VIA-sata, dos, and ghost

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hi all,

i've used ghost for quite a few years but have never ventured beyond version
8.0.0.984. if it ain't broke . . .

last week i built my first sata system (asus a7v880 mobo) and dos-based ghost
8.0.0.984 won't recognize the sata drive (80 gb Seagate 7200.7 ST380817AS).

after googling the web and searching many forums for the past few days i've been
unable to determine whether or not i'm going to be able to get any dos-based
version of ghost to see this drive.

my confusion revolves around these details:

- various posts talk about dos sata drivers

- i'm not aware of any dos sata drivers for my mobo

- various dos-based diagnostic programs that i've tried can see the drive and
actually test the drive

- various posts state that ghost 2003 (after being updated) can see sata
drives (although the posts haven't specifically referenced drive or controller
details)

- i have yet to find one person that has used dos-based ghost to image any
sata drive connected to a VIA-sata controller (i have seen many posts of folks
doing so with intel and silicon image sata controllers)


has anyone ever heard of dos sata drivers? i'm under the impression they don't
exist.

has anyone ever used dos-based ghost to image a sata drive connected to a
VIA-sata controller?

fwiw, i ordered ghost 2003 a couple days ago hoping it might miraculously solve
my problem. i won't have it until later this week but if it's not going to solve
my problem i need to start looking for an alternative solution asap.


thanks for any help,
david

 

[peter]

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> - i'm not aware of any dos sata drivers for my mobo
....
> - various posts state that ghost 2003 (after being updated) can see
sata
> drives (although the posts haven't specifically referenced drive or
controller
> details)
>
> - i have yet to find one person that has used dos-based ghost to image
any
> sata drive connected to a VIA-sata controller (i have seen many posts of
folks
> doing so with intel and silicon image sata controllers)
>
>
> has anyone ever heard of dos sata drivers? i'm under the impression they
don't
> exist.
>
> has anyone ever used dos-based ghost to image a sata drive connected to a
> VIA-sata controller?

Why are you so obsessed with DOS and ghost?

Ever tried to boot your PC with WinPE? Like BartPE or better yet UBCD4WIN.
You can use ghost32.exe from 8.0 or 8.2 while you run those WinPE.

 

[Guest]

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David M. Besonen
<davidb.removetheprecedingdotandthissentence@panix.com> wrote

> i've used ghost for quite a few years but have never
> ventured beyond version 8.0.0.984. if it ain't broke . . .

And then it broke.

> last week i built my first sata system (asus a7v880 mobo)
> and dos-based ghost 8.0.0.984 won't recognize the sata
> drive (80 gb Seagate 7200.7 ST380817AS).

> after googling the web and searching many forums for the past
> few days i've been unable to determine whether or not i'm going
> to be able to get any dos-based version of ghost to see this drive.

Yes you can.

> my confusion revolves around these details:

> - various posts talk about dos sata drivers

> - i'm not aware of any dos sata drivers for my mobo

The should be on the CD that came with the
motherboard and the asus site for that motherboard.

> - various dos-based diagnostic programs that i've
> tried can see the drive and actually test the drive

> - various posts state that ghost 2003 (after being updated)
> can see sata drives (although the posts haven't specifically
> referenced drive or controller details)

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ghost.nsf/pfdocs/2003032512525325

> - i have yet to find one person that has used dos-based ghost to
> image any sata drive connected to a VIA-sata controller (i have seen
> many posts of folks doing so with intel and silicon image sata controllers)

> has anyone ever heard of dos sata drivers?

Yes.

> i'm under the impression they don't exist.

They do anyway.

> has anyone ever used dos-based ghost to image
> a sata drive connected to a VIA-sata controller?

> fwiw, i ordered ghost 2003 a couple days ago
> hoping it might miraculously solve my problem.

It should do.

> i won't have it until later this week but if it's not going to solve my
> problem i need to start looking for an alternative solution asap.

Makes a lot of sense to give up on dos based imaging now,
its way past its useby date. I like Acronis True Image currently
and there is a trial download available on the Acronis site.

 

[Guest]

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Hi,
U need to make a change in the bios. There is an option " starts in
combined mode " and ghost will work.
Regards