Ghost to an external hard drive

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Dr. Indera

Hi,

I was wondering if it is possible to ghost a hard drive and have the ghost file written directly to
an external hard drive. In my mind, this would keep me from having to partition the hard drive,
which I read is a requirement for ghosting a machine.

My external hard drive is a maxtor 40GB drive. I haven't purchased the ghost software yet, so if one
works better or will allow me to do this please let me know. The only 2 that i know of is the one
from norton and one from power quest or something like that.

I have windows xp professional and the hard drive is NTFS.
NTFS somehow allows you more space on the hard drive right?

Well, this will be the setup on the new laptop when I purchase it next week.

Thank you.
Indera
 
bobbyjak said:
..I also believe the external hard drive has to be Fat32 if it is to be used in dos as dos does not know
NTFS........
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I thought from Ghost 2002 onwards NTFS was supported, that's what the web site and
my manual says. Just because DOS won't recognise NTFS doesn't mean the Ghost
program won't when run from DOS.
 
A few points.

DOS = Disk Operating System
MS-DOS = Microsoft Disk Operating System/
MS-DOS is not the only DOS available. PowerQuest for one use Caldera DOS
which is not the same as MS-DOS.

Computers with multible USB ports or computer with USB ports added with PCI
cards do not act as internal hubs. In such cases each port is independent.
Look in Device Manager to verify.

When you connect an external USB hub to a USB port on your computer, the
power available from the computer port is divided {as required} between the
devices connected to the hub. Some devices such as external drives or some
USB modems have power requirements that do not permit sharing available
power{from the computer USB port} with another device connected to the hub.
Hence the recomendation not to connect such devices to a hub.

Don
 
Don MacDougall said:
A few points.
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When you connect an external USB hub to a USB port on your computer, the
power available from the computer port is divided {as required} between the
devices connected to the hub. Some devices such as external drives or some
USB modems have power requirements that do not permit sharing available
power{from the computer USB port} with another device connected to the hub.
Hence the recomendation not to connect such devices to a hub.
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Nope. The hub I use has its own power adapter that supplies power to
the devices connected to it.
 
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