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tim
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 16:43
Does anyone know if it's possible to have Ghost 2003 access image files on an external USB 2.0 hard drive? When I plugged in the drive and booted to ghost in DOS, it didn't see it. My current 80GB hard drive is about to give up, so i'll have to transfer everything to the new 200GB drive I just ordered tomorrow.

Hmmm, make this related to photography somehow... my photos are all on the drive, and without the PC I won't be able to look at my digital photos! :)
Citizensmith
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 21:07
I know the older versions didn't work with USB devices, but I believe the latest may. Why not just take the drive out of its housing and add it in to the computer, then replace it once you are done ghosting?
tim
2nd of March 2005 (Wed), 21:10
It's a laptop hard disk, and my PC is a desknote that won't accept more than one disk. Thanks for the thoughts CS.

I found a solution: you use BartPE to create a bootable windows installation, including ghost (which you have to supply). It can access any type of drive windows can, so you run ghost in there and throw your data onto the new hard disk. Easy when someone tells you eh? :)
Citizensmith
3rd of March 2005 (Thu), 10:13
Is a desknote a laptop? If its a desktop you could just replace the IDE cable with a two position one, or unplug your optical drive. Also, you can get laptop-IDE to desktop-IDE converters for very little money. $5 in the US, so if you can find a computer store large enough to sell such a thing it could also save you.

May be cheaper than the software solution unless you already own the required software.
Jon
3rd of March 2005 (Thu), 11:25
I use EZ-Gig for direct drive-drive transfers when upgrading my HDD. It's been working fine for years, and will now create backup images as well. It supports USB, PC Card and FireWire external drive connections (with appropriate hardware).
tim
3rd of March 2005 (Thu), 14:34
A desknote is a large laptop, made partly with laptop components, and partly with desktop components. It looks like a large laptop from the outside. It's custom made, and things fit together well, so there's really no spare room in it at all. Details here (http://www.acer.co.nz/acer/akc/acernz.nsf/Page/Products_and_TechnologyDesknote_PCs?open&current=15.4&).

I already own all the software, so i'll stick with it. I don't want to have to bother buying more hardware right now. Once dual core Athlon 64 chips are released i'll sell this and get one of those, with lots of ram, fast hard drives, a good video card for photoshop, and a nice, color accurate 19 inch LCD.