0 Support option (assuming you have that
capability).
b. Select the Assign DOS drive letters option and click Next.
5. Select the Use PC-DOS option.
6. Complete the process following the screen prompts.
7. Remove floppy disk and label accordingly.
That's it. Now you have a Ghost bootable floppy disk which you can use to
undertake your direct disk-to-disk cloning operations now and in the future.
Now when you want to clone the contents of one HD to another HD you simply
insert the Ghost bootable floppy disk in your floppy drive and boot up with
both drives connected.
After creating the Ghost bootable floppy disk, you can create a Ghost
bootable CD from it using the Roxio or Nero CD burning programs, or most
other CD burning programs that allow you to create a bootable CD.
Unfortunately I know of no way to *directly* create this bootable CD from
the Ghost program (as you can do, for example, with the Acronis True Image
program). I assume you know how to use your Nero program to create a
bootable CD from the Ghost bootable floppy you just created. It's a very
simple & straightforward process.
While I'm on the subject, let me give you - and others who may be interested
in the process - step-by-step instructions re cloning the contents of an
internal HD to a USB external HD.
Before undertaking the cloning operation ensure that the only storage
devices connected are the two HDs that will be involved in the cloning
process, i.e., your internal source HD and your USB EHD destination HD.
Disconnect any flash drives, ZIP drives, etc.
Here's how to perform the cloning operation...
1. With both drives connected and the USB EHD powered up, boot up with the
Ghost 2003 bootable floppy (or Ghost 2003 bootable CD). You'll get an
initial screen that displays "License agreement warning". Right-arrow (or
tab) over to the "Continue without marking drives" button and press Enter.
2. The "About Norton Ghost" screen appears. Click OK.
3. Right-arrow twice over to the "To Disk" button and press Enter.
4. The next screen will list both your drives - the Drive 1 (source disk)
and Drive 2 (destination disk). MAKE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN Drive 1 IS INDEED
YOUR SOURCE DISK, I.E., THE DISK YOU'RE CLONING *FROM*!
Drive 1 will be highlighted. Press Enter.
5. The next screen will have Drive 2 (destination disk) highlighted. AGAIN,
ENSURE THAT Drive 2 IS YOUR DESTINATION DISK, I.E., THE DISK YOU'RE CLONING
*TO*! Press Enter.
6. The next screen is the "Destination Drive Details" window, and reflects
your ultimate destination disk, i.e., your current Drive 2 (the USB EHD).
Press your Tab key to highlight the OK button and press Enter.
7. The "Proceed with disk clone?" dialog box will open. Left-arrow over to
the Yes button and press Enter.
8. The cloning process will begin. The data transfer speed will vary
depending upon the speed of your processor and the HDs involved. On a medium
to high-powered system you should get transfer speeds to your USB EHD
ranging from about 450 MB/min to about nearly 850 MB/min. (The data transfer
rate would generally be much faster were you cloning internal drives.)
9. After you get the "Clone Completed Successfully" message, left-arrow over
to the Continue button and press Enter.
10. Down-arrow to Quit and press Enter.
11. Click Yes at the "Are you sure you want to quit?" message.
12. Remove the Ghost bootable floppy disk (or Ghost bootable CD) and shut
down the computer.
As you may know, the recipient of your clone, the USB EHD, will not be
bootable, but should the need later arise, you could clone the contents of
that device back to a internal HD for restoration purposes. (There have been
some reports recently that using this or that hack a USB EHD containing the
XP OS can be made to boot, but we've never been able to achieve this
capability).
I trust the above will be of use to you and others who might be thinking
about using the Ghost 2003 program for a routine backup system.
Anna
