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I forgot the other information you asked about.
I have NOT used Ghost before. This software was recommended to me because
of the feature to restore the operating system in toto. I have a lot of
marine navigational software and date on this laptop, and lost it 2x in the
last 6 months one system crash and one HD mechanical crash. this software
was to be the answer for me to salvage my computer 'investment' more
efficiently.
Both drives work well. I can copy data to and from both (in large
quantities (25 BG) without any hitches.
"polaris6" wrote:
> Thank you. I don't suppose it would be wise to reformat the USB HD back to
> the original FAT32 format. Actually, I don't know how to do that. I may not
> have the software to do it.
>
> Anyway, here I go, step-by-step.
>
> 1. I have reformatted the USB HD (40 GB) and it is now 'clean'.
>
> 2. I R-click on the G9 icon (tray), click on Back up now, then Back up
> drives
>
> 3. Up comes the Wizard and I click, Next, the select the C-drive to back up.
>
> 4. Then I click, Next, then Browse, then F-drive (the USB HD), radio button
> selects Local File, then click on Next.
>
> 5. This is the Options page; I select Standard Compression, then click on
> Next (which provides a Summary of the task), then click on Next
>
> 6. Any away it goes, starting with Initialization.
>
> After about 2 hours (about 6-9 GB later)... (34 GB to back up), the computer
> hangs up and I have to reboot to get it to do anything. I have tried this
> 7-8 times now and have reformatted the HD each time before I start the
> process again. Each new time, I followed the advice given me, thinking that
> it might make a difference, and it hasn't.
>
> Thanks.
>
> george (polaris6)
>
>
>
>
>
>
> .
>
> "Anna" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > >> "polaris6" <polaris6@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > >> news:187DA3FD-5E85-4AF6-ACD0-CBDDF2D27752@microsoft.com...
> > >> >I am getting frustrated trying to back up my HD using Ghost 9.
> > >> >
> > >> > I have tried several times (5) now and I get essentially the same
> > >> > results...the process hangs every time before it ever finishes the
> > >> > first
> > >> > image, usually about 20-50% of the complete 'job'.
> > >> >
> > >> > I have a WD Passport USB drive (40GB) which was formatted FAT32 and I
> > >> > reformatted it for NTFS on the advice of another experienced user.
> > >> > That
> > >> > made
> > >> > no difference.
> > >> >
> > >> > I have a laptop (Dell), P4 processor (2 ghz), 512 RAM, XP Pro operating
> > >> > system.
> > >> >
> > >> > Any direction/help would severly curtain the anxiety and frustration I
> > >> > am
> > >> > having with this 'bear'.
> > >> >
> > >> > Thank you.
> > >> >
> > >> > george (polaris6)
> >
> >
> > > "Yves Leclerc" wrote:
> > >
> > >> The problem you may be having is that XP has a 4GB filesize limit when
> > >> storing a file on FAT32 partitions.
> >
> >
> > "polaris6" <polaris6@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:4146264C-1568-41F7-8B62-C30EBFFE90C2@microsoft.com...
> > >I reformatted the USB Drive from FAT32 to NTFS.
> >
> >
> > George:
> > Whatever problem you're having with Ghost 9 to (presumably) clone the
> > contents of your laptop's HD to a USB external HD has *nothing* to do with
> > the file system on that USBEHD. There was no need to convert that drive from
> > FAT32 to NTFS, but it's of no import here. The 4 GB limitation involving
> > moving/copying individual files in a FAT32 environment is irrelevant and I
> > don't know why Yves raised that as a possible issue in this situation.
> >
> > Please furnish detailed information on *precisely* how you used the Ghost
> > program to undertake the disk cloning process. Do so step-by-step. And
> > please provide details.
> >
> > Had you previously used the Ghost program to successfully perform a disk
> > cloning operation? There's no problem with your working drive, right? It
> > boots without a problem and functions properly, right? And your USBEHD is
> > similarly functioning without problems, right?
> > Anna
> >
> >
> >
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