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ToolPackinMama

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 2:00 pm
Post subject: XP SP2 - can't ghost drives
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I have a pal who is running a beta of SP2 and he says it makes it so he
can't ghost drives anymore.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 2:25 pm
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"ToolPackinMama" <laura.TakeThisOut@lauragoodwin.org> wrote in message
news:4114EE7E.A6F21E70@lauragoodwin.org...
 > I have a pal who is running a beta of SP2 and he says it makes it so he
 > can't ghost drives anymore.

May well be a sp2 issiue, perhaps another ghost or cloning utility may
circumvent this. Assuming it's a ntfs format, I may have some optional ghost
utilities available and they may fuction(fat32, also). I've the sp2 as well
but haven't installed it yet, will when play time permits on one of the
guinia pig comps.
Might suggest Acronis, Casper, or Norton Ghost 2003 (or newer) for ntfs.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2004 2:32 pm
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 11:00:14 -0400, ToolPackinMama
<laura RemoveThis @lauragoodwin.org> wrote:

 >I have a pal who is running a beta of SP2 and he says it makes it so he
 >can't ghost drives anymore.

SP2 has reportedly gone gold. If there's an incompatibility issue
with SP2 beta, it really should have been forwarded to the development
team in a bug report so they could fix it.

If your pal can get hold of one of the SP2 betas, he's likely got
access to the SP2 final code. Uninstall the beta and see if the issue
remains in the SP2 final. It's supposed to be available to us mere
mortals in a few days through the update site (assuming MS doesn't get
/.'d)
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 1:36 am
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In article <4114EE7E.A6F21E70.TakeThisOut@lauragoodwin.org>, ToolPackinMama says...
 >
 >I have a pal who is running a beta of SP2 and he says it makes it so he
 >can't ghost drives anymore.


It just may have something to do with this notice from Symantec:

<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2004080212383739?Open&src=ivr_na_con" target="_blank">http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2004080212383...?Open&s</a>

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 4:59 pm
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On Sat, 07 Aug 2004 11:00:14 -0400, ToolPackinMama
<laura.RemoveThis@lauragoodwin.org> wrote:

 >I have a pal who is running a beta of SP2 and he says it makes it so he
 >can't ghost drives anymore.

The sad thing is that an old product, Drive Image 2002 works better
than the newer products as it will let me backup and restore drives on
my SATA controller whereas the newer versions of Drive Image and Ghost
choke on the SATA interface.

Also, DI 2002 works with SP2 RTM with both backing up and restoring.

Lastly, I gave up on Ghost after switching to Windows XP in 2001 due
to their lack of support for writing to NTFS. I believe they have
since changed that, but, I have found Drive Image to work so much
better.

Hope that helps you out,
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 12:34 am
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 13:59:28 -0500, Chris
<chris.DeleteThis@idontlikeusingmyrealemail.com> wrote:

 >Drive Image 2002

Hasn't Symantec bought out Power Quest?<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:58 am
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 21:34:04 -0400, Tom wrote:

 >On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 13:59:28 -0500, Chris
 ><chris.RemoveThis@idontlikeusingmyrealemail.com> wrote:
 >
  >>Drive Image 2002
 >
 >Hasn't Symantec bought out Power Quest?

Yep.

<hops on soap box>

Maybe that is why I don't like Drive Image 7 and I still stick with DI
2002 (lol). Second thought, I found that DI 7 was much too bloated
and it sucks for backing up/restoring drives on SATA connections. Who
would have thought that an older software product would support newer
devices better than the latest and greatest software?

<steps down from soap box><!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:26 am
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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:58:23 -0500, Chris
<chris RemoveThis @idontlikeusingmyrealemail.com> wrote:

 ><hops on soap box>
 >
 >Maybe that is why I don't like Drive Image 7 and I still stick with DI
 >2002 (lol). Second thought, I found that DI 7 was much too bloated
 >and it sucks for backing up/restoring drives on SATA connections. Who
 >would have thought that an older software product would support newer
 >devices better than the latest and greatest software?
 >
 ><steps down from soap box>

Can't agree with you more. Symantec is notorious for not being able to
make better software. But they are great at buying the competition.
That goes back to the mid eighties with Central Point Software. Sad(<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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ToolPackinMama

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 12:58 am
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Tom wrote:
 >
 > On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:58:23 -0500, Chris
 > <chris DeleteThis @idontlikeusingmyrealemail.com> wrote:
 >
  > ><hops on soap box>
  > >
  > >Maybe that is why I don't like Drive Image 7 and I still stick with DI
  > >2002 (lol). Second thought, I found that DI 7 was much too bloated
  > >and it sucks for backing up/restoring drives on SATA connections. Who
  > >would have thought that an older software product would support newer
  > >devices better than the latest and greatest software?
  > >
  > ><steps down from soap box>
 >
 > Can't agree with you more. Symantec is notorious for not being able to
 > make better software. But they are great at buying the competition.
 > That goes back to the mid eighties with Central Point Software. Sad(

I might as well bark out at this point that - IMHO and in my experience
- Norton and McAfee products "suck like Hoovers". Not only are they
top-heavy, overpriced, bloated, and buggy, but they generally tend to
slow a whole system down. That's been my experience, hence the IMHO.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 10) Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2004 5:30 am
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In article <41182BB9.24D76AFD.DeleteThis@lauragoodwin.org>, laura.DeleteThis@lauragoodwin.org
says...
 > Tom wrote:
  > >
  > > On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 22:58:23 -0500, Chris
  > > <chris.DeleteThis@idontlikeusingmyrealemail.com> wrote:
  > >
   > > ><hops on soap box>
   > > >
   > > >Maybe that is why I don't like Drive Image 7 and I still stick with DI
   > > >2002 (lol). Second thought, I found that DI 7 was much too bloated
   > > >and it sucks for backing up/restoring drives on SATA connections. Who
   > > >would have thought that an older software product would support newer
   > > >devices better than the latest and greatest software?
   > > >
   > > ><steps down from soap box>
  > >
  > > Can't agree with you more. Symantec is notorious for not being able to
  > > make better software. But they are great at buying the competition.
  > > That goes back to the mid eighties with Central Point Software. Sad(
 >
 > I might as well bark out at this point that - IMHO and in my experience
 > - Norton and McAfee products "suck like Hoovers". Not only are they
 > top-heavy, overpriced, bloated, and buggy, but they generally tend to
 > slow a whole system down. That's been my experience, hence the IMHO.
 >
I finally got rid of Norton Internet Security for that very reason. I
now use Sygate.

However, I find myself nervous about changing AV software - guess I've
been convinced that Norton and AV are synonymous, which I really know is
kind of ridiculous.

What AV are you using?

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