Re: OT: Norton GhostPE 2001 problem

D from BC wrote:

On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:44:24 GMT, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


D from BC wrote:


On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:16:26 GMT, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:



D from BC wrote:


On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:30:19 GMT, Robert Baer
<robertbaer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:




My HD has 4 partitions, three OSes, and 5 logical drives; part #1= C: bootable Win98SE, part #2=D: and E: exended DOS, part #3=F: bootable DOS, part #4=G: bootable Win2K.
I have used GhostPE to copy this working drive to a backup HD for quite a while with rare problems.
But now, every time i do this, i get the message "NTFS Error: Could not read used MFT REcord - run CHKDSK" right before it does the copy.
I have carefully run Defrag and (Win2K's) CHKDSK on all drives and then tried the copy; same crap.

How the &&#$ can this be fixed?


Dunno..I use Acronis True Image.
D from BC

Can you tell it how many sectors to use for each partition (like one can do in GhostPE)?


I just set Acronis to clone and compress any complete partition I
chose.
D from BC

Compress?
Does that mean the resulting HD cannot be used as a replacement when the sh** hits the fan?


When a drive craps out, the drive is replaced and a boot CD is used to
transfer the disk image to the new hard drive.
The disk image can be from DVD,CD,another hard drive etc..

D from BC
Right...that means some OS is needed - which is implied by the words "boot CD".
So in this case "image" is useless; one cannot *directly* take a HD with an "image" on it and use it as if it were the original.
I am lazy and do not want to futz around when my HD goes bad; i can switch HDs in 15 seconds and be booted up in a chosed OS as fast as if it were the original.

Seems that Acronis will not do what i want.
.

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