Re: OT: Norton GhostPE 2001 problem

D from BC wrote:

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:09:42 GMT, Robert Baer
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D from BC wrote:

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 04:36:41 GMT, Robert Baer
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D from BC wrote:



On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 04:44:24 GMT, Robert Baer
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D from BC wrote:




On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:16:26 GMT, Robert Baer
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D from BC wrote:




On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 03:30:19 GMT, Robert Baer
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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.


** See comments like this below..

I imaged my single drive with OS, apps and all files to a spare hard
disk.

** Time wasting step #1:

I then booted up with the Acronis boot CD and transferred that image
to a 2 disk raid 0.

** lots of wasted time, step 2:

After a lengthy transfer, I rebooted and everything is back but on a
speedy raid 0 setup.
Sure beats reinstalling winxp, all my apps and files. + settings..

** When i use GhostPE or Drive image, those steps do not exist; the resulting HD looks and acts like the original.

I'm aware of it but haven't done it yet and that is Raid 1 mirroring.
IIRC this is a live running copy of a drive.
Smash 1 drive with a hammer and the other drive takes over... No
noticeable change.
D from BC

So, it seems you are confirming that Acronis is useless for my purposes.
Any other suggestions?
Any fixes for that MFT "problem"?


True..I don't recall Acronis automatically resizing partitions so it's
generated image file can fit perfectly. A partition has to be defined
first by a partitioning app.

I only know raid 1 mirroring and disk imaging apps (Ghost, Acronis
Drive Image) for "photocopying" drives or partitions.

I know little about MFT.. Maybe try Norton tools???
In the past I've used disk checking programs from Maxtor. Hard drive company's might be putting out their own diagnostic
utilities.

D from BC
I do not really "need" re-sizing; i could use Ghost or DriveImage (20Gbyte to 40Gbyte HD) for that, then Acronis (if it will do a COPY) for 40Gbyte-40Gbyte "backup" copying.
You seem to imply that Acronis might be able to do a copy if and only if the destination drive was previously partitioned to match the source.
I find that strange as all heck, because writing a drive does over-write what was there; at worst one would have (in my case) the first 20Gbytes copied to the first 20Gbytes of a blank HD with the remaing 20Gbytes untouched.
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