Norton Ghost Help Please......

[Bravoman]

The HDD on my daughters PC is on it's way out, so have a new HDD that I want to transfer everything over too.

How easy is it to do using Norton Ghost? I have Ghost 2003, but never used it before.

Basically I want to set the jumpers on the new HDD to slave, use ghost to transfer everything from the old HDD to the new one, remove the old drive and then set the new HDD as master.....

Had a quick look at the programme and not really sure what I should be using.

Any help as ever very gratefully received :thumbs:

:wave:

[Chris Locke]

Yup, stick the original as a master, and the new as a slave.
Run Ghost, and select Local -> Disk -> To Disk
http://www.creapsoft.co.uk/files/images/uploaded/thumbs/43fc63a2.jpg (http://www.creapsoft.co.uk/showPic?id=43fc63a2)
(click for bigger pic)

Select the source drive, which should be disk 1
http://www.creapsoft.co.uk/files/images/uploaded/thumbs/43fc646c.jpg (http://www.creapsoft.co.uk/showPic?id=43fc646c)

Select the destination drive, which should be disk 2.
If applicable, you can change the partition sizes as required:
http://www.creapsoft.co.uk/files/images/uploaded/thumbs/43fc6500.jpg (http://www.creapsoft.co.uk/showPic?id=43fc6500)

Click OK, and you're done.

Once complete, remove the drives, set the new one as master, and reboot.
This may not copy across the boot record though, so if it doesn't boot from it, you'll need a copy of fdisk from a DOS boot disk.

[M@rtin]

It's pretty easy - just choose Ghost Advanced from the options on the left, then Clone. Make sure you pick the source and destination correctly, then the PC will reboot and copy everything from one to the other.

EDIT: Chris' example works too if you're using the DOS version of Ghost. What I said applies to the Windows version as that's what my version of 2003 looks like here!

[Chris Locke]

Aah, never used the Windows version. I tried it once, but it simply rebooted the PC and used the DOS version anyway, then when it was finished, rebooted back into Windows.

[Bravoman]

Thanks, will give it a go tonight. Got a windows version, so will see what happens

[Chris Locke]

The DOS version should be on the disk too. I think...

[Bravoman]

The DOS version should be on the disk too. I think...

Cheers Chris :thumbs:

Just out of interest is Acronis True image a better bet? Just seen another thread and they offer a free 15 day trial

[Chris Locke]

If you've already got Ghost, then there is no benefit to getting Acronis. Both do the same thing, and for what you need, Ghost will do the job perfectly. As the screenshots show above, its simply a matter of selecting the drives and clicking OK (albeit the DOS flavour... can't see the Windows version being more complex).

[Bravoman]

If you've already got Ghost, then there is no benefit to getting Acronis. Both do the same thing, and for what you need, Ghost will do the job perfectly. As the screenshots show above, its simply a matter of selecting the drives and clicking OK (albeit the DOS flavour... can't see the Windows version being more complex).

Thanks. Hopefully should all be done tonight :thumbs:

[Bravoman]

Thanks again for the replies...that was really easy and seems to work perfectly (fingers crossed it stays that way!) :thumbs:

[Chris Locke]

I'd recommend creating an image and storing it on CD, just in case the hard disk goes completely, or some other 'disaster'. Always handy to have a decent backup.